I am a consultant clinical psychologist and an ACAT accredited CAT practitioner and supervisor. I have worked in mental health services for over 20 years and am also an EMDR therapist. My clinical experience is with adults with a range of psychological difficulties ranging from mild-moderate mental health problems to complex, severe or enduring difficulties. This has included working with adults who experienced childhood trauma, adversity or neglect that impacts on their wellbeing and day to day life as an adult. I have worked in both Primary and Secondary Care therapy services. The latter have included inpatient services (Acute and Rehab; Personality Disorder and Forensic) plus associated community provision. Through the forensic field I’ve also carried out psycho-legal work for courts and parole hearings.
I offer clinical supervision to therapists, psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors in clinical or leadership roles. I also teach on the CAT practitioner course and deliver CPD and bespoke training for Catalyse.
Aside from therapeutic work I have held Director-level leadership roles in the NHS and overseas in both provider and commissioning roles. Through this I have led system transformation across organisational boundaries for quality assurance and improvement purposes with a focus on service development, clinical governance and quality frameworks and patient safety. I’m qualified in Executive and Leadership Coaching. This area has led me into providing supervision, personal reformulation or CAT-informed coaching for people in leadership roles. Supporting and upskilling people effecting change in complex or challenging clinical teams and systems intersects with my systemic expertise. In addition to drawing on my own experience and learning, I have found both CAT and group psychoanalytic ideas useful in helping find practical ways forward for leaders.
Selected publications: book chapters
Harvey, D. W. (2021) When forensic services go astray – what can CAT offer at a system level? Chapter 11, p 153 – 166 in J. Marshall & J. Kirkland (Eds.) Reflective Practice in Forensic Settings. A Cognitive Analytic Approach to Developing Shared Thinking in Challenging Environments. West Sussex: Pavilion.
Harvey, D.W. (2024b). The CAT model of trauma: a beginner’s guide to the Multiple Self State Model. Chapter 4, pp. 55-70, in J. Marshall & L. Kirkland (Eds), Innovative Practice in Forensic Settings: A Cognitive Analytic Approach to Effective Relational Work. West Sussex: Pavilion.
Harvey, D.W. (2024c). Commissioning, quality and safety in forensic services. Chapter 15, pp. 201-216, in J. Marshall & L. Kirkland (Eds), Innovative Practice in Forensic Settings: A Cognitive Analytic Approach to Effective Relational Work. West Sussex: Pavilion.
Brown, R. Harvey, D. W. & Bolger, L. (2024a). Inequality and power differentials in forensic contexts: considering the territory through a CAT lens. Chapter 16, pp. 217-228, in J. Marshall & L. Kirkland (Eds), Innovative Practice in Forensic Settings: A Cognitive Analytic Approach to Effective Relational Work. West Sussex: Pavilion.
Brown, R. Harvey, D. W. & Bolger, L. (2024b). Inequality and power differentials in forensic contexts – maintaining dialogue across painful spaces using CAT. Chapter 17, pp. 229-244, in J. Marshall & L. Kirkland (Eds), Innovative Practice in Forensic Settings: A Cognitive Analytic Approach to Effective Relational Work. West Sussex: Pavilion.
Harvey, D. W. (2024a) CAT-informed leadership: Navigating the emotional and relational pressures of the workplace. Chapter 11, pp 663-682 in L. Brummer, M. Cavieres, M. & R. Tan. (Eds), Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Analytic Therapy. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198866572.013.40
