Our Team
Dr Anna Elderton - Clinical Psychologist
(Face to face appointments at the Well Being Clinic, Headington, Oxford and available online).
Anna is a Clinical Psychologist working with young children, adolescents, and families in independent practice and the NHS. Anna trained on the Oxford Doctoral Course at the University of Oxford and qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2013.
Prior to this, in 2006, she completed a Psychology undergraduate degree at the University of Sheffield and in 2008 a Masters of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, focusing on psychological health and adjustment to chronic illness.
Anna has a specialist interest in the interactions between mental and physical health, and is committed to working with children and their families to alleviate distress, promote optimal development, and improve quality of life.
She is an experienced practitioner working with young people with anxiety, depression, trauma, behavioural difficulties, tics and Tourette’s syndrome, OCD, fatigue, ASD, relationship problems, toileting and adjustment difficulties, as well as psychological adjustment to physical health conditions.
Anna is trained in and utilises a range of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR).
Dr Hannah Stratford - Clinical Psychologist
(Face to face appointments at the Wellbeing Clinic, Headington Oxford and available online)
Hannah is a Clinical Psychologist working in the NHS and private practice. Hannah finished her degree in Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge in 2007 and has been working in mental health care and research ever since. She qualified as a Clinical Psychologist at the University of Oxford in 2013.
Hannah works with adolescents, adults, and families offering psychological assessment and therapy, and has training in several therapeutic models including CBT, Systemic therapy, Mindfulness, CBT-E (enhanced for eating disorders), Narrative Exposure Therapy, DBT-informed skills. She works with people with a range of problems including eating problems, anxiety, OCD, gender dysphoria, trauma, depression, psychosis, self-harm, and relationship problems.
Hannah is passionate about helping people understand psychology and mental health, and has contributed to Short Films About Mental Health and The Man With His Head In The Clouds by Richard O. Smith (2014, Signal books). Hannah offers teaching and training within Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust for staff and for external agencies (like schools and residential units) to help a range of professionals understand more about mental health. She is a guest lecturer at the Oxford Institute for Clinical Psychology Training and Research (OxICPTR) in gender diversity. She is keen to learn more about mental health, and has published research on mental imagery in anxiety and bipolar disorder, and on paranoia in young people, and is currently involved in research into mentalisation (thinking about thinking) in young people with anxiety, depression, and borderline personality traits. She cares about the environment, and likes music and films. At the weekend she enjoys walking her dog.
Dr Ciorsdan Anderson - Clinical Psychologist
(Face to face appointments available in Botley, Oxford and available online)
As an experienced Clinical Psychologist, I am passionate about working with children and young people who are experiencing difficulties managing their feelings, thoughts and actions and who are struggling to manage the difficulties in their lives. I have extensive multi-disciplinary experience working with the families, carers and professional workers involved in the complex systems which surround these children and young people.
I have many years’ experience in the complex assessment of children, young people and their families and carers, who are experiencing mental health difficulties, learning disabilities and neuro-developmental difficulties. I have developed a special interest in the assessment of children and young people who have complex maltreatment and trauma histories that present in the context of challenging behaviour and developmental delay. To aid these assessments I use standardised, reliable and valid assessment tools to inform my clinical judgement.
Dr Fin Williams - Clinical Psychologist
(Face to face appointments available in Woodstock, Oxfordshire and available online)
Fin is a Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience of working in the NHS and privately with children, young people and their families since she qualified in 2007. Fin has worked predominantly in Paediatrics, supporting children and families with long term health difficulties, whose mental health and relationships have been affected by their condition. She has a special interest in working with parent and child relationships, that can be affected by a number of different challenges, and has significant experience in working with children and young people experiencing common emotional wellbeing issues of Depression and Anxiety. She is trained in a number of different approaches including CBT, ACT, Systemic Therapy, Narrative and Attachment therapeutic approaches, and parenting.
In addition to her practice, Fin has been leading University programmes to train the supervisors of mental health workforces. She believes strongly in evidence-based practice and her training role means that she is always up to date with the current research and practice guidelines. She is also a course tutor on the clinical team of the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research (OXiCPTR).
In 2014, Fin shared her thoughts on the importance of supporting the parent-child relationship, when she was asked to contribute to the TEDxExeter stage.
Dr Stephanie Hicks - Clinical Psychologist
(Face to face appointments available in Thame, Oxfordshire and available online)
Steph is a Clinical Psychologist who specialises in work with children, young people and their families. She completed her training at The University of Bath and works both privately and in the NHS. Steph is an accredited Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (BABCP registered) and systemic practitioner at intermediate level. She has also completed further training in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT).
