About Me

Hi, I'm Jyoti. I have been working with Children and families for 20 years and qualified as a Clinical Psychologist from University College London (UCL) in 2010. Although qualified to work with people across the lifespan, I have always worked with children and families. 

In the NHS, I worked in various child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in the community, outpatient and inpatient settings. I have worked with children individually, with parents, with families as a whole and with children and families in groups. I have specialised in assessing and treating children and young people and their families and in working with adolescents who were thought to be at risk in a number of inpatient units across the North London area. I now have a particular interest in working in the community and have worked in school settings for over ten years, supporting children and young people at various stages of their journey, from those struggling with minor challenges with their emotional wellbeing to those who have struggled more chronically and have needed longer-term help.

I currently work in the charity sector at The Anna Freud Centre. Here, I lead and manage a team of mental health professionals who work within the Council in an inner city of London Borough with children and young people up to the age of 25 years from diverse cultural backgrounds. The team focuses on working alongside and within the community, including with young people with complex trauma. The service aims to make psychological services accessible to the community; therefore, we work in primary and secondary schools, colleges, medical centres and social care settings and offer therapy online. Within Social Care, we work directly with Looked after Children in the fostering and adoption teams. I also offer consultation to Social Workers and reflective practice groups in both Social Care and school settings.

As part of my role at The Anna Freud Centre, I have also worked in Postgraduate Studies at UCL as a lecturer, tutor and placement supervisor to students undertaking their MSc in Developmental Psychology and Clinical Practice. A two-year programme in which students are taught about child development and how to assess and treat common problems and then supported to apply this learning to a clinical setting through supervised placements.

In my career, I have undertaken various further training to enhance my working knowledge, including training in Parenting Programmes such as Reflective Parenting, The Solihull Approach, delivering Multi-Family Groups in Schools and team training in Adaptive Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT) to work effectively as a whole team with those individuals with complex networks.

I value a strong therapeutic relationship to create a robust foundation for the work, which I believe will bring about the most change. I therefore value the importance of listening to the voice of each individual in your family. I work flexibly and adapt my model and style to your child and family needs. My aim is to support you to achieve your individual and family potential and support each other to thrive and strive for the best in each other. My style of therapy is to draw on many different theories and therapeutic models to best suit your needs. The models of therapy I use include CBT, Attachment-focused models, Mentalization and Systemic and Narrative approaches.

I am here to help you GROW...

GROW in self-awareness of the things that make you worry 

GROW in your ability to ask for help and say what you need

GROW your toolkit to tackle your challenges

GROW in self-confidence to overcome your fears

GROW in self-kindness and compassion

GROW in your relationships

I look forward to working with you to help you bring about these changes.

Publications

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London. Pooni J, Ninteman A, Bryant-Waugh R, Nicholls D, Mandy W. (2012). Investigating autism spectrum disorder and autistic traits in early onset eating disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 45(4): 583-91