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Meet the Team

Dr Vicki Hall

Consultant Neuropsychologist, Neuropsychology expert witness, Owner and Clinical Director of Neuromindworks Limited

Based in Birmingham

Dr Hall is director and owner of Neuromindworks. Dr Hall specialises in working with individuals with head injury, neurological disorders, catastrophic injuries and chronic pain in the context of litigation. She has worked in neuropsychology services both in the NHS and private sector since 2001. Dr Hall is on the British Psychological Society Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychology; she is a chartered Clinical Psychologist; she has a Doctorate in clinical psychology; the British Psychological Society post doctoral Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology; the Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate and she is a member of the Expert Witness Institute. Dr Hall has published within the area of brain injury, chronic pain and neuropsychology and has presented at conferences on a national and international level. (see curriculum vitae for full details)

Dr Cathy Grant

Consultant Paediatric Neuropsychologist

Based in Leicestershire

Dr Grant is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and registered Clinical Psychologist who has worked in a range of private and NHS paediatric neuropsychology services for over 10 years. She is a full member of the Division of Neuropsychology (DON) and is on the Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists.

Dr Grant is currently Chair of the DON Faculty of Paediatric Neuropsychology and represents paediatric neuropsychologists on the Member Services Unit of the DON. Dr Grant is involved in clinical research activities as part of her NHS role and has published on paediatric neuropsychological conditions. She has experience of providing supervision to clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists and as part of her NHS role, is involved in the teaching and training of clinical psychologists. She provides paediatric neuropsychology services both as a treating clinician and an expert witness.

Dr Selina Holmes

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Dr Holmes is a registered Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychologist with years of experience working in community neurorehabilitation, stroke services and mental health across in-patient and community settings. Initially working as a research psychologist with interest in memory and cognition, Dr Holmes went on to complete her doctoral Clinical Psychology Training in 2007 with the University of Manchester, Masters in Clinical Neuropsychology with the University of Nottingham and the British Psychological Society’s Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology.

Dr Holmes’s primary specialism is neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation of patients with acquired brain injury (e.g. traumatic brain injury, brain infections) and neurological conditions (e.g. Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington’s Disease). Dr Holmes integrates assessment of changes in cognition (memory and thinking skills) and day-to-day function alongside changes in personality, behavioural and psychological distress into assessment and treatment plans, taking a holistic approach to assessment and care. She is experienced in working with patients individually using a variety of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as well as consulting with teams, family members and carers.

Dr Holmes continues to hold a part-time position in community neurorehabilitation services with the NHS. She enjoys developing and delivering group interventions for patients, consultation with professionals from various professional disciplines, teaching, training and supervising other psychologists.

Dr Katie Venables

Clinical Psychologist

Based in Birmingham

Dr Venables is a registered Clinical Psychologist working at Neuromindworks providing assessment, therapy and rehabilitation services for patients with acquired brain injury and neurological disorders. She has worked in a range of clinical psychology services since 2007 and has experience of working with a wide range of neurological conditions including: stroke, traumatic brain injury and progressive conditions such as dementias. She has worked in a variety of settings from acute inpatient services to community rehabilitation teams and has subsequently worked with individuals with a broad spectrum of presentations, from low arousal state to mild cognitive impairment.

Her work experience includes: individual therapeutic intervention, group facilitation, support and interventions for family members and providing consultation for multi-disciplinary professionals and systems surrounding the service user (including support workers, residential care teams and education providers).

Dr Venables has extensive experience of conducting neuropsychological assessments and is proficient in administering batteries of neuropsychological tests for the assessment of cognitive strengths and weaknesses in order to inform rehabilitation interventions. She is experienced in a range of psychotherapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Systemic, Behavioural, Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Compassion Focussed Therapy.

Dr Emma Nicholas

Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology

Based in Herefordshire

Dr Nicholas is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist specialising in neuropsychology. She has Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (2012) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology with distinction (2019). Since commencing her psychology career in 2006, she has worked in a number of psychological and neuropsychological settings including inpatient brain injury rehabilitation , acute neurosurgical ward, dementia assessment service and community brain injury rehabilitation.
Currently in addition to providing neuropsychological services to Neuromindworks, she holds a senior psychologist post in the NHS , supporting patients with acquired brain injury in the community and providing psychological support across the stroke pathway.
She is experienced at completing neuropsychological and cognitive assessment to inform rehabilitation interventions. She has delivered interventions directly to patients 1-1, in groups and via support workers or main caregivers.
The majority of her patients are adults with acquired brain injury. However, since 2016, she has also provided neuropsychological input to children and adolescents with acquired brain injury with guidance from Dr Cathy Grant, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist.

Dr Stephanie Keay

Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology

Based in Northamptonshire

Dr Keay is a registered Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience within various neuropsychological settings (e.g. acute inpatient, slow stream rehabilitation and community neuro-rehabilitation). She has worked in a range of psychology services since 2009 and has worked with individuals with a wide range of presentations. Her work experience includes: conducting neuropsychological and psychometric assessments, providing both individual and group therapeutic intervention, working with families and carers and providing consultation and training to multi-disciplinary professionals. She is experienced in a range of psychotherapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Compassion Focussed Therapy, Cognitive Analytical Therapy, Neuro-behavioural, Mindfulness and Positive Behavioural Support.

Dr Nicola Baker

Clinical Psychologist in Neuropsychology

Based in Birmingham

Dr Baker is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in neuropsychology. Since 2008 she has worked in a variety of neuropsychological settings across the care pathway (e.g. acute in patient, day hospital, community neuro-rehabilitation and slow stream rehabilitation) with a variety of neurological conditions (e.g. traumatic brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease). She also has specialist experience in working with other health conditions including chronic pain and fibromyalgia Over the past 3 years she has led the stroke service in Wolverhampton as her main NHS role, covering acute inpatient, inpatient rehabilitation and the community. She has also been providing input to the Physical Health Service where she works with a variety or neurological conditions and chronic pain as part of the community team.

Natalie Griffin

Medicolegal Assistant to Dr Vicki Hall

Natalie is an experienced PA. She has a wealth of experience in office administration and support services. She has also worked as a senior mortgage underwriter.

Tracy Alyanai

Practice Manager

Tracy is an experienced operations manager who previously worked for a medium sized recruitment business where she used her wealth of experience managing business improvement projects, recruitment strategy, supporting internally with HR, employment legislation and IT.

Our Services


Neuromindworks provide the following services:

  • Expert witness assessments
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy
  • Neuropsychological assessment and interventions
  • Advice on the management of individuals with neurological disorders
  • Medicolegal neuropsychological assessment

Living Beyond Brain Injury


Living beyond brain injury

A brain injury can have a dramatic effect on all areas of a person’s life. This manual is designed to provide an understanding of some of the effects of a brain injury and how to manage them.

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