About Us Dynamic Change Consultants

Meet the Team

Dynamic Change Consultants is home to a diverse group of highly qualified specialists, with experience helping people from all backgrounds and age groups.

Meet the Team

Dynamic Change Consultants is home to a diverse group of highly qualified specialists, with experience helping people from all backgrounds and age groups.

Prof Robert Bor

Founder, Clinical Lead
and Clinic Director

DPhil, CPsychol, CSci,
FBPsS, HonFRAeS, EuroPsy

Dr Sara Chaudry

Practice Development
and Clinical Standards Lead

BSc, MSc, DPsych,
CPsychol

Shirah Herman

Mental Health and
Wellbeing Lead

RMN, RGN, PGDIP Systemic Theory,
MSc, CBT, BACP (Accred), EMDR Therapist

Dr Lutfiye Agolli

Consultant Registered
Counselling Psychologist

BSc, DPsych,
PgCert

Dr Alastair Gray

Consultant Registered Clinical
and Neuropsychologist

BSc, PhD, D Clin Psych, PgDip
Neuropsych, AFBPS, C Psychol

Salvatore Circelli

Neurodiversity and Performance Coach

MA, Cert.Ed, F.LSBU, M.ANLP, Cert.Med Hol.Couns (IMTTA), Executive Member (IICT)

Ian Long

Counselling
Psychotherapist

MNCPS (Acc.),
CAP Accredited Peer

Dr Juliana S Ormrod

Consultant Registered
Counselling Psychologist

DPsych, MSc, BSc
PGDip

Fiona Paton

Consultant Registered
Counselling Psychologist

BSc, MSc, PGDip,
CPsychol

Dr Laurence Regan

Consultant Registered
Clinical Psychologist

BSc, MSc,
DClinPsy

Dr Gary Robinson

Consultant Clinical and Sport & Exercise Psychologist

BA (Hons), MSocSci, DClinPsych,
CPsychol, AFBPsS

Selected Publications

A selection of books written by our mental health experts.

Being Together
Being Apart

Building Relationships When Physically Apart

Prof. Rob Bor,
Dr. Carina Eriksen,
Dr. Sara Chaudry

KDP
(May 2024)

Life After
Work

A Psychological Guide to a Healthy Retirement

Prof. Rob Bor,
Dr. Carina Eriksen,
Lizzie Quarterman

Routledge
(Oct. 2018)

Overcoming
Stress

Sources of Stress and How to Manage Them

Prof. Rob Bor,
Dr. Carina Eriksen,
Dr. Sara Chaudry

Sheldon Press
(Apr. 2014)

The Panic
Workbook

Techniques to Help Stop a Panic Attack

Dr. Carina Eriksen,
Prof. Rob Bor,
Margaret Oakes

Sheldon Press
(Oct. 2012)

Coping Successfully with Shyness

Rebuild Confidence
in a Lasting Way

Margaret Oakes,
Prof. Rob Bor,
Dr. Carina Eriksen

Sheldon Press
(May 2012)

Overcome Your Fear of Flying

Creating Inner Alignment

Prof. Rob Bor,
Dr. Carina Eriksen,
Margaret Oakes

Sheldon Press
(Jul. 2009)

Being Together
Being Apart

Life After
Work

Overcoming
Stress

The Panic
Workbook

Coping Successfully
with Shyness

Overcome Your
Fear of Flying

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Wherever you are in your journey, our accomplished and compassionate professionals are here to support you as you learn to be your best self.

Professor Robert Bor

Founder, Clinical Lead and Clinic Director

Consultant Clinical, Aviation, Health and Counselling Psychologist, and Couples and Family Therapist

DPhil, CPsychol, CSci,
FBPsS, HonFRAeS, EuroPsy

With more than 30 years experience as a clinical psychologist, executive coach, therapist, trainer, clinical supervisor and scientific author, Rob is one of the UK’s most senior psychologists. He works in corporate, private, NHS and university settings, and is a Director of Dynamic Change Consultants Ltd. Whenever and whomever he consults, Rob is passionate about providing bespoke, individual and tailor-made solutions to human and organisational problems, based on established national clinical and organisational guidelines. His approach respects time commitments and for this reason is focused and solution-oriented. For many years, he was the Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London.

