Psychology Chartered

Children and Neurology

Posted by Juanita Merriman

19th May 2014

When a parent has a brain injury or a neurological condition it can impact on their physical, emotional and cognitive functioning and can cause extensive implications across every area of family life. This is difficult for the children who may not really understand why their parent has changed and may have to cope with a More…

The Development of a Mindfulness Group for Stroke Patients: A Pilot Study

Posted by Juanita Merriman

22nd January 2014

In partnership with the University of Portsmouth, Psychology Chartered conducted an innovative study exploring the impact of mindfulness for stroke patients. Originating from Buddhism, mindfulness is a form of meditation which has growing evidence to support its effectiveness with a range of clinical conditions including depression and chronic pain. 150,000 people have a stroke in the More…

Child and Neurology Event

Posted by Juanita Merriman

9th September 2013

We are excited to let you know we are about to launch a network for children who have a parent with a neurological diagnosis, including MS, Parkinson’s, brain injury and stroke. To book a place or to find out more please contact Juanita on 02392 377 399 or jmerriman@psychologychartered.co.uk by the end of November.The event More…

Psychology Chartered celebrates 10 years of working with you

Posted by Juanita Merriman

24th April 2013

The last decade has seen significant developments in Psychology Chartered.  Our services now include child neuropsychology, diagnostic dementia assessments and specialist treatments of PTSD.  It has also seen us extend our provision across the south of England, introduce Assistant Psychologists into our team and develop all aspects of our administration. Our track record of providing high More…

Psychology Chartered leads research into mindfulness treatment for stroke

Posted by Juanita Merriman

24th April 2013

  Psychology Chartered are in partnership with a postgraduate research project at Bath Spa University, to conduct an innovative study exploring the impact of mindfulness for Stroke patients. There is growing evidence to support the effectiveness of mindfulness across a wide range of clinical conditions including chronic pain to depression. 150,000 people have a stroke in More…

Psychology Chartered Launches Child and Family Services

Posted by Juanita Merriman

7th March 2013

Psychology Chartered now provides specialist psychological services to children, adolescents and families. This includes mental health difficulties, developmental problems and neurological illness/disability. This service is delivered using cognitive assessment/formal psychometric measures, evidence based individual and family therapies and advice and consultation to rehabilitation professionals and case managers.  The service provides the following benefits: Highly specialist More…

Worried about email confidentiality?

Posted by Juanita Merriman

4th March 2013

  As part of Psychology Chartered’s commitment to communicating effectively and safely we have introduced Leapfile. Leapfile is a secure message and file transfer system which uses up to date encryption technology for the sending and receiving of files. It enables tracking of files and transfers of unlimited data size so medical notes and documents More…