Dr Luke Boothroyd

I am a Clinical Neuropsychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, and I am a Chartered Member and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. I have a keen interest in neuropsychology; I provide neuropsychological assessments, formulation and treatment for patients with a wide range of psychological, neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions within independent practice.

Chartered Clinical Neuropsychologist

I am a Full Member of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Neuropsychology and have completed the specialist knowledge, research and practice components for entry on to the British Psychological Society Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists (SRCN).

Professional and Expert Witness Experience

Clinical Neuropsychologist, Independent Practice (2018 – Present)

 I provide neuropsychological assessment, formulation and therapy in a treating clinician capacity to people who have suffered a brain or spinal cord injury. I provide cognitive rehabilitation to help people manage the cognitive limitations arising as a result of brain injury. I also work with people with neurodevelopmental conditions. I help people and their families to adjust to the injuries and life changes, which occasionally requires understanding and managing behaviours that challenge.

 I provide expert witness reports to the courts.

 I regularly complete assessments of: cognition, including assessment of intellectual functioning and memory; risk of violent offending and sexual offending; autism spectrum disorder; fitness to plead; mental capacity; and mental health problems.

  • Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (2019 – 2023)

    I provided neuropsychological assessment and therapeutic work across a wide range of neurological and neurosurgical presentations, including functional neurological disorder, within an outpatient service.

    As part of this role, I worked within a regional complex neurological rehabilitation service providing neuropsychological assessment, formulation and rehabilitation to people who had sustained a brain injury. I also supported the team to help understand and manage behaviours that challenge.

    I offered advice and consultation on patients’ psychological and neuropsychological care to multidisciplinary colleagues and to other carers.

    I supervised Clinical Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists.

    Clinical Psychologist, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (2017 – 2019)

    I routinely provided neuropsychological assessment for older people and working age adults who are experiencing cognitive or behavioural change.

    I provided psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for older adults with a range of complex mental health problems, neurodegenerative conditions, traumatic brain injury and other acquired brain injury including stroke.

    I offered consultation to care homes for management of older people displaying behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

    Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (2014 –2017)

    Six-month work placements in neuropsychology, learning disabilities, older adults (community and inpatient teams), working age adult mental health and child and adult mental health.

    I completed Doctorate level research which has since been published in a peer reviewed journal.

    Assistant Psychologist, Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust (2013 - 2014) and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2012 - 2013)

    Providing psychological assessments of intellectual functioning, risk and personality, and providing group and individual interventions specifically for factors associated with offending behaviour, substance misuse, mental health and learning disabilities - at Ashworth High Secure Hospital and in the Learning Disabilities service at Newton Lodge Medium Secure Hospital.

  • Master of Science in Clinical Neuropsychology (MSc MedSci)

    University of Glasgow, 2023

    Excellence in Report Writing:

    Bond Solon, 2021

    Doctor of Clinical Psychology (D. Clin. Psy.)

    Teesside University, 2017

    Master of Research (MRes) Psychology

    University of Bolton, 2012

    Bachelor of Science (BSc) Sport and Exercise Psychology

    University of Huddersfield, 2009

    I am an Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) practitioner.

  • Boothroyd, L., Dagnan, D., & Muncer, S. (2019). PHQ-9: One factor or two?. Psychiatry research, 271,

    532-534.

    Boothroyd, L., Dagnan, D., & Muncer, S. (2018). Psychometric analysis of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale and the Patient Health Questionnaire using Mokken scaling and confirmatory factor analysis. Health Prim. Care, 2, 1-4.

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