Meet the Team

At the heart of Compass is our diverse team of experts offering unparalleled psychological services to fit our clients’ unique needs.

Peter Walker – Director

Dr Peter Walker is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with a background in a variety of clinical contexts. Prior to starting his training as a Clinical Psychologist, Dr Walker worked in a number of services for People with Learning Disabilities. Both during this time and during training, Dr Walker completed empirical research investigating the links between sexual identity development, mental health, attachment and risk taking behaviour.

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Becky Watkins
– Associate

Dr Becky Watkins is an HCPC registered clinical psychologist offering personal injury and capacity assessments. She has worked in clinical psychology since 2002 and qualified from the Bristol Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2006. She has provided a service in both the public and private sector. This has included 5 years working within a multidisciplinary pain management team, developing and delivering chronic pain management services and for six years, setting up and delivering a dermatology psychology service for adults and young people for Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust.

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Jodie Rawlings
– Associate

Dr Jodie Rawlings is a Clinical Psychologist with a specialism in working with young people, families and systems, who are involved with Children’s Services. Prior to her clinical training, Dr Rawlings completed a research doctorate, in which she used different methodologies to explore the relationship between mood and impulsivity in predicting high risk behaviour in young adults. As part of this work, Dr Rawlings also spent time at the Shanghai Mental Health Centre, investigating cross-cultural variances in impulsivity and mood.

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Leyanne Edwards
– Associate

Dr Leyanne Edwards is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC) and has been working in the field of mental health for over 10 years. Since qualifying in 2014, Dr Edwards’ initial post was working in services for older adults, which included both community mental health and care home liaison work. This post involved Dr Edwards completing therapeutic assessments and interventions for older people with mental health difficulties and supporting staff within care homes via formulation, assessment and training.

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Sadie Westrup
– Associate

Dr Westrup is an HCPC registered Educational Psychologist with over 25 years’ experience working with children, young people and their families. She is a member of the Association of Educational Psychologists and has been a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society since 2009. Dr Westrup specialises in working with children and young people who have experienced developmental trauma; helping schools and families understand the maladaptive stress reactions related to developmental trauma and the difficulties the child may experience with identifying, expressing and managing their emotions.

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Erika Baker
– Associate

Dr Erika Baker is an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist with a specialism in working with young people, families and their systems. In particular, Dr Baker specialises in working with young people who experience developmental trauma, mental health difficulties and neurodivergency. Dr Baker has worked within the field of developmental psychology for many years. Prior to her clinical training, Dr Baker was awarded a PhD in developmental and experimental psychology, exploring the early emotional and social development of children from infancy. This involved the investigation of psychophysiology across two large longitudinal studies. Dr Baker presented this research at national and international conferences, and published her work in peer reviewed journals.

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Beth Galliver
– Associate

Dr Beth Galliver is a Chartered Consultant Clinical Psychologist, registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She has extensive experience of working with individuals who present with a range of problems including mental health difficulties, neurodevelopmental disorders, learning disability, trauma, attachment difficulties and offending behaviours.

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We are a select group of qualified, experienced and professional psychologists.

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