Meet our team.
Our team of highly qualified, professionally-registered clinicians is drawn from a wide range of specialisms so that we can provide our clients with a fully integrated approach to their rehabilitation.
Our expert clinicians have a combined total of 200 years working within the field of fatigue and pain rehabilitation. All our clinicians are registered with their professional bodies. We take great care to recruit those professionals who are passionate about what they do. Several of our team have experience of these conditions themselves or have family members who are affected.
Beverly Knops is a trustee with the Vocational Rehabilitation Association (VRA) and Charlie Adler is a trustee with the British Association of Clinicians in ME (BACME)
If you require more details about the clinical experience of any our our team, please get in touch.
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Beverly Knops
Managing Director and Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist
DipCOT, MRCOT, MBACME
Beverly is a passionate believer that everyone has the right to a full and enriched life whatever the potentially limiting circumstances of their condition. She has been qualified as an Occupational Therapist Clinician for 30 years and has vast experience in pain and fatigue management, a specialism she has dedicated her working life to. In all her experience she recognises the centrality of being able to deeply listen to her client’s experiences and is committed to supporting them in their rehabilitation within Vitality360’s collaborative approach. For her, the place that she feels most full of vitality is on a beach by the sea.
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Jessica Sands (Bavinton)
Founder Director and Owner and Senior Specialist Physiotherapist
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MCSP, PVRA, HG (Dip), MBACME
Jessica is the Founder Director and Owner of Vitality360. Her vision was to create a range of personalised therapeutic services that provide extraordinary results and unexpected vitality; delivered by a happy team of expert Clinicians committed to making a profound difference to people’s lives.
As a specialist Physiotherapist, she has been involved in several national services and research projects, committees and teaching programmes in the fatigue and pain rehabilitation field for over 20 years. She has worked extensively in the NHS and in private settings. Vitality to her means a love of life, a confidence in one’s ability to manage health and the changes life brings; a hopeful future, and an alignment with what’s important to each individual.
Our specialist practitioners
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Maxine Haylock
Deputy Managing Director & Specialist Occupational Therapist
BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy, MRCOT, MBACME
Maxine is a Specialist Occupational Therapist (OT). She has 19 years’ experience in NHS, private and military settings, assessing and treating clients with a range of complex musculoskeletal disorders and specialising in symptoms such as persistent pain and fatigue.
“I have always been passionate about supporting clients to self-manage their condition in order to live independently and try to live well and reach their full potential. Outside of work I have a family with two young children who I love being creative with. I am an avid reader, I enjoy keeping active with the children and have recently taken up cricket.”
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Alex Westcombe
Specialist Clinical Psychologist
BA (Hons), MA, DClinPsych
Alex is a Clinical Psychologist who has been working in the field of persistent pain and fatigue within the NHS for 17 years, and in other areas of physical health.
“My interests outside work include being outside at dawn, reading (particularly historical thrillers) and gardening.”
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Emily Tims
Specialist Physiotherapist
MSc Advanced Physiotherapy, MCSP, MMACP
Emily is a Specialist Physiotherapist who has worked for Vitality360 almost since its beginning. She is very experienced in supporting clients to regain a level of physical activity, alongside managing persistent pain and/or fatigue symptoms.
“I love to work alongside people to overcome challenges with physical activity and support people with living a fuller life. I am a mum of two young boys and I live in London. I enjoy many forms of physical activity, meditation and connecting with the nature.”
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Ruth Cowlishaw
Specialist Occupational Therapist
BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy, MRCOT
Ruth has worked as a Specialist Occupational Therapist since the company began (having previously worked in the NHS for over a decade) and is very experienced in this field. She is the person you are likely to speak to during your free 15 minute call.
“I feel very privileged to work with such a passionate group of people in the Vitality360 team.”
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Amanda Mason
Career and Employment Consultant
DipCG, PGCertEd (Guidance), MCDI,RCDP
Amanda is our Career and Employment Consultant, who for over twenty years has supported people to identify their career goals and work towards them in a positive, solution-focused way. She has worked in a wide range of settings including the voluntary sector and statutory services.
“I particularly love helping people who are facing health challenges to reflect on how to balance these with their work. Out of work I enjoy being part of a ‘Singing for Fun’ group, and riding my new electric trike!”
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Charlie Adler
Specialist Occupational Therapist
BHSc(Hons) Occupational Therapy,
MRCOT, MBACME
Charlie has worked in the field of fatigue for over 20 years. The majority of this time Charlie worked in a specialist NHS ME/CFS service whilst undertaking some work as an associate for Vitality 360. Charlie has recently joined the team as an employee and values the opportunity to work closely with hugely specialist and skilled colleagues.
"I am passionate about helping people be the best they can be. I take a problem solving approach to my work and help people find and hone the skills they need."
Vitality360 Coordinators
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Katherine Sewell
Business Development, HR & Compliance Manager
Dip Applied & BSc Social Sciences, PGDip HRM, MA HRM
Katherine has grappled with the challenges of a long-term fatigue health condition for 18 years so is well placed to understand some of the experiences of our clients.
Katherine feels her vitality when occasionally dancing, in her meditation practice or indulging her inner child at acting classes.
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Josie Viney
Vitality360 Coordinator
MA Social Anthropology with Development Studies
Josie takes care of all our administration support as she is supremely organised and grounded and keeps hold of all the important details. She and her accountant husband, Damion, provide the financial hub of Vitality360.
Josie experiences vitality when camping in the woods with her family or swimming in the sea.
Our specialist associates
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Sue Luscombe
Associate Specialist Dietician & Nutrition Consultant
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Fiona Mckechnie
Associate Specialist Occupational Therapist
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Stacey Millett-Clay
Associate Specialist Physiotherapist