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* We accept self-referrals and referrals from Medico-Legal, health and social care professionals and the charity sector.
Jen Mellows, Operations Lead, Hobbs Rehabilitation Winchester
Head of Psychology Service at Hobbs Rehabilitation
Dr Ben Papps is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Full Practitioner Member of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Neuropsychology. He is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and is on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.
He completed a research PhD in Neuropsychology in 2000 working at the then MRC Brain Metabolism Unit in Edinburgh and at. St Andrews before his doctorate training in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. He has over 20 years of post-qualification experience working as a specialist clinical neuropsychologist in Acquired Brain Injury. He has worked with various conditions (including mild to profound brain injury, Motor Neuron Disease, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease).
Dr Papps leads the Psychology services at Hobbs Rehabilitation. He is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist in the NHS and is the Head of Clinical Health Psychology at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Philippa Beckwith
Hobbs Rehabilitation Winchester
Dr Philippa Beckwith is a Registered Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS). She is a Full Practitioner Member of the BPS’s Division of Neuropsychology and is listed on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists. Dr Beckwith has worked in the NHS and private health settings since 2009 and has experience working in specialist neurological rehabilitation with both inpatients and outpatients with a range of conditions including Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neuron Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Encephalitis, Epilepsy and tumour. Dr Beckwith works therapeutically using a range of models including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and systemic approaches. Her clinical and research interests include acceptance, adjustment, resilience and personal growth in the context of neurological conditions. She works part-time at Hobbs Rehabilitation based in Winchester and also teaches on the Doctoral Programme for Clinical Psychology, University of Southampton.
Hobbs Rehabilitation Winchester
Dr Sabah Khan is a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and an Associate Fellow and Chartered member with the British Psychological Society. She is also a qualified Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and an Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapist. She has some 15 years experience of working in the NHS, predominantly in neuropsychology and neurorehabilitation settings, including acute and post-acute services, at Queen Square. She combines her experience in both neuropsychology and couple psychotherapy to understand the impact of neurological conditions on couple relationships. Her core approach is psychoanalytic psychotherapy, which involves working with the root problem of underlying issues and is also trained in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and systemic family therapy, which, depending on the presenting issues, can be helpful to alleviate overlying symptoms and help cope with change.
Dr Rachel Tams
Dr Rachel Tams is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist who specialises in working with individuals and families affected by neurological injury and long-term neurological conditions. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Full Practioner member of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Division of Neuropsychology, and a member of the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.
Dr Tams qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 1998. Since 2001 she has worked exclusively within the field of neuropsychology and neurorehabilitation, undertaking further training in this area and developing her expertise in delivering specialist assessment / therapeutic interventions to those living with a range of neurological conditions (including Acquired Brain Injury, Motor Neurone Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Encephalitis and Parkinson’s Disease). Therapeutically she draws on a number of evidence-based psychological approaches including ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), and behavioural and systemic therapy. Dr Tams works part-time for Hobbs Rehabilitation, providing a Neuropsychology service at Oaksey House in Lambourn.
Dr Katherine Pierce
Hobbs Rehabilitation South East & at Blenheim Court
Dr Katherine Pierce is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She is a Full Practitioner Member of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Neuropsychology and is listed on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists. She Is Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
She has worked as a specialist clinical neuropsychologist in NHS and independent settings for over 20 years across a wide range of neurological inpatient, outpatient and community settings. She led the adult neuropsychology services across the London Borough of Camden for over ten years. She draws on evidence-based psychological therapies, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (CBT). She takes a systemic approach to her work, taking into consideration the wider social context of the people she works with.
Dr Pierce is based part-time at the Hobbs Rehabilitation Centre in Liss, where she works with outpatients experiencing a range of neurological conditions, including Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease. She also works therapeutically within the Hobbs mild traumatic brain injury service and provides neuropsychological input at Blenheim Court with inpatients who require more intensive neurological rehabilitation.
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