About me

Dr Claudia Hallett smiling in a white blouse seated on a blue chair, with a vase of flowers in the background.

As a highly specialist clinical psychologist who has spent 13 years treating, speaking, teaching, and writing about anxiety, trauma and depersonalisation and derealisation, I’m in a unique position of being able to say:

Your detachment experiences are not dangerous. They make complete psychological sense. Change is possible.

My passion is to help my clients feel less afraid of their symptoms and develop a new relationship to their experiences. I love sharing the neuropsychology behind why we can experience these sensations, and taking practical steps together to help you overcome these feelings.

There is always a story that makes sense of your experiences. Together we can find the way to a calmer you.

Dr Claudia Hallett smiling, resting her head on her hand, wearing a blue vest and white blouse, sitting at a table with a stack of books. Two framed pictures are on the wall in the background.

Professional Accreditations and Regulatory Bodies

I’m registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist. The HCPC is the governing body for all Clinical Psychologists in the UK. My registration number is PYL32346.

I’m an Accredited Cognitive Behavioural (CBT) Psychotherapist with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), the lead organisation for CBT in the UK. This means I have trained to the highest UK professional standard in CBT. The BABCP is accredited by the Professional Standards Authority. My BABCP membership number is 160702.

I’m a trained BABCP Accredited CBT Clinical Supervisor, meaning that I am verified and trusted by the BABCP to provide highly specialist CBT supervision to other UK CBT therapists in the NHS and private practice.

Professional Qualifications

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) - Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IOPPN), King’s College London, UK

Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (PgDipCBT) - Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IOPPN), King’s College London, UK

First Class Bachelors Degree in Experimental Psychology (BSc) - University of Bristol, UK

Post-Doctoral Training

Individual Schema Therapy training approved by the International Society of Schema Therapy Training (ISST). Schema Therapy Associates.

Advanced Clinical Skills in Compassion Focused Therapy with Professor Paul Gilbert. Compassionate Mind Foundation.

Publications

Hallett, C. CBT for Depersonalisation-Derealisation Disorder. In N. Grey & E. Warnock-Parkes (Eds) A Casebook of CBT for Anxiety and Related Disorders. Taylor & Francis LTD (in publication)

Hallett, C., Schulze, K., Parsloe, T. and Kennerley, H. (in preparation). Ten misconceptions of CBT for depersonalisation and derealisation.

Challacombe, F., Bickers, E., Gilderthorpe, R., Buabeng, R. and Hallett, C. (submitted). The support needs of women and birthing people with hyperemisis gravidarum.

Miles, S., Brown, G., Corfe, A., Hallett, C., Wingrove, J., Wheatley, J., and Veale, D (2019). Time-intensive behavioural activation for depression: A multiple baseline study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 63, 36-47 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.12.008

Hallett, C., Gupta, S., and Priebe, S. (2013). What do outpatients with schizophrenia and mood disorders want to learn about their illness? Psychiatric Services, 64 (8) https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200382

Hallett, C., Klug, G., Lauber, C., and Priebe, S (2012). Volunteering in the care of people with severe mental illness: a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 12 (226) https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-12-226