Training & advocacy
Sharing knowledge and being an ally
For clinicians, organisations and the wider community
Highlights
Championing Autistic Voices
Delivered the first Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress lecture dedicated to autistic women alongside leading colleagues.
Shaping Clinical Practice
Lecturer on the Royal College of Psychiatrists' National Autism Training Programme, helping psychiatrists develop autism expertise.
Nationally Recognised Resource
Co-authored autism and mental health guidance endorsed by Chris Packham, NAS Ambassador, and published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Upcoming Events
New dates will be announced here. If you'd like me to speak at your event, conference or training day, I'd be glad to hear from you.
Invite to SpeakPast Speaking & Training Engagements
- BFRB Con 2026, University of Oxford - Body focused repetitive behavioursOct 2026
- RCPsych NDPSIG Autumn Conference 2026 - ChairOct 2026
- The Asta Community - Ask an adult autism psychiatrist anythingJul 2026
- RCPsych Quality Network for CRHTTs - Autism and CRHTTsNov 2025
- Autism, anorexia and ARFID (intersecting diagnoses) - webinar with OrriJun 2025
- RCPsych Eating Disorders Annual Forum - NeurodivergenceJun 2025
- ED/MD 2024 - Eating disorders and neurodivergenceOct 2024
- The Late Discovered Club - In conversation re: autism assessmentsSep 2024
- Hazell Forums - Fashionably late: autistic femalesJun 2024
- RCPsych International Congress - Improving outcomes for autistic womenJun 2024
- Falkner House - Fireside chat on neurodivergence in girlsMay 2024
- Care Quality Commission (CQC) - Lecture for World Autism Acceptance WeekApr 2024
- National Autism Training Programme for Psychiatrists - Lecture series2023–2024
- National Autism Training Programme for Psychiatrists - Case study facilitator2023–2024
Advocacy Highlights
September 2025
Letter to Health Secretary with the charity Autism Action
Joint signatory in Autism Action's letter to Wes Streeting about the delayed publication of the Learning from Lives and Deaths (LeDeR) report.
Autism ActionFebruary 2025
Attending the Houses of Parliament with the charity Autism Action
Invited by Autism Action to a Houses of Parliament event about suicide in autistic people. I support them because autistic people deserve action.
Autism ActionNovember 2024
Chris Packham endorses our new RCPsych leaflet
Co-authored the RCPsych information leaflet on autism and mental health. I appreciated the feedback from the neurodivergent community and NAS Ambassador Chris Packham.
RCPsych leafletMarch 2024
A quiet space, co-produced with autistic people
For World Autism Acceptance Week, my NHS hospital opened a newly designed quiet waiting room, a quality improvement project co-produced with autistic people.
Quality improvement poster (PowerPoint)Sharing knowledge and being an ally
For clinicians, organisations and the wider community
Championing Autistic Voices
Delivered the first Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress lecture dedicated to autistic women alongside leading colleagues.
Shaping Clinical Practice
Lecturer on the Royal College of Psychiatrists' National Autism Training Programme, helping psychiatrists develop autism expertise.
Nationally Recognised Resource
Co-authored autism and mental health guidance endorsed by Chris Packham, NAS Ambassador, and published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Upcoming Events
