Qualifications and Experience

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

Employment History:

2015- present: JP Independent Therapy

2023- present: Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Community Learning Disabilities Team

2021 – 2023: Senior 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)

Publications

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’