Dr Mari AldridgeBSc (Joint Hons). DClinPsych. MSc. Clinical and Forensic Psychologist

  • Areas Covered:
  • Taunton
  • Exeter
  • Personal Injury Assessment (Psychological)

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Typical areas of involvement

  • Personal Injury (Adults and Children)
  • PTSD
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Depression
  • Road Accident
  • Effects of Automatism in Traffic Situations
  • Work Accident
  • Housing Stress
  • Psychological aspects of Medical Negligence
  • Chronic Pain
  • Reliability of Witness
  • Employment Cases
  • Forensic Psychology

Employment History

August 2011 — Current

HCPC Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and Director, M.L.A. Psychology Services Limited, Taunton

  • 2016 - Current

    Director and Clinical Lead, Prometheus Psychological Therapy Centre, Taunton

    April 2009 - April 2011

    Principal Clinical Psychologist, Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust, Community Mental Health Team, Taunton

    September 2007- April 2009

    Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Orchard House Family Assessment Centre, Taunton

    September 2007- April 2009

    Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Independent Medical and Psychological Services Ltd (IMPS), Taunton

    1999 - 2003

    Forensic Psychologist, Offending Behaviour Programmes Unit, H.M. Prison Service, London

Recent Training Courses

  • University of Cardiff, Bond Solon Expert Witness Training (Role and Duty of Expert Witness, Skills in Report Writing, Cross Examination and Court Room Skills.
  • British Psychological Society: Expert Witness Review – Using Psychometrics
  • Advanced Trauma Training – Bessel Van de Kopp
  • Compassionate Focused Therapy for Post -Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • PESI – Intensive Trauma Treatment Course
  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
  • EMDR Training Part 4
  • Historical Clinical Risk-V3 (HCR-V3) for the Assessment of Violence Risk
  • Psychopathy Checklist Revised Reliability Training (PCL-R)
  • International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE)

Professional Qualifications

EMDR Europe - 2020

Accredited EMDR Practitioner

BABCP – 2011

Accredited CBT Therapist

  • 2003-2007

    Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Bristol

    2000-2001

    MSc in Criminological Psychology, University of Birmingham

    1994-1998

    BSc (Joint Hons) Psychology and Sociology, University of Bath

Memberships

  • HCPC (Registration number: PYL01671)
  • British Psychological Society (Membership number: 088250)-Division of Clinical Psychology, Forensic Psychology and Faculty of Learning Difficulties
  • British Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies (Accredited CBT Therapist and Full Member, 090931)
  • Full Member of EMDR UK

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