Psychologist, Coach and Supervisor

BPS & HCPC Registered Psychologist | EMCC Accredited Coach

Over 23 years’ experience as a psychologist, including 14 years in senior NHS roles. Now working in independent practice in Central London and online, offering therapy, coaching, and supervision tailored to the individual

Carl Taylor

Psychologist | Coach | Supervisor

Carl Taylor is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist. He is recognised by the BPS as a Senior Practitioner in Psychotherapy and an Applied Psychology Practice Supervisor.

He is accredited in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT) and Mentalization-Based Therapy (BPC), and is an accredited Practitioner Coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). He is currently completing an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching, working towards Senior Practitioner accreditation.

Carl has over 23 years’ experience as a psychologist, including 14 years in senior NHS roles. His career has spanned university counselling services, charities, and NHS secondary care mental health teams. He previously led the Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) and Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) services within the Lewisham Integrated Psychological Therapies Team at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

Since establishing independent practice in 2020, Carl has worked with a wide range of adults, including many professionals navigating complex personal and professional demands. His work offers a psychologically grounded space where people can pause, think carefully about themselves, and consider how they want to move forward.

Earlier in his career, he worked in social housing research with the National Housing Federation while undertaking postgraduate training in Counselling Psychology. Balancing research, coordination, and clinical training shaped the structured and evaluative approach that continues to inform his work today.

Early Professional Experience

After completing his undergraduate degree in psychology, Carl began his career at the National Housing Federation’s Feedback Service, a consultancy specialising in social housing research.

Alongside this role, he undertook full-time postgraduate training in Counselling Psychology, initially working full-time and later part-time as the demands of the training increased. In the final years of the service, he led a business review and transition process, assessing its future viability as either an in-house function or a standalone company.

This period strengthened his skills in team coordination, strategic analysis, and reflective evaluation, which continue to inform his approach to coaching, supervision, and psychological practice today.

Growth and Transformation

Approach

Carl’s work is grounded in the belief that greater self-understanding enables more deliberate and sustainable change. Over many years in NHS services, independent practice, and service development, he has seen how powerful it can be when people are given space to pause, reflect, and think carefully about what truly matters to them.

In therapy, the focus is often on understanding patterns shaped by earlier experience and how they continue to influence relationships, decisions, and sense of self. It provides a steady, reflective space to explore these patterns in depth and create the conditions for meaningful, lasting change.

In coaching, the focus is often on present challenges, leadership, direction, and future development. It offers a structured space to examine decision-making patterns, navigate complexity or transition, and think deliberately about how you want to lead, work, and move forward.

The work involves slowing things down, thinking carefully, and engaging honestly with what may need to change.

Education & Specialist Training

Carl holds extensive academic and clinical qualifications in counselling psychology, psychotherapy, supervision and coaching:

Psychology

BSc (Hons) Psychology – Royal Holloway, University of London

MA in Counselling Psychology – Regent’s College

Post-Master’s Diploma in Existential Counselling Psychology – Regent’s College

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) – British Psychological Society

Psychotherapy

Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) – Sheffield Hallam

Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) Practitioner – registered with the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT)

Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) Therapy – Practitioner – registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council

Supervision

Applied Psychology Practice Supervisor, (Clinical and Counselling Psychology) – registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS)

Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) Supervisor  –Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT)

Coaching

Accredited Practitioner Coach  – registered with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)

Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching – in progress, working towards EMCC Senior Practitioner accreditation.

Let’s start with a conversation.

Change begins with the first step. If you’re considering working with PPS, whether through coaching, therapy, or supervision. The first step is simply to reach out.

An initial conversation gives us space to talk things through and explore what feels right for you.