Steph has worked for several Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS); supporting children and young people who are struggling with a range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, self-harm and attachment difficulties. In her NHS role, Steph specialises in working with neurodivergent young people with diagnoses such as Autism and ADHD. She also has experience working in Paediatrics where long-term health conditions may be affecting a young person’s emotional wellbeing.
Steph has a special interest in child development and how therapeutic approaches can best be adapted to the developmental stage of the child or young person she is working with. She is also passionate about the arts and how creativity can be used to engage young people and support the process of change.
Dr Sophie Webster - Clinical Psychologist
(Face to face appointments available in Wantage and available online)
Sophie is a Clinical Psychologist and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. She has over 10 years’ experience working therapeutically with children and adults within the NHS.
Outside of Little Therapy Rooms, Sophie currently works within the NHS Specialist Perinatal Service. She has a real interest in attachment and supports families to help promote secure relationships by focusing on the initial bond between parent and infant. Prior to this, she worked with children, young people and their families within a Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) team.
These experiences mean she is well versed in working with a wide range of difficulties including trauma, anxiety, depression, OCD, low self-esteem or interpersonal struggles and can adapt these according to age or developmental stage. Sophie utilises skills from her Clinical Doctorate and further specialist training to provide an empathetic and compassionate environment to help young people and their families understand their difficulties and learn techniques to alleviate their distress.
Personally, she likes baking, watching films, exploring new places and helping to run a Rainbows unit (girl guiding) during term time.
Rob Sandenbergh - Clinical Psychologist
(Face to face appointments available in Summertown, Oxford and available online)
I have close to 25 years experience as a Clinical Psychologist, working with children, adolescents, adults and families as well as community organisations. Currently, I work in private practice and in the NHS. I worked in private practice in South Africa for close to twenty years before moving to the UK. I am co-author of a book 'Counselling and Coping' which remains on the reading list for trainee medical doctors at the University of Cape Town.
I have always been passionate about helping people overcome and master their challenges, to learn to grow and thrive and to be able to have lives that are connected and purposeful. One of the reasons that I am passionate about helping young people is that often changes made when a person is young have a lasting positive impact throughout their lives.
I offer a range of therapeutic interventions for a wide range of difficulties including low mood and depression, problems with adjustment and change, relationship issues, identity and self-esteem, anxiety, OCD, trauma and adjusting to health issues. In addition, I have wide experience with helping people manage neurodevelopmental conditions, such as Autism Spectrum Conditions.
In my private practice, I offer play therapy for younger children, individual therapy for children, adolescents and adults, couple's therapy and mediation, as well as support and guidance for parents. I provide clinical supervision of and consultation to Clinical Psychologists and other therapists.
I work in an integrative way, meaning that I draw on the best knowledge and research in Psychology. I also work in a direct and practical way, helping people gain insight and skills which help them immediately but also in a way that helps maintain what they have gained in the long term.
I believe that kindness, respect and honesty are fundamental in helping all people be able to address the difficulties that they may be facing. As a parent myself, I understand how important it is to respect a young person's privacy and confidentiality, but also that it is essential to work with parents as a team and so I believe that appropriate open and regular communication with parents is essential in helping a young person.
Dr Dionysios Kyropoulos - ADHD Coach
(Face to face appointments available at The Little Health Hub, Oxford, and available
online)
Dionysios is a professional coach and trainer specialising in ADHD, with a particular focus on studies, work and family life. In his work with families, he supports parents and young people (aged 16 plus) to develop practical strategies for managing attention, motivation and executive function, through individual or group coaching tailored to each family’s unique context, circumstances and needs. At the heart of his coaching philosophy is a strong belief in the transformative power of individualised support.
A dedicated listener, Dionysios helps clients explore their own patterns and habits, working with them to overcome the obstacles that may be holding them back. Dionysios began his career in the arts as an opera singer, stage director and researcher, with graduate studies at Cambridge and Oxford and a research fellowship at Harvard. After a decade teaching in higher education, he trained as a coach in 2021 and has been practising professionally since 2022.
He holds the Guildhall Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring, accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), and has completed the PASSHE Level 5 Course in Teaching Students with Specific Learning Differences in Further and Higher Education, as well as the Autism and ADHD in Higher Education course by Optimum.
