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.
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Upcoming Events
BFRB Con 2026 (Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours)
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Past Speaking & Training Engagements
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
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Advocacy Highlights
September 2025
Letter to Health Secretary with the charity Autism Action
Joint signatory in Autism Action letter to Wes Streeting about the delay in the publication of Learning from Lives and Deaths report (LEDER).
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February 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.
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November 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 leaflet
March 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
