Dr Nic Horley is Principal Clinical Psychologist for the West London Perinatal Mental Health Service and the Maternity Trauma and Loss Care Service. Prior to working in Perinatal Mental Health Services her background is in severe and enduring mental health, working therapeutically with people diagnosed with Personality Disorder.

 

Dr Horley offers evidence based individual and group interventions to women who are pregnant or in the early postnatal period using a range of therapies, all of which are underpinned by attachment theory. Dr Horley is a qualified Dialectical Behaviour Therapist and has completed additional training in Schema Therapy and Trauma Focussed Therapy. She has trained in and regularly uses the Circle of Security and Video Feedback Interventions.

 

Since the expansion of the West London Perinatal Mental Health Service in February 2016, Dr Horley has worked to develop the psychological intervention pathways offered during the perinatal period.

Dr Horley is a visiting lecturer with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and is a member of the Perinatal Faculty there. She lectures and supervises clinical psychology trainees and MSc students in the areas of personality disorder, treatment planning and psychological assessment and formulation. 

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