Dr Toby King

Hi, my name is Toby and I’m a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). I’ve got a decade of professional experience in supporting people who are struggling with various mental health difficulties. I offer collaborative, compassionate and personalised support, creating a therapeutic space that feels safe, steady and containing. I really value the importance of a strong therapeutic relationship, and am acutely aware of it’s importance for effective therapy. I’d like to think I’m pretty easy going and really don’t take myself too seriously, yet realise understanding people and owning our vulnerabilities in a therapeutic space is daunting and is serious work. Together, I hope we can build a shared understanding of your experiences - exploring what may have made you vulnerable to difficulties, what might be maintaining them, and what you hope will change.

At the beginning of my career I worked in several Assistant Psychologist positions, delivering low intensity psychological interventions in NHS and private sector services to people suffering from common mental health difficulties such as low mood, anxiety disorders, carer stress and adjustment to neurodegenerative disease. During my doctoral training I gained more experience working across different populations and settings, including inpatient, outpatient and community mental health services, with varying complexity and severity. I now work in an NHS older adult community mental health team, offering psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for older adults struggling with a variety of mental health conditions. I also complete neuropsychological assessments. Throughout my work to date, I’ve taken a special interest in anxiety disorders (OCD, panic, phobias, health anxiety and generalised anxiety), adjustment to neurological illness and prolonged grief.