She is a consultant clinical psychologist specializing in trauma spectrum disorders amongst asylum seekers, refugees, and survivors of human trafficking and torture. She has provided expert evidence extensively in British and European jurisdictions, to Governmental inquiries, and advised various UN bodies on the psychological impact of human rights abuses, including human trafficking and immigration detention. Having worked clinically in specialist trauma services within the NHS and formerly as head of therapies at the Helen Bamber Foundation, she later implemented and directed regional trauma services across Eastern DRC for Vivo International and the University of Konstanz and is currently Director of National Clinical Services at Freedom from Torture. She has a number of publications in the area of trauma in relation to refugees and asylum seekers and current research activity includes RCTs of recent developments of Narrative Exposure Therapy(NET).