Meet the Team

Co-Chair, Psychological Professions Network South West

Head of Psychology and Psychological Professions, Devon Partnership Trust

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Dr Phil Self is the Head of Psychology and Psychological Professions for Devon Partnership Trust. Phil is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who has worked in the NHS for over 20 years, initially in and around London before working in Cambridge and then moving to the South West in 2005. Phil has held clinical leadership positions in a range of different services including Inpatient and Community Mental Health teams, Early Intervention in Psychosis and IAPT services, and other specialist psychological services in a range of health and forensic settings. Phil was the first Programme Lead for the Post-Graduate training programme for CBT for psychosis at Exeter University and also has teaching and academic connections with psychological therapy and psychology training programmes at Plymouth University and UCL. Between 2017 and 2019 Phil also contributed to an NHS England South West Mental Health Workforce Steering Group.

He is passionate about the shared, complementary and unique skills and knowledge that psychological professions can offer to the NHS and about developing a collective voice to positively influence workforce planning and development across the South West region.

Co-Chair, Psychological Professions Network South West

Director of Clinical Training (Post-Graduate Taught) CEDAR, University of Exeter

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Catherine is the Co-Chair of PPN-SW and is a Clinical Psychologist and accredited CBT therapist. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Exeter and has worked in Clinical Practice Education since 2007. She is the Director of Clinical Training (Post Graduate Taught Programmes) for CEDAR (Clinical Education Development and Research) Applied Psychological Centre of Excellence at the University of Exeter, leading the delivery of Psychological Professions training programmes, post qualifying practice training and related research and impact activity.

Her clinical specialism is within Children and Young People's mental health and she works regionally and nationally in relation to Children and Young People's workforce strategy, training and implementation and supporting service transformation. Catherine is passionate about developing and growing all of the different Psychological Professions as well as new roles to maximise their impact and effectiveness and doing so in partnership with Experts by Experience. She is committed to widening access in to Psychological Professions and supporting sustainable career development pathways.

Graduate Research Assistant, Psychological Professions Network South West

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Sam is the Graduate Research Assistant for the PPN-SW, and joined the team in April 2021. With a background in Project Management, Sam has been involved in a range of projects focused on improving the quality of health and care in the region, including grant schemes for health innovation, organising events, and research and evaluation work for digital healthcare interventions. Driven by a commitment to equity and diversity and a passion for healthcare improvement, Sam supports the research activity of the PPN-SW.

Administrator, Psychological Professions Network South West

Ghada Sharif-Clack is a seasoned strategic corporate consultant and an accredited Integrative Psychological Therapist (BACP & NCPS).

With over 25 years’ experience spanning international corporate, nonprofit, and public sectors across the UK, MENA, and USA. As Administrator at the Psychological Professions Network – Southwest, she brings a unique fusion of psychological insight and operational support for leadership to support the development of the PPN SW, partners’ engagement, and systems-level innovation.

Her corporate background includes senior roles in director level responsibility for partnership growth, marketing strategy, organisational development, and executive leadership—having led large scale stakeholders’ collaboration, national and international enterprise-level partnership ventures, strategic alliances for impact, global advocacy campaigns, and culture transformation initiatives. Ghada’s work integrates corporate experience, trauma-informed practice, and wellbeing innovation, enabling psychologically safe and high-performing environments across sectors.

Clinical Lead and Programme Manager Psychological Professions Network South West

Eve Bampton-Wilton is a qualified PWP, CBT Therapist and PWP supervisor. She has worked in a range of settings in Talking Therapies, and Higher Education settings as Programme Lead and Senior Lecturer.

In the NHS, Eve has worked in South West rural mental health services for 13 years, and Talking Therapies for 10, starting as a trainee PWP and moving up to qualified, Senior PWP, and then moved into a newly developed role of PWP Clinical Practice Lead for Devon.

Over the last 3 years, Eve has also worked at the University of Exeter in a Clinical Educator role. She has co-developed courses tailored to Psychological Professions settings, including a Post-Graduate Diploma supporting Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners with low-intensity career progression, and a Children and Young People's Mental Health Leadership professional development programme. She also supports with the other courses within the Low-Intensity CBT portfolio and leads the PWP supervisor training.

Eve has special interests in clinical leadership, low-intensity CBT supervision and service delivery, and low-intensity CBT representation in research. Eve has experience in a variety of leadership, academic and clinical roles, and provides consultation and guidance to a range of organisations and collaborators. Eve joined the South West PPN in March 2025 as Clinical Programme Manager, and is looking forward to working with a broad range of colleagues to ensure a collective voice and support the Communities of Practice and special interest groups across the region, to promote representation of our diverse and growing network.