Hastings Banks

Professional Memberships

• British Psychological Society (BPS)
• International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST)

Hastings is an HCPC-registered Counselling Psychologist with clinical experience in eating disorders, disordered eating, ADHD assessment and maternal mental health. Her private practice focuses on ADHD assessments and psychological assessment and treatment for individuals experiencing subclinical disordered eating presentations.

Against the backdrop of her  extensive clinical experience supporting individuals with disordered eating behaviours, including binge eating, dietary restriction and purging, as well as difficulties relating to food, weight and body image, Hastings private work focuses on individuals experiencing subclinical and mild eating difficulties, as well as selected mild presentations where outpatient psychological treatment is clinically appropriate. She aims to help individuals develop a healthier relationship with food and eating, understand the psychological factors underlying their difficulties, and make sustainable changes to unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour. Eating disorder assessments are also available.

Hastings also provides ADHD assessments and post-assessment psychological support. Her additional clinical experience includes perinatal and maternal mental health, as well as supporting individuals navigating relational difficulties, perfectionism, self-sacrifice, and difficulties with self-esteem and self-worth.

Her therapeutic training and experience includes Schema Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Education and Professional Training

Hastings obtained her Doctorate in Psychology from City, St George’s, University of London. She also holds an MPhil in Psychology in Education from the University of Cambridge and a Master’s degree in Risk and Prevention from Harvard University. Her postgraduate studies at Harvard focused on developmental and preventative counselling for children and young people in educational settings.

She has additional training in ADHD diagnostic assessment and is trained in administering the DIVA-5 assessment for adults and children.

Clinical Experience

Alongside her private practice, Hastings currently works within the Adult Eating Disorder Service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. Her NHS work includes the assessment and treatment of moderate and complex eating disorder presentations. This experience informs her clinical understanding of disordered eating, psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment planning.

Where an individual’s presentation requires a higher level of medical, psychiatric, or multidisciplinary support, appropriate onward referral or signposting will be considered.

Areas of Practice:

Hastings welcomes enquiries regarding:

• ADHD assessments and post-assessment support.
• Eating disorder assessments.
• Psychological treatment for mild and subclinical eating difficulties.
• CBT for disordered eating, including binge eating, restriction, constant dieting, and difficulties relating to food and body image.

She also has experience in perinatal and maternal mental health, relational difficulties and longstanding psychological patterns.

Please contact Hastings for more information: mobile: 07350 517199 or mail: info@cambridgepsychologyclinic.co.uk

Insurance

Hastings is registered with the Private Practice Register / Healthcode and currently accepts referrals through:

• Aviva
• AXA
• Vitality
• WPA