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Dr Devon Perfect
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Experience
Dr Devon Perfect is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked in the NHS since 2011 in a range of services with individuals age 18+.
Alongside her work for Mollart CBT, Dr Perfect works as a Senior Clinical Psychologist within an acute mental health inpatient unit for Older Adults providing 1:1 therapy to patients, consultation to other members of the team and supervision to both junior colleagues and wider staff group. Within this role, Dr Perfect works regularly with individuals who are experiencing chronic physical health conditions as well as those with longstanding complex emotional needs/personality disorders. Throughout her career she has worked with patients across the lifespan, including those with learning disabilities and within a perinatal mental health service.
Dr Perfect has extensive experience working with individuals with dementia and their families, with her doctoral thesis focussing on the relationship between adult children who are caring for a parent with dementia.
Dr Perfect is passionate about understanding the whole person and keeping them at the centre of their recovery journey. In line with this, she works in an integrative way to draw on therapeutic techniques from a range of models that fit best with what the person wishes to gain from therapy. Dr Perfect works using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and third wave approaches such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as well as drawing from a psychodynamic perspective.
Dr Perfect also has a special interest in Equine Assisted Therapy which utilises the relational power of horses as a mirror to explore our own experiences.
Qualifications
Dr Perfect holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Birmingham.
She is registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), which monitors and regulates the practice of Clinical Psychologists.​
Dr Perfect is an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with the British Association of Behavioural Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). The BABCP is the lead organisation for the theory, practice and development of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in the UK. BABCP Accreditation is the “Gold Standard” that every CBT Psychotherapist is striving to achieve. To achieve accreditation with the BABCP demonstrates that the therapist has met the criteria outlined in their core profession, qualifications and clinical experience.