Meet the team
We are a team of psychologists, psychiatrists and neuropsychologists with specialist expertise in personal injury and physical health trauma
Evidence-based care
Independent assessment and reports grounded in clinical best practice.
Medicolegal expertise
Independent reporting and assessments for legal and insurance contexts.
Trauma-informed
Compassionate, effective support following physical health trauma.
Our approach
We offer high quality, evidence-based medicolegal and psychological services tailored to help individuals adjust, cope, and rebuild their lives after profound disruption to their physical health.
Our goal is to provide compassionate care in a way that empowers clients to move forwards with their lives after traumatic experiences.
Tailored
Care plans shaped around your needs and context.
Clear next steps
Practical recommendations and structured support.
Compassionate
Trauma-informed, respectful, and person-centred.
Evidence-based
Approaches grounded in research and clinical practice.
Note: Individual clinician availability varies by location and service type.
Team
Clinicians & practice team
Dr Louise May Quarmby
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Founder
Dr Francesca Wood
Principal Clinical Psychologist, Founder
Dr Remy Flechais
Consultant Psychiatrist, Associate
Dr Claire Isaac
Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Associate
Dr Imogen Cotter
Principal Clinical Psychologist, Associate
Dr Amy Woodham
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, Associate
Dr Molly Pinckston
Clinical Psychologist, Associate
Dr Rosie Powell Davies
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, Associate
Publications
Research & contributions
As a company we are committed to contributing to the field of psychological trauma in physical health through research and publications.
Publications
- Quarmby, L.M, Hotton, M., Jenner S., Kalthoff., Patterson, E., Scholcz, A., Springham, E. (2024) Psychological support during a pandemic: an intervention for hospital teams. Occupational Medicine 74(3):208-210.
- Blighe, S., Hotton, M., Quarmby, L. M, Pollard, T., Neilan, N., Scholcz, A., Pinckston, M., & Samuel, R. (2022). Staff support during COVID-19 within an acute hospital trust. Occupational Medicine, 72(5), 298–304.
- Hanna, J. R., Rapa, E., Dalton, L. J., Hughes, R., Quarmby, L. M., McGlinchey, T., Donnellan, W. J., Bennett, K. M., Mayland, C. R., & Mason, S. R. (2021). Health and social care professionals’ experiences of providing end of life care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Palliative Medicine, 35(7), 1249–1257.
- Beadman, M., Highfield, J., Wade, D., Ford, D., Scott, Z., & Wood, F. (2021). The health of intensive care unit teams: moving beyond a trauma focus. Occupational Medicine, 71(8), 386-387.
- Quarmby, L. M., & Tutton, E. (2020). Patient experience of open fracture of the lower limb and practical psychological support. Standards for the management of open fractures (BOAST guidelines). British Orthopaedic Association and British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. (Chapter 17).
- Quarmby, L. M., Dalton, L. J., Woolrich, R. A., Clarke, R., Emmanouil, B., Patel, S., Rands, G., Parry, A., & Halliday, D. (2019). Screening and intervening: Psychological distress in neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). Psycho-Oncology, 28(7), 1583–1587.
- Turner, H., Bryant-Waugh, R., Marshall, E., & Wood, F. (2019). Patient expectations, eating disorder severity and personality features: Impact on eating pathology in psychological therapy for eating disorders. Eating behaviours, 32, 85-89.
- Turner, H., Marshall, E., Wood, F., Stopa, L., & Waller, G. (2016). CBT for eating disorders: The impact of early changes in eating pathology on later changes in personality pathology, anxiety and depression. Behaviour research and therapy, 77, 1-6.
- Davies, A., Mallows, L., Easton, R., Morrey, A., & Wood, F. (2014). A survey of the provision of family therapy in medium secure units in Wales and England. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 25(5), 520-534.
In Press
- Fordham, B., Quarmby, L. M., et al. (In Press). Rehabilitation to Optimise Major Orthopaedic Trauma REcovery (PROMOTE) versus usual care: A multi-centre, parallel group, randomised feasibility trial with an embedded qualitative study. The Bone & Joint Journal.
- Quarmby, L.M., & Wood, F. (In Press). Brief Psychological Interventions. Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Psychiatry (Solomons & Jones), Oxford University Press.
- Quarmby, L.M. (In Press). Major Trauma Psychology. Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Psychiatry (Solomons & Jones), Oxford University Press.
- Wood, F. (In Press). Intensive Care Psychology. Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Psychiatry (Solomons & Jones), Oxford University Press.
- Wood, F. (In Press). Mum & baby: a tug of needs in cot space seven, A Treasury of Narratives from Neonatal Psychological Practice (Evans et al.,), Taylor & Francis.
Conferences & Resources
- Wood, F. (2025). Do Parent Led Ward Rounds on a NICU Improve Family Experiences? The British Association of Perinatal Medicine Annual Conference in Cardiff. Lead author/presenter.
- Wood, F. (2022). Comparing psychological outcomes for COVID vs non-COVID ICU patients. The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Annual Congress in Paris. Solo author/presenter.
- Quarmby, L. M. (2020, March 30). Dropping the anchor in the COVID-19 storm. British Orthopaedic Association. Boa.ac.uk/resources