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Dr Jenny Jim (BSc (Hons), DClinPsy, Cert. Family Therapy, CPsychol)

Dr Jenny Jim works for the NHS and is also a Clinical Tutor for the University College London, Clinical Psychology Doctorate programme. As a Clinical Tutor she is involved in all aspects of training the next generation of Clinical Psychologists.

Jenny has worked with individuals across the lifespan and has a keen interest in working together with Adults, Children, Young People and Families.

Jenny studied Experimental Psychology with North American Studies at the University of Sussex, graduating in 1998 with First Class Honours. Within her first degree, she also studied social anthropology, the psychology of consciousness, drugs and the mind, criminology and archaeology at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia. She then took up posts as a Research Assistant and Assistant Psychologist. Subsequent to this she completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2003 at University College London. She went on to study for a Certificate in Family Therapy at the Institute of Psychiatry, for which she was awarded a distinction.

Jenny is a member of various professional groups (British Psychological Society Special Interest Groups in Race and Culture; Children and Young People; Health Psychology) she also is an associate member of the Division of Clinical Psychologys Faculty for Children and Young People Psychology and contributes to the Divisions representation on the Professional Governance Panel. She is part of the National Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology.

Jenny has recently published a paper about the effect of cultural values on the therapeutic process (Jim, J. & Pistrang, N. (2007) 'Culture and the therapeutic relationship: Perspectives from Chinese clients' in Psychotherapy Research, July 2007; 17 (4): 461-473) and another paper regarding psychology provision for Children, Young People and Families in South London (see Salmond & Jim (2007) A Characterisation of Tier 2 psychology services in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, published in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Volume 12, No. 2, 2007, pp. 87-93)

Jenny has a longstanding commitment to providing access to the highest quality psychological knowledge and services to the public. She feels privileged to have met and worked with so many unique people and families.

Dr Paula Corredor Lopez (BSc (Hons), DClinPsy, CPsychol)

Dr Paula Corredor Lopez (BSc Hons, D. Clin. Psy.) has worked and studied within the field of psychology for fifteen years. She studied Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex and subsequently trained at Royal Holloway, University of London for her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

Since qualification six years ago, Paula has been working within the NHS, primarily working in services for children and families, within GP practices, Early Intervention services and families own homes, seeing young people aged 0-18years and their parents.

Paula was a Senior Facilitator for the Centre for Parent and Child Support at Guys Hospital, training other professionals in how to work more effectively with parents and young people. Paula continues to maintain her links with this Centre as an Associate Facilitator and also presents at Conferences on the work of the Centre.

Paula has worked heading a Psychology Team within an Adolescent in-patient Unit for the past year. She is moving to work as Clinical Lead, within a national project supporting foster-carers and young adults with multiple difficulties, within London.

Paula is committed to the development of her profession and in 2005 was elected to the Children and Young Peoples Faculty Committee for the British Psychological Society (BPS) within Britain. Through this role she regularly consults to governmental and BPS society documentation and treatment guidelines.

Paula is also published within the field of adult parasuicide/acts of attempted suicide.