Clinical Psychology Services North West provides psychological therapy, specialist psychological assessments (including medico-legal assessments) and training.
We are experienced Clinical Psychologists and are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). We are Chartered Psychologists and Associate Fellows of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Dr Helen Beesley
BSc (Hons), DClinPsychol, AFBPsS
Director, Clinical Psychology Services North West Ltd
Clinical Psychologist & Chartered Psychologist
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
About Helen
Helen has enjoyed working in both clinical and clinical research posts since qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist at the University of Liverpool in 2004.
Helen currently works in private practice and provides assessment and psychological therapy in Liverpool and at Spire Murrayfield Hospital on the Wirral. As well as therapy, she is sometimes asked to see patients for assessment before surgery and can provide support to patients making decisions about treatment. An area of specialism is clinical health psychology; supporting people when psychological difficulties are linked to dealing with illness. She also provides more general psychological intervention for depression, anxiety, work stress, low self esteem and other issues.
Over the last 15 years she has carried out and published research in clinical health psychology. She led the development of a new clinical psychology service in Breast services at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. During her 11 years at the hospital, she also took a role as Macmillan Principal Clinical Psychologist & Research Lead in a broader psychology service for people affected by various cancer types. Her clinical work involved supporting patients affected by illness and their family members using psychological therapy.
Helen has undertaken expert witness work since 2014 and regularly receives instructions from solicitors and agencies to provide medicolegal psychological assessments. She offers assessments and produces reports for the Court on psychological reactions to personal injury and clinical negligence incidents.
Dr Frank Beesley
BSc (Hons), DClinPsychol, AFBPsS
Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Chartered Psychologist
Associate Psychologist, Clinical Psychology Services North West – Medicolegal
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
About Frank
Frank qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2000. He has worked in a range of specialities including high security mental health settings and adult mental health teams in the community. His most recent NHS post was Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Warrington in Five Boroughs NHS Partnership Trust where he provided psychological assessments, individual and group therapy, supervision of both clinical psychologists and other disciplines and specialist training in several areas of mental health (e.g. personality disorder, DBT).
Prior to this, he worked in the Personality Disorder Hub Service in Five Boroughs NHS Partnership Trust, providing specialist personality disorder assessments, consultation and training for other staff and teams, Trustwide.
Since 2012 he has worked as an expert witness including preparation of medico-legal psychological assessments for The Court.
Frank works with Civil cases preparing psychological reports for The Court with instructions received including claimant, defendant and joint instructions. Typical cases involve clients who have suffered psychological distress following different types of trauma and these can include difficulties following road traffic collisions (RTCs), falls or medical negligence incidents.
Mr Jake Beesley
BSc (Hons) First Class, MRes
Assistant Psychologist, Clinical Psychology Services North West – Service Evaluation
About Jake
Jake is Assistant Psychologist for Clinical Psychology Services North West, with a responsibility for service evaluation. He regularly collates feedback and outcomes data to ensure the services we provide are effective.
In July 2018 Jake graduated from the University of Leicester with a first class honours degree in Applied Psychology (BSc Hons). He then achieved a distinction in a Masters in Psychological Research Methods (MRes) in 2019 at the University of Leicester. Jake works full time as an Assistant Psychologist in a locked rehabilitation setting in Blackpool, supporting clients with various mental health problems. He supports our service by carrying out service evaluation projects at regular intervals.
Ms Sarah Wigg
Secretary, Clinical Psychology Services North West
About Sarah
Sarah has been with us from the start of the service and has provided invaluable input to shaping and developing the service to date. She has a wealth of experience working previously in the legal and medico-legal fields.
She is the central to the workings of the company and is the friendly voice on the end of the phone ready to help with enquiries.
