Dr Jacqueline Bailey CPsychol. AFBPsS

I am a practitioner psychologist registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) and chartered with the British Psychological Society (BPS). I am also an Associate Fellow of the BPS. You will find me too on the Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy (ROPSIP). The HCPC (hpc-uk.org) is a UK government agency set up to protect the public and to make sure that health professionals, including psychologists, keep their skills and knowledge up to date.

I have been a health psychologist since 2004 and chartered since 2008. Health psychology is about how the mind and body work together; for more about health psychology, please read this page. Health psychologists are the professionals who design the training courses for NHS health trainers and for the NHS stop-smoking services. They also sometimes act as unofficial advocates, using their expert communication skills, between the health professional and the patient.

Over more than 10 years I have worked with people who are struggling with anxiety, panic attacks, depression, OCD, health anxiety, PTSD, trauma and bereavement. As well as working at home with private clients I have previously worked at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath in the CRPS department; and with the Haemophilia Society,  the NCT (National Childbirth Trust) breastfeeding counsellors and with an NHS diabetes service. I worked too with the University of Bath in implementing a programme to help adolescents eat healthily and take up physical activity. I also have personal and/or professional experience of IBS, asthma, joint pain /osteoarthritis, anxiety and weight management.

I am registered with various health insurance companies including AXA, BUPA, Vitality and Aviva. Please note that if you have health insurance you don’t have to go through the middle-men like Onebright, even if your HR department suggests that. Rather you can come direct to me and I will invoice the health insurers directly. I also take on clients who are self-funding.

I am a very down to earth person with a sense of humour and good interpersonal skills.