Who Am I? (not 24601...)
About me: I am a Doctor of Psychology, a Guide Dog Owner, and I really enjoy the cultural offerings of this amazing city.
A picture of my guide dog and I in a London park.
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My post-nominal'd name:
Dr Tim Mahy BSc (Hons), MSc, DHealthPsy, C.Psychol, AFBPsS, Dip Hip, Cert.Hyp So, what does all that mean? I am a chartered psychologist, registered with the division of health psychology. I am a HCPC registered practitioner psychologist. I am trained in hypnotherapy, including in working with children, and I am continuing to invest in my training and development as I see hypnosis having a profound impact on the work that I do with young people. |
.Prior to commencing training in psychology, I worked in offshore finance. I have worked in multinationals, banks, and government. After 10 years I realised that the life I was working towards brought me no satisfaction. Actually, it was making me really miserable! At that point I opted to make a shift in my career, gave up working, and went back to school. This was a huge leap and was a longer journey that I had originally anticipated. Three years of undergraduate study (at the University of the West of England), followed by a year of Masters degree (at the University of Bath), followed by studying for my professional doctorate in Health Psychology for 2 and a half years (At City, University of London).
During my studies I gained works experience, working with NHS professionals in inpatient mental health, as well as working within a substance misuse charity for 2 years as a project worker/trainee health psychologist.
Upon completion of my qualifications it was very challenging to find work. Typically, when someone has a disability, they note the bizarre reasoning behind job rejections. For me roles often decided that they needed a driving license - something they don't seem to hand out to the visually impaired! I took the decision to make myself more desirable and worked on building a private practice in Guernsey. That became very successful and allowed me to train and grow as a psychologist. The experience was something the NHS would not have been able to have afforded me. The sheer variety of people I had the chance to work with, and the presenting problems, was something only seen in private practice.
When I set up my private practice I stated I did not want to work with children. Only adults. After numerous desperate calls from parents I changed my mind and now have experience of working with people from the age of 5 up to 95. In late 2019 an opportunity arose for me to apply for a role specialising in chronic pain. Something that had appealed to me since my MSc training. I was offered a role within St Thomas' Hospital's INPUT pain management team. I accepted and started making plans to move to my favourite city - London. This was quite a fortuitous decision as shortly after the world was hit by COVID-19 and my private practice in Guernsey would have been decimated for months on end. Instead I worked throughout the pandemic and was fortunate to be able to lead a relatively normal life. Although in an eerily quiet London.
I have now shifted to a different role, setting up a new health psychology service in Woolwich, working with children and adolescents with Cancer, Diabetes, and Epilepsy. Designing a service that aims to meet the needs of those populations, and their families.
My private practice is now very small. I work with a select number of cases online. I choose to have a small practice to enable me to have some variety in my work, continue working with handpicked cases, and maintain sufficient energy to engage fully with my NHS work.
During my studies I gained works experience, working with NHS professionals in inpatient mental health, as well as working within a substance misuse charity for 2 years as a project worker/trainee health psychologist.
Upon completion of my qualifications it was very challenging to find work. Typically, when someone has a disability, they note the bizarre reasoning behind job rejections. For me roles often decided that they needed a driving license - something they don't seem to hand out to the visually impaired! I took the decision to make myself more desirable and worked on building a private practice in Guernsey. That became very successful and allowed me to train and grow as a psychologist. The experience was something the NHS would not have been able to have afforded me. The sheer variety of people I had the chance to work with, and the presenting problems, was something only seen in private practice.
When I set up my private practice I stated I did not want to work with children. Only adults. After numerous desperate calls from parents I changed my mind and now have experience of working with people from the age of 5 up to 95. In late 2019 an opportunity arose for me to apply for a role specialising in chronic pain. Something that had appealed to me since my MSc training. I was offered a role within St Thomas' Hospital's INPUT pain management team. I accepted and started making plans to move to my favourite city - London. This was quite a fortuitous decision as shortly after the world was hit by COVID-19 and my private practice in Guernsey would have been decimated for months on end. Instead I worked throughout the pandemic and was fortunate to be able to lead a relatively normal life. Although in an eerily quiet London.
I have now shifted to a different role, setting up a new health psychology service in Woolwich, working with children and adolescents with Cancer, Diabetes, and Epilepsy. Designing a service that aims to meet the needs of those populations, and their families.
My private practice is now very small. I work with a select number of cases online. I choose to have a small practice to enable me to have some variety in my work, continue working with handpicked cases, and maintain sufficient energy to engage fully with my NHS work.