Rob’s specialisms include supporting individuals, couples, families, children, adolescents and adults facing a range of problems and challenges throughout life. He also coaches and consults groups and teams in organisations and he has experience of working with the full range of psychological problems. His main therapeutic approaches are cognitive-behavioural, systemic, solution-focused and integrative, though he also has an extensive background in psychodynamic therapy. He is registered as a Clinical, Counselling and Health Psychologist, as well as a Specialist in Aviation Psychology (European Association for Aviation Psychology) and a Systemic Therapist.

Rob’s clinical and specialist training was completed at the Tavistock Clinic, London; University of Rochester, New York; The University of South Africa, Pretoria; Ackerman Institute for the Family, New York; The Milan School of Family Therapy, and the Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto. Author of more than 35 textbooks and self-help books, and 250 academic papers, Rob is regularly quoted and interviewed over a range of issues and problems and his expertise sought in medico-legal and complex clinical cases.

One specialism he offers is in aviation psychology and provides psychological support and crew well-being services to several UK and international airlines (ce ntreforaviationpsychology.com). Rob’s expertise extends to psychological assessments of pilots and helping aircrew manage intermittent relationships, due to rostering challenges. He has published the key aviation psychology textbooks. Rob offers bespoke psychological treatment for fear of flying.

He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, attained the world’s highest award in aviation, an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society, is a Chartered Scientist, Chartered Psychologist, Liveryman of the Honorary Company of Air Pilots, has received the Freedom of the City of London, is a Winston Churchill Fellow and Honorary Psychologist to the Royal Air Force. Rob is a Consulting Psychologist to St Paul’s School, King Edward VII’s Hospital, The London Clinic, PwC and The Royal Opera House.

Rob promotes LGBTQ and affirmative psychology, has interests and experience in psychodermatology, reproductive health (including same sex families), crisis support and is also a clinical supervisor to mental health colleagues.

Dr Sara Chaudry

Practice Development & Clinical Standards Lead

Consultant Registered Counselling Psychologist

BSc, MSc, DPsych, CPsychol

Dr Sara Chaudry is a psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society. She is a Counselling Psychologist and academic, specialising primarily in clinical practice and supervision, consulting, coaching and research supervision. Sara has a broad range of psychological interests and clinical experience developed from working in various professional contexts, including the NHS, corporate, private, educational and charitable sectors. She works with adults, couples and adolescents.

Sara works with diverse mental health issues: while some may require brief solution focused therapy, others demand a more integrated and in-depth treatment approach. She also works with complex existential issues requiring deeper exploration and longer-term psychological support. While her clinical work draws from evidence-based frameworks such as CBT (an approach that focuses on mindfulness, acceptance and compassion), her psychological understanding is informed by a wide range of therapeutic models including psychodynamic and schema therapy. Her integrative way of working and view of each client as unique means that Sara tailors the specialist psychological approaches to meet the individual’s presenting needs.

Sara consults with both individuals and teams in corporate settings, as well as with adolescents and young people in educational settings. She has extensive experience of supporting creative individuals, from her work with dancers at the Royal Ballet School to launching the therapy service at the renowned global school, Istituto Marangoni, supporting students of fashion, art and design.

As part of her work with appearance related issues, Sara works alongside leading surgeons offering specialist psychological assessments for those seeking surgical treatment, providing robust screening and an opportunity for patients to discuss any pre surgery concerns that they might have.

Sara holds an academic post at City, University of London. She is the Programme Director for the Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling Psychology, and she is a Research Supervisor for doctoral students overseeing a breadth of research studies in qualitative methodologies. She also serves as an Internal and External Examiner for doctoral theses through to Viva Voce examination at City and other UK universities.

When time permits, Sara enjoys writing, and has several publications to date.

Shirah Herman

Mental Health & Wellbeing Lead

Consultant Registered Psychological Therapist

RMN, RGN, PGDIP Systemic Theory,
MSc, CBT, BACP (Accred), EMDR Therapist

With more than 35 years’ experience in the psychological therapies and counselling profession, Shirah’s expertise is across most clinical areas and problems. She works comfortably with children, adolescents, young people, adults, couples, and families.

