Putting names to faces
Staff Profiles
Name: Dr Michael Worrell
Job title: Head of Department
Email: michael.worrell@nhs.net
About: Michael is Head of Department of the London CBT Training Centre. Michael is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and BABCP accredited CBT therapist, supervisor and trainer. Michael has many years clinical experience in a range of settings including Adult Mental Health, Primary Care, Rehabilitation and private practice settings in both the UK and Australia. Michael has authored numerous papers and chapters in peer reviewed journals and books. Recent publications include “Cognitive Behavioural Couple Therapy: Distinctive Features” (2015, Routledge) and “What to do when CBT isn’t working” in How to become a more effective CBT therapist: mastering metacompetence (Whittington and Grey, 2014. Wiley). His interests include issues related to training, supervision and couple therapy.
Name: Dr Rita Woo
Job title: Programme Director
Email: rita.woo3@nhs.net
About: Rita is a Clinical Psychologist and BABCP accredited CBT therapist with extensive experience in working with individuals presenting with complex and debilitating mental health difficulties, including psychosis and chronic and recurring mood and anxiety disorders. She has an interest in Behavioural Couple Therapy and the training and supervision of psychologists and other mental health professionals and their continuing professional development, and is a Programme Director for the Central and North West London Mental Health Trust and Royal Holloway University CBT Post Graduate Diplomas.
Name: Dr Louise Payne
Job title: Senior Supervisor and Tutor
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About: Dr Louise Payne is a chartered clinical psychologist and BABCP accredited CBT therapist. She is a long standing member of the training team at the Central London CBT Training centre. She has worked in a wide range of clinical settings and has particular skills and experience in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as well as supervision of psychologists and other mental health professionals.
Name: Dr Rita Santos
Job title: Supervisor and Tutor
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About: Rita is a clinical psychologist who specialises in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), anxiety and anxiety disorders. She finished her clinical training in Lisbon, Portugal (1998) and specialised in CBT for anxiety disorders by completing a two-year MSc (2000). Pursuing her interests further, Rita Santos completed a PhD on cognitive aspects of anxiety and performance at Royal Holloway University of London (2007), conducting cutting-edge psychology research including functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Her research provided the main empirical underpinning of a novel theory of anxiety; attentional control theory. Following a period as a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at Royal Holloway, she also pursued further CBT training in the UK by completing a Postgraduate Diploma (2011). During her career she has developed a broad range of skills, including extensive academic experience (conducting research, publishing papers, and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate level teaching) and wide clinical expertise (ranging from working privately, in psychiatric hospitals, student support centres, and the NHS). She currently provides CBT training and supervision, and works as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist.
Name: Dr Alex Margetts
Job title: Senior Supervisor and Tutor
Email: a.margetts@nhs.net
About: Alex is a Clinical Psychologist and BABCP accredited CBT therapist with experience in working with individuals presenting with common mental health difficulties, especially in the context of physical health and neurocognitive issues. He has worked in HIV & Sexual Health at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital for the past decade, and has an interest in the training and supervision of psychologists and other mental health professionals, and their continuing professional development. He completed his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Oxford University (2008), and Postgraduate Diplomas in CBT at Royal Holloway University (2011), and Neuropsychology at Glasgow University (2015). He works as a Senior Tutor and Supervisor for the Central and North West London Mental Health Trust and Royal Holloway University CBT Post Graduate Diploma (IAPT High Intensity Training), and is their lead for Long Term Conditions. He is also a Clinical Tutor for the Leicester University Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
Name: Ms Tamara Cilliers
Job title: Senior Supervisor and Course Tutor
Email: tamara.cilliers@gmail.com
About: Tamara is a Clinical Psychologist and BABCP accredited CBT therapist and has also trained in Cognitive Analytic Therapy. Tamara has extensive clinical experience, working with complex mental health difficulties including personality disorders. Tamara has an interest in the train-ing and supervision of CBT therapists and psychologists. She worked in the NHS in secondary care psychology services for 15 years and works in private practice.
Name: Eligijus Jakavickas
Job title: Senior CBT Administrator
Email: eligijus.jakavickas@nhs.net
About: Eligijus Jakavickas is our Senior CBT Administrator. He can be contacted by email
eligijus.jakavickas@nhs.net or by phone 020 7266 9580 and will help with your enquiries.