I discovered my love for psychology and my desire to make a difference.

I grew up in a large family, the eldest of four children. There were difficulties in my childhood where I experienced periods of significant financial insecurity, bullying and discrimination. I was a dreamer and I worked hard. I believed from quite a young age anything was possible. Key people in my life recognised this thirst for more. They supported me at pivotal moments enabling me to turn dreams into reality.

Dr Beth Mosley About Me Clinical Psychologist Author

I was the first person in my family to go to university. From here I discovered my love for psychology, my curiosity and compassion for other people’s life journeys, and my desire to make a difference.

Now I live in Suffolk with my three children. Parenthood has not been easy. It has brought unique challenges which no amount of warning could have prepared me for. Often I am learning with my patients how to apply my knowledge to daily life! This reality makes me a better therapist, a more whole person. When you come and ask for help you are so vulnerable, so scared of what you might be missing or getting wrong. Feeling understood and not judged is critical to building hope and feeling brave enough to try new things out to support yourself and your child. This is what I sense families have most valued when meeting with me.

When I am not working, I try my best to get outside, ride my bike through the country lanes of Suffolk (find a nice pub for a stop off), or walk through trees and parkland. Having moved house constantly as a child, my home and garden are my sanctuary. They represent all my hard work and provide my children with something I did not have growing up. So, I enjoy “pottering” around the house and garden, feeling “at home”. Live music is an absolute favourite. I love all sorts of music, but particularly Indie Rock. You might just find me in a mosh pit at a Frank-Carter and the Rattlesnakes concert.

My kitchen often holds my most distressed and happy moments. Distressed when everyone is hungry and arguing, words often said that are later regretted, the chaos of multiple tasks and the sense of exhaustion at the end of the working day. Happy when I am in a better place, cup of tea (or glass of wine) in hand, and my children filter in to share something with me about their life, a dilemma or something they are excited about. In these moments, I feel much more like the Mother I hoped to be.

Friendship is important to me. Having people in my life I can trust and share all the highs and lows that it brings. These friends help me grow and pick me up when I feel I have messed up or do not have the energy to keep going. They are my cheerleaders. And I hope I am theirs.