Gemma Parker - Clinical Psychologist

Hello. I’m Gemma, and I’m the mind behind Raising Relationships. I’m a clinical psychologist by background. I worked in the NHS for about 15 years, in community and inpatient services with people who have struggled with their mental health and have eventually behaved in risky or harmful ways towards people they’ve known and cared for, as well as to strangers and themselves.

I have also worked with family courts and CAFCASS over the years, helping professionals to understand what has led parents to behave in unusual, sometimes harmful, ways towards their children.

I have recently started working in private practice in order to provide psychological interventions to parents, families and individuals who have found that the NHS cannot currently meet their needs. I work flexibly with people, drawing on a number of psychological models to provide a tailored approach in times of need.