He is a PASSHE Professional Quality Assured Tutor, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and holds the Level 3 Award in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). Alongside his coaching practice, Dionysios is Co-Chair and Director of the Professional Association of Specific Learning Difference Specialists in Higher Education (PASSHE), and serves as SEND Governor at Botley School.
Caro Grindrod - Family & Systemic Psychotherapist
(Face to face at The Practice Rooms, Summertown, Oxford and available online)
Caro is a Family & Systemic Psychotherapist registered with UKCP and works with people of all ages. She offers family therapy, parenting work and sibling work. She will work with any family members, altogether or in differing groupings as part of the work in a way that feels right for you.
She has a degree in Human Biology & Psychology, a Paediatric Nursing diploma and a Masters in Family & Systemic Psychotherapy.
Caro has specialised in Child and Adolescent Mental Health within the NHS for 29 years, working in varied inpatient and outpatient CAMHS services across trusts in London, Somerset and Oxford. As a result Caro is experienced in working with children and adolescents with varied mental health and physical health struggles, both individually and within family therapy. Caro attends to the impact on the family of individuals’ difficulties.
She holds expertise and enjoys working with neurodivergent individuals as well as those with gender, sexuality and relationship diversity. She has held management and clinical leadership roles, including the setting up of a community eating disorders service in her NHS role and has lectured internationally.
Aside from working with mental health difficulties, Caro has expertise in working with families around communication & relationship struggles, parental separation & supporting blended families, families navigating grief & loss, families navigating unexpected change or life transitions, families understanding neurodivergence, families navigating identity issues such as gender identity, struggles in managing emotions and in relationship therapy.
She can use a combination of talking therapy, creative approaches and active approaches as is preferred by your family.
She has completed post qualification training in Compassion Focussed Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, DBT informed approaches, mindfulness & meditation and trauma focussed approaches. These different ideas allow Caro to provide an integrative approach tailored to the need of each family.
She will offer a compassionate and containing space, with the intention of helping family members talk together to allow them to better understand and support each other.
She will ensure that each person’s voice is given fair space, and that family members are supported to actively listen to each other. She will explore the barriers that get in the way of effective communication and work together with you to make hoped for changes.
Family therapy will start with an assessment, which is an exploration of your current situation as a family, including every family members views of their experience of family relationships. Caro will focus on getting to know who is in your family system and on your strengths, values and family style as well as your struggles. She will explain how family therapy works and set collaborative goals that you all want to work towards. There will be collaborative agreement on the specific approaches that feel best for your family,
Everything that is important to you as a family will be able to be brought to sessions, and attention will be paid to all of your varied contexts. Caro comes from a view point that you are the expert in your family.
Caro is additionally registered with UKCP as a Systemic Supervisor and has subsequently trained in Supervision for Family Therapy/Multi Family Therapy for eating disorders. She completed a Systemic Leadership course and continues to attend a Systemic Leaders peer supervision group.
Cicely Arthur -
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist
(Face to face appointments in Wheatley, Oxford and available online)
I am a Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist based in Wheatley, Oxfordshire. After qualifying with a Master of Social Work in Canada in 2013, I have worked therapeutically with young people and their families with a wide range of emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties in community-based and public health sectors in Canada and in the UK. In addition to my work with the LTR, I work for a CAMHS team in the NHS as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. I am a member of the Association for Child Psychotherapists (ACP).
Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists take a reflective and non-directive therapeutic approach which focuses on unconscious communications and relationships as observed during the therapeutic session. My focus is on helping children, adolescents and young adults make sense of their feelings, thoughts and experiences either verbally or through play and artwork if the young person struggles to put things into words. My careful observations can provide insight into the young person’s emotional world and patterns of relating, which in turn can help the young person and their families understand themselves and their challenges better. I can help with a wide range of difficulties from infancy to young adulthood (up until 25), including issues related to: anxiety, depression, attachment difficulties, relational trauma, behavioural challenges, aggression, self-harm, difficulty attending school, low self-esteem, loss and bereavement, neurodivergence, and sexuality and gender identity.
We will meet for an initial assessment to explore the presenting difficulties from both the young person and parent/carer’s perspective, and think together about if psychotherapy would be an appropriate treatment. I can offer the following treatment approaches:
Short and long-term individual child, adolescent & young adult psychotherapy (weekly)
Child Parent psychotherapy (sessions with children and their parent(s) or carer(s) together which focuses on attachment and relationship difficulties)
Psychoanalytic parent/carer work (with the aim to increase awareness and understanding of their child)