About Us
Paul Doherty - Partner
Paul is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
A significant amount of Paul’s work has been the design and implementation of assessment centres to identify people with talent (from graduates to those seeking director positions). He also has a great deal of experience in the use of psychometrics, particularly for senior appointments where risk assessment is important. He has worked in a broad range of sectors, including financial services, IT, management consultancy, charities as well as Central Government (is a psychologist assessor for the Cabinet Office).
Since 1994 Paul has also provided expert testimony to the Courts in loss of earnings related litigation, in particular the impact of disability, including occupational stress, on a person’s employment prospects. He also provides vocational rehabilitation to help people rebuild their working lives after injury or health setback.
Paul started his career in 1986 as a recruitment consultant in the IT sector. He later took up a research position with the MoD, where he specialised in the assessment of work performance under stress. He then moved to take up a position as head occupational psychologist with a social services department, where he specialised in assisting individuals re-build their careers following significant health setbacks.
Paul has a BSc(hons) in Psychology, an MSc in Industrial Psychology and is also a Chartered Scientist. He is licenced by the BPS to use psychometric test (full level B). Finally, his professional memberships include The Association for Coaching and the Academy of Experts.
Christine Stobbs - Partner
Christine started her career as a psychotherapist. She is qualified and registered with the British Psychological Society to conduct psychometric assessment. She has good insight into the needs of employers, having carried out a wide range of human resource consultancy assignments for a wide range organizations; for example, job analysis, developing competency frameworks, design and running of assessment centres for executive selection, training interviewers and assessors and providing careers advice and support to individuals making difficult career decisions. She has achieved the Institute of Directors’ Diploma in Company Direction.
Christine has applied her skills in many areas, including occupational health; selection in the Third Sector, local and national government and commercial organisations; private practice; training and writing. Some years ago she developed her own coaching programme to use with clients and through this she has helped both individuals and couples achieve their goals and change their lives. Her work has for a number of years also encompassed vocational rehabilitation for individuals with acquired disability and her experience in assessing and interviewing job candidates gives her ideal experience for measuring the performance requirements expected by employers.
She is a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), a Practising Member of the Association for Coaching (AC), a Professional member of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association (VRA), a member of the Institute of Directors and a member of the Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents.
She has made many contributions to the British Veterinary Association ‘In Practice Journal’, with published articles, including: Communication Skills, Personality at Work, Emotional Intelligence and The Transition from Student to Professional.
Links to some of Christine’s articles
http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/25/8/506.abstract
http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/21/6/341.abstract
http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/22/3/158.abstract
http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/26/3/166.abstract
http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/22/8/485.abstract
http://www.vetlife.org.uk/isolation/336.pdf
http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/30/3/170.abstract
http://inpractice.bmj.com/content/24/5/291.abstract
Angela Kateley – Associate
Angela did European Studies and History at the University of Wales College Newport. She left college to work in the Third Sector and joined Doherty Stobbs seven years ago. She is actively involved in the community, being editor of the Parish Magazine. Angela is involved in all aspects of Doherty Stobbs’ work including assisting with exercise development, assessment centre projects, research, administration and graphical presentation. She is currently working towards a degree in Social Sciences with the Open University.
Catharine Robinson – Associate
Catharine has worked in a variety of fields including educational publishing, producing information and publicity materials for local government and undertaking research for a campaigning charity. For many years she worked in magazine journalism, concentrating on health, family and society. She studied at the University of London and has a BA in English. Catharine has worked as a researcher for Expert Witness reports since 1998.
Celia Carson – Associate
Celia is a Chartered Psychologist and holds a Masters Degree in Occupational Psychology. She has specialised in the assessment and rehabilitation of people with acquired and congenital disabilities. Celia has seventeen years’ experience of providing expert witness reports for the court and industrial tribunals. Her wider experience encompasses the assessment of individuals for recruitment and development in commerce and industry. She is accredited by the British Psychological Society to use psychometric instruments.
David Trevitt – Associate
David is an Occupational Psychologist (Health Professions Council Registered) and a Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society), specializing in the employment of people with health conditions and disabilities. His work includes the provision of personalised vocational assessment and rehabilitation guidance for individuals seeking a return to employment or training, and for those who are struggling with their workplace performance due to health or disability issues.
He is licensed by the British Psychological Society to use psychometric and personality tests. Dave is also a qualified user of a range of neuropsychological tests, which can help identify the impact of a brain injury, learning difficulty or specific learning difficulty (e.g. dyslexia) on occupational performance.
He is the regional manager of a team of Occupational Psychologists at a large public sector organisation, where he works closely with teams of Disability Employment Advisers, Access to Work Advisers and disability-related employment programme providers.
Dave has been producing expert witness court reports since 1994, focussing on loss of earnings and the impact of disability on employment prospects. He has been an Associate of Doherty Stobbs since its inception in 2003.
Mark Cheesman – Associate
Mark is a Chartered Occupational and Health Psychologist with expertise in the assessment of the impact of disability and illness on work and activities of daily living. He is an experienced expert witness, having written in excess of 500 reports for court and tribunals. He is also skilled in occupational health assessment, vocational rehabilitation and business psychology.
Sarah Douglas – Associate
Sarah is a registered psychologist with experience in in-depth assessment of individuals who have multiple or complex barriers in the labour market, presenting with a wide range of health conditions and disabilities such as mental health issues, brain injury, specific and general learning disabilities and physical disabilities. She is trained and registered to use psychometric tests. She has experience devising individual rehabilitation programmes to facilitate returning to, or maintaining, employment. She has a good understanding of how health conditions and disabilities can impact on work performance.
Sarah is an experienced trainer and coach.