She is a systematic practitioner, having trained at the Tavistock Clinic in London. She also has a Masters in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with additional specialist training in treating the effects of psychological trauma (using EMDR).

Shirah is passionately committed to working collaboratively with her clients She is trained in the treatment of trauma and carries out extensive assessment in treating trauma using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and works to help clients alleviate symptoms to live their lives as peacefully as possible. She adopts a client-centred approach that draws from mindfulness training and uses imaginative and creative methods to combine traditional therapeutic approaches like CBT and Psychodynamic with the creative part of an individual’s talents, enabling self-soothing and building resilience.

Shirah is a qualified registered mental health nurse and registered general nurse, combining her interest in how physical and mental illness impact each other. Her specialisms include helping and supporting individuals, couples and families in areas, amongst others, that include anxiety, OCD, depression, addiction, the effects of abuse, sexual difficulties and the impact of health problems.

She has worked in and led a mental well-being team and managed the counselling service in a large London comprehensive school for over sixteen years. Consequently, she has extensive experience of working with adolescents. She is currently a consultant therapist at the Istituto Maragoni, London, a leading global graduate school for young people studying creative arts, fashion and design.

She has been engaged in organisational critical events involving complex issues and policy formulation. She has a special interest in Aviation Psychology, specialising in working with crew. Her years of doing shift work in a disciplined and critical environment have given her an insight into the pressures that crew face. She is also interested in the challenges emergency services and armed forces have to face in their work and the impact this may have on their mental wellbeing. Having spent many years working in high-risk, sometimes unpredictable and often highly charged working environments, her psychotherapeutic style is calm, contained, and respectful. She also works in a time-sensitive way, seeking to bring compassion, understanding and working solutions to human problems as rapidly as is possible. As well as face- to- face therapy, she offers online.

Her philosophy is that every experience can be an opportunity for personal growth and her response is to help build the strength to facilitate healing. She adopts a holistic approach to therapy within NICE Guidelines and the Ethical Framework of Counselling (BACP).

Salvatore Circelli

Neurodiversity, ADHD & Life Coach

MA, Cert.Ed, F.LSBU, M.ANLP, Cert.Med Hol.Couns (IMTTA), Certified ADHD Coach, Executive Member (IICT)

Salvatore Circelli is a Neurodiversity, ADHD, and Life Coach with more than 30 years’ experience in education, coaching, and wellbeing. He specialises in supporting teenagers, university students, and adults with ADHD and other neurodiverse conditions – working with both diagnosed and undiagnosed individuals –to help them overcome barriers, develop effective strategies, and achieve their academic, professional, and personal goals.

Salvatore’s coaching is practical, person-centred, and results-focused. He equips clients with evidence-based tools to strengthen executive function, improve time management and organisation, reduce procrastination, and manage distraction. His work also addresses stress management, resilience-building, and life coaching strategies that support goal setting, confidence, and balance – enabling clients to build independence, clarity, and sustainable success.

Across his career, Salvatore has held senior roles in schools, colleges, and universities, and has worked nationally with the Association of Colleges and the Education and Training Foundation. He was appointed Team Leader and Performance Coach for Team UK at the WorldSkills Competitions, training young people at Loughborough University and coaching international coaches and teams in China and Russia. He holds a Master’s in Education with Distinction and is a qualified ILM Coach and Mentor, NLP Practitioner, certified ADHD Coach and Holistic Creative Art Therapist.

He also holds an academic post at the prestigious Istituto Marangoni London, higher education school of fashion and design, where he is the Lead Neurodiversity and Wellbeing Coach, supporting creative-sector students and lecturers He has also been commissioned by St Paul’s School, Barnes as a specialist ADHD Coach. Alongside his professional work, Salvatore volunteers as a Community Champion with the National Trust, where he developed and ran wellbeing and coaching workshops to support the local community.

Salvatore’s mission is to create inclusive, supportive environment where neurodiverse and neurotypical individuals can thrive, using tailored coaching to unlock potential, improve performance, and enable lasting positive change.

