Hello, I’m Dr Neesha Patel, and I am the Founder of Evoking Health. I am a Health Psychologist registered with the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) and a Chartered Psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS). I have over 15 years’ experience of working in the health psychology field, and with a range of diverse populations. Since qualifying in 2014, I have worked as a Lead Health Psychologist in an NHS Trust, a Clinical Lead in an NHS funded Specialist Adult Weight Management Services and provided guest lectures to masters students. I have experience of providing advice, support, education, and training to healthcare professionals on the psychological aspects of health behaviour change, in particular the management of diabetes both within the South Asian community and wider populations. I have featured on various media outlets (BBC 1 News, radio, and newspaper articles) and international conferences to talk about psychological aspects of health and wellbeing. I am an author of several peer-review journal articles and an author of a chapter in the new book Health Psychology in Clinical Practice. Despite revolutions and advances in scientific research today, people are still struggling to access the healthcare services and psychological support that they need to change their lifestyle behaviours and/or manage their health and wellbeing. Many people try to make changes independently or often with some support of a healthcare professional but usually once there is a diagnosis of a long-term health condition such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cholesterol and obesity. Evoking Health provides a bespoke holistic approach and integrates both the mind and body to fully understand people’s needs. My mission is to provide people with the psychological support they need to feel empowered to either live with a long-term health condition, and/or create healthy habits to live a healthy and fulfilling life and in doing so try to prevent the onset on of lifestyle conditions such as Type 2 diabetes and obesity. Please see my website for more information and to book an appointment.
