Dr Clare Reeder is a Clinical Psychologist with 25 years of experience working with adults from varied cultural backgrounds who are facing complex psychological challenges and difficulties. She completed her clinical psychology doctoral training at King’s College London in following an undergraduate degree at Cambridge University. She later obtained her PhD at King’s College London, investigating and developing a new psychological therapy for people with psychosis.
Dr Reeder has worked in the NHS throughout her career, holding leadership roles and working primarily in psychological therapies teams within mental health services. Over the last six years, she has worked in physical health settings, working with people with long-term health conditions (particularly cancer and sickle cell disease), helping people adjust to the life-changing effects of illness, to live according to what really matters to them, and to address existential challenges, such as changes required to identify and face death and dying.
She has gained considerable experience working with people living with fear and anxiety (including obsessions and compulsions), low mood and depression, low self-esteem, psychosis, interpersonal challenges, and difficulties managing emotions – often following the experience of trauma and adversity.
Dr Reeder draws on a range of therapeutic models, particularly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Schema-focused approaches, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), narrative-based approaches and mindfulness.