Fiona Paton

Consultant Registered Counselling Psychologist

BSc, MSc, PGDip, CPsychol

Fiona Paton is a Counselling Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and Chartered by the British Psychological Society. She has extensive clinical experience of more than 20 years within the public, private and voluntary sectors. Within the NHS she has worked in multiple primary care settings across London as well as in specialist health psychology hospital positions. She is an experienced educator of adults and has lectured and taught in a number of UK universities.

Fiona recently returned from spending several years working overseas for International SOS, consulting for one of their major international client companies in an extreme and remote area of Indonesia. Her experience included working with expatriate individuals, couples and families living and working in extreme, highly charged, frequently changing and often dangerous conditions; facilitating group processes for diverse audiences, as well as working cross-culturally at an organisational level. Many years living and working in an unpredictable environment has led Fiona to develop a therapeutic style which is calm, relaxed, adaptable and highly responsive to change and individual needs.

Fiona’s work is integrative, drawing on a number of therapeutic approaches, based on established national clinical and organisational guidelines. She is passionate about providing a bespoke service, working collaboratively with clients and matching a client’s needs to the most appropriate treatment, whilst working in a timely manner. She draws on cognitive behavioural therapy and solution-focussed therapy within a client-centred framework. Fiona is trained in the treatment of trauma using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and has extensive experience working with trauma across a variety of settings from industrial accident and terrorism to sexual abuse and assault. She is also qualified in clinical hypnosis and draws on this approach as required.

Fiona works with clients across the lifespan with a wide range of clinical issues. She also provides individual life coaching for clients looking to realise personal and professional goals. She is passionate about empowering clients to become more resilient in our ever-changing world and to develop their own strengths to overcome future adversity. In addition Fiona has a particular interest in working with clients struggling with health difficulties. She has worked extensively in the field of psychosexual medicine and with survivors of rape and sexual abuse and has a gentle, respectful but practical approach to intimate issues.

As well as face-to-face therapy, she offers online, Skype and FaceTime sessions.

Dr Gary Robinson

Consultant Clinical and
Sport & Exercise Psychologist

BA (Hons), MSocSci, DClinPsych, CPsychol, AFBPsS

Dr Gary Robinson is a Clinical and Sport & Exercise Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, a Chartered Member and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

Gary has a broad range of psychological interests and clinical experience developed from over 15 years of working in various professional contexts including the NHS, private practice, elite sport, and the corporate sector. Gary’s area of expertise is adult mental health, working with individuals and groups across the lifespan, presenting with a range of psychological and mental health issues, which include adjustment disorder, depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD, performance anxiety, bereavement issues, relationship difficulties, self-esteem issues, and eating disorders.

Gary is passionate about working collaboratively with his clients to reach a mutual understanding of their difficulties so that he can tailor interventions to meet their specific and unique needs. He, therefore, draws on a range of different evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy (IPT), and solution focussed therapy (SFT) to help people make progress and reach their desired aims. Gary offers online sessions, utilising various online platforms, such as Zoom.

Gary has several special interests, including Aviation Psychology, working both with aircrew and air traffic controllers. Gary also has extensive expertise in providing one-to-one life and executive coaching and he is passionate about helping his clients move towards the realisation of their personal and professional goals. Gary uses a collaborative, client-centred approach in his coaching sessions. He creates an open, supportive, and trusting environment that encourages clients to deeply self-reflect, develop self-awareness, pinpoint negative thinking and behavioural patterns, and create positive behavioural changes. As a result, clients broaden their perspectives and are empowered to create actions toward their goals.

Gary’s experience also includes working within high-pressure environments, such as aviation, professional / elite sport and the corporate arena, providing consultancy work, coaching and therapy for individuals and teams experiencing performance-related issues, such as performance slumps, performance anxiety and loss of confidence, with the goal of optimising performance, realising potential, and achieving excellence. This extensive experience has enabled Gary to develop an in-depth understanding of the psychological and emotional demands and mental health issues faced by individuals in high-performance and high-pressure environments and he is passionate about providing psychological support to this client group.