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The Heath Business Centre, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4QX
Thursday to Sunday - 7am to 9pm
About me
My journey to becoming a Sleep Psychology Consultant began when in my early twenties and led to me gaining a BSc Hons degree in Applied Psychology. I worked in several different mental health settings before being offered a place on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Liverpool University. Six years after gaining my DClinpsych qualifications I established myself as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
I am a member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC reg number PYL18303) and am Chartered with the British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology as well as a member of the Association of Clinical Psychologists, Faculty of Learning Disabilities, Faculty of Leaders and Managers and Behavioural Sleep Medicine Seminars. I have professional civil liability insurance with Howden (policy number P22K2391). I am a strong believer in community engagement and have taken part in many local and international initiatives.
Learning is important to me enabling me to offer the best help to others. Therefore, I have completed training courses in Trauma Informed therapy (Zoe Ludwig Ltd), Compassion Focussed Therapy (Compassionate Mind Foundation), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (British Isles Lltd), mindfulness (Mindflow Ltd) and Family Therapy (Leeds university). In 2021 I completed the Master Class in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia at Oxford University’s SCNI department along with the Sleep Unlimited 2 day sleep training for therapists. For the past year I have been regularly attending weekly International Seminars on Sleep ran by Arizona University .
These recent training courses have fuelled my keen interest and expert skill in helping people with sleep problems. Currently I work part time in the NHS at Manchester’s Sleep Service whilst running this private practice. Due to my strong community spirit, I want to offer more than a one to one approach, I want to be proactive for individuals and improve sleep within communities. Recently I have used my sleep expertise to ensure sleep is on the agenda for our children (via offering support at a local parent / school forum), in our communities (by running a sleep workshop with a local yoga teacher) and in local businesses (by talking on our Lymm radio and on a podcast for Rivers of Resilience).
“The sleep advice has worked for me personally as I now don’t stress if I’m not asleep by a certain time and I listen to my body more. I’ve also stopped using the snooze button and ditched the PJs as they were keeping me too warm. It’s been really helpful for me especially understanding the waves and cycles”
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“Thank you for the sessions they have been informative and extremely helpful. I have decided on some initial steps to implement. It’s really re-assuring on this long and difficult journey to feel that there are some professionals who understand and can offer useful advice. Thank you, it’s been great.”
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“I attended Jill’s group session and was blown away by her depth of knowledge and how she was able to share it with the group to improve our mojo. The tips for getting a better night’s sleep were fab and I already have plans to put them into action”
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“We have been incredibly fortunate to benefit from the support and expertise of Jill in the support group sessions this year. Her knowledge, understanding and application of sleep therapy is excellent. Many of the people we support suffer from general anxiety and the advice that Jill has offered in this area has contributed directly towards improving the lives of the people with whom we work”
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- Joe Booker, Seashell Charity Trust
“It was such an excellent thought-provoking session. The feedback from members of the North West Learning Disability professional forum was very positive, they appreciated the interactive style and meaningful discuss. I have invited Jill again to come speak for our future forum and looking forward to that day”
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- Syeda Hasan, Consultant Psychiatrist
“Dr Jill McGarry provided a Sleep Better webinar for us over MS Teams that had close to 100 attending. The session was fantastic, the hints and tips to get a better night’s sleep will be invaluable to many of us! We fired many questions over to her which she was more than happy to answer and was considerate to the needs of the person asking by providing advice that suited them and those in a similar situation”
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- Tammy Partridge-Smith. Black Country Healthcare NHS Trust
“Jill provided an online workshop to our carers association where lots of excellent information was given. Jill was extremely professional and helpful with the carers and was able to answer their challenging questions. I would definitely recommend Jill, she’s great”
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- Katie Matkin, Training - Derbyshire carers
“Jill provided a live training session to our online community. She provided a brilliant informative session with lots of actionable takeaways! She definitely knows her stuff in this field. Thank you so much Jill, who I totally recommend for advice on improving sleep health”
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- Jess Layla, personal trainer at Lifestyle Lean
“I would highly recommend Jill’s help whether you are personally struggling to sleep or you want to offer help with sleeping for staff”
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- Jeff Niel, Salford Council, Care Home Quality Improvement Manager
