Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications

2018: EMDR Academy UK and Ireland -Child Training Level 1

2015: EMDR Academy UK and Ireland - Practitioner Course Levels 1-3

2014-2015: The University of Plymouth - Foundation in Family Therapy

2011: ADOS (non-research based)

2010: The University Of Plymouth - Safeguarding Children MSc Module

2005-2008: The University of Sheffield – Doctorate Clinical Psychology.

2002-2003: The University of Huddersfield - 4x PG Cert. Learning Disabilities.

2000-2001:The University of Canterbury in Kent - MSc Forensic Psychology

1997-2000:The De Montfort University, Leicester- BSc (Hons) Psychology

Experience

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Professional registration:

British Psychological Society, Reg. No. 097552. Date of Registration: 1999

Health and Clinical Professions Council, Reg. No. PYL20109. Date of Registration: 2009

EMDR Europe. Date of Registration: 2016

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Employment History:

2015- present: JP Independent Therapy

2023- present: Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead, Community Learning Disabilities Team; Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead, Autism Assessment Service.

2021 – 2023: Lead Clinical Psychologist, Autism Assessment Service

2016 – 2021: Principal (8A) Clinical Psychologist, Community Learning Disabilities Team

2015 –2016: Principal (8A) Clinical Psychologist, Older Adults Mental Health

2008 –2015: Clinical Psychologist, Paediatrics

2005 - 2008: Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University of Sheffield.

2004 –2005: Assistant Psychologist, Psychological Services to Older Adults, Memory and Stroke Services

2004 –2004: Assistant Psychologist, Inpatient Forensic Unit

2003 –2004: Assistant Psychologist, Adult Learning Disabilities

2001 –2003: Assistant Psychologist, Learning Disabilities Department (lifespan)

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Publications

Porter, J. (2025). EMDR: Supporting individual therapy and using the Group‑Traumatic Episode Protocol (G‑TEP) with staff teams. In D. J. Gallichan, H. K. Fletcher, J. Crabtree, & K. Theodore (Eds.), Working with support teams for people with intellectual disabilities: Collaborative approaches to psychological interventions. Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd.

Porter, J. EMDR for people with intellectual disabilities EMDR for people with intellectual disabilities. etq.emdrassociation.org.uk

Porter J. L. B. (2022) EMDR therapy with people who have intellectual disabilities: process, adaptations, and outcomes. AMHID, DOI 10.1108/AMHID-07-2021-0033

Chow H. & Porter J. (2020) Using the Frankish Assessment of the Impact of Traumas in a learning disability service Clin. Psych. Forum, 334 Oct.

Whitaker S. & Porter J. (2002) Letter to the editor on Valuing People: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century. BILD, 30, 133.

Other:

2023 – G-REP and G-TEP with staff teams, feasibility, and utility. In progress.

2016-present: supervising undergrad dissertations and CPsychol small scale research. Researching EMDR with people with learning disabilities and their staff teams.

2019: Pilot study GTEP with staff teams – maintaining resilience. Not written up.

2007-2008: Thesis: ‘Emotional Intelligence in Epilepsy’ Quantitative

2000-2001: MSc Dissertations: Using Conversational Analysis to analyse the talk of cross-examination. Qualitative

1997-2000: BSc (Hons) Dissertation: Social Responses to Fire. Qualitative

Small scale research:

2007 Service evaluation: ‘Staff Attitude to Positive Behavioural Support Training’

2006 Single Case: ‘CBT Group for Adults with OCD’

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