Dr Imogen HobbisBSc (Spec Hons), PhD, DClinPsy,Chartered Psychol,AFBPsS
Imogen is an HCPCregistered clinical psychologist, an HCPC registered health psychologist, an accredited cognitive and behavioural psychotherapist and a qualified coach. She has been working in clinical practice for 30 years, gaining a wealth of experience in different settings and with many different presentations.
Her compassionate and empathic approach aims to help people make sense of their difficulties and to find alternative, more helpful ways to approach the things that cause them distress. She uses individualised, tailored approaches encompassing the specific and unique needs of each person, drawing on skills and techniques appropriate to their concerns.
As a clinical psychologist Imogen has completed an in-depth, evidence-based, doctoral training meaning she uses an integrative approach to therapy, drawing on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy and psychodynamic thinking to inform her practice.
She has worked as a private therapist in Norwich since 2006, mainly working with adults, specialising in anxiety disorders and mood disorders, including anxiety, depression, panic and phobias, low self-esteem, grief and bereavement, and post-traumatic stress disorder. She has a longstanding interest in the relationship between physical health and psychological health so also works with unexplained medical symptoms and somatic complaints.
Her background is in research, with experience gained from Sheffield and Cambridge Universities, and the Univeristy of East Anglia, having completed her Phd at Sheffield, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the UEA, and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Cambridge. This combination of research and clinical skills and experience means she is highly skilled in applying the empirical evidence for psychological interventions, drawing on best practice guidelines and recommendations.
She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Sheffield, and her research dissertation into the physical and psychological correlates of eating disorders. This sparked an interest in the dual relationships between psychological and physical symptoms, leading to her PhD on functional somatic symptoms in gastroenterological disorders.
After qualifying as a clinical psychologist, Imogen worked in child and adolescent mental health services in community and inpatient settings, specialising in adolescent eating disorders. She then returned to research to pursue her research interests within physical health settings as a post-doctoral research clinical psychologist at the University of Cambridge. Alongside this she worked clinically in physical health settings, including diabetes and smoking cessation, so could continue investing in her clinical skills and expertise whilst furthering research experience.
This dual experience in physical and mental health settings means she has achieved HCPC registration as a Health Psychologist as well as being a registered Clinical Psychologist.
More recently, Imogen has trained as a coach and can offer coaching separately or alongside therapeutic interventions. She offers career development coaching for academics and health professionals, given her long experience of working in Higher Education and health settings, as well as generic life coaching.
Please contact her via email at the clinic:imogen@stgilestherapypractice .co.uk
or via The Practice Rooms, Norwich, website:https://thepracticerooms.co.uk/find-a-therapist/search
Professional Development
Imogen is registered with the Health Professions Council (www.hcpc-uk.co.uk), an accredited member of the British Association of Cognitive andBehaviouralPsychotherapists (www.babcp.com) and an Associate Fellow of of the British Psychological Society (www.bps.org.uk), and has a Level 5 coaching apprenticeship and qualification with the Institute of Leadership and Management. She complies with registration requirements for psychologists and psychotherapists regarding supervision and ongoing professionaldevelopment andadheres to relevant Ethical Frameworks for Good Practice.
Imogen keeps confidential case-notes in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, May 2018.
