Psychology can be difficult to understand, filled with unfamiliar language, and hard to navigate. We set up Stephenson Psychology Services (SPS) with one idea; psychology should be simple.

Having met at school and gone on to attend university together, we have spent many years building a life centred around family, friendship, and travel. Today, alongside raising our two young boys, our cat Sigmund Freud, and balancing full-time careers in the public sector, we have developed SPS which represents the coming together of our individual expertise, values, and ambitions.

Established by Beth and Jake Stephenson, SPS draws on our expertise in psychology and service design. Throughout our careers, we both encountered the same challenges from different perspectives. We frequently witnessed people being failed by complexity and ambiguity; SPS is our way of combatting that.

Beth has over eight years' experience working as a psychologist within the criminal justice system and the NHS. Throughout her career, she has supported individuals with complex mental health needs, personality difficulties, and neurodivergent presentations. She is passionate about helping people understand themselves and their experiences, whether through therapy or assessments, and has extensive experience offering consultation to other professionals to enable them to feel confident in supporting others. Beth uses an integrative approach which draws upon CBT, DBT, CFT, ACT, and Schema therapy, amongst others, allowing her to tailor sessions to the individual.

Jake's background in service design and project management has been built on making complex services simple and more accessible by placing the needs of customers at the centre of process design. His goal is to ensure those engaging with psychological support shouldn’t have to battle with complicated systems, confusing processes or unclear communications to access it. At SPS, Jake ensures every interaction, from initial enquiry to ongoing support, is clear, responsive, and straightforward.

Together, these perspectives form the foundation of SPS and our commitment to making psychology easier to access, easier to understand, and easier to use.