Autor/-in: Rosie Gilderthorp

Dr Rosie Gilderthorp. is a clinical psychologist with over fifteen years of experience of helping parents to overcome mental health difficulties, connect with their values and thrive personally and professionally. Before she had her children she worked in a learning disability service and her training and pre-qualification experience (including her doctoral thesis) included experience in diagnosing and working with clients with learning disability. In 2018 she had to leave the NHS because the needs of her children were not compatible with the needs of the service. Since then she has had to reconfigure her career, aspirations and identity and find new ways to help people. She did this by setting up a private practice that supports parents through adversity, offering training to organisations and supporting other psychologists and therapists who are thrown into independent practice under similar circumstances.