About.

Here at NEAPS we want you to be confident about the services we offer and our ability to offer them.  Below you will be able to read more about the team, our experience, and our backgrounds. 

Established in 2019

NEAPS is a private practice expanding an already well established psychology practice, offering a range of psychological services across north east Scotland.  Mr Jonathan Liddle and Dr Clare Cooper met in 2000 when they studied psychology together at the University of Aberdeen and developed a friendship and mutual passion for psychology.  Since graduating they followed different career paths but have never lost touch.  NEAPS was born through a shared vision, ethos, and aim.

Our Goal

The fundamental goal of NEAPS is to be able to help and support others.  We have the ability to offer support to those experiencing a brief challenging period in their life or facing a difficult decision, through to those experiencing more complex difficulties.  This can include coming to terms with diagnosis of a health condition, experiencing depression and anxiety, bereavement, separation, through to bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and complex depression and anxiety/phobia.  We aim to provide diagnostic and condition support for those with educational disorders and legal issues.  We aim to provide a completely inclusive service, meaning that you understand and are happy with what is happening every step of the way.  We will always discuss every avenue of support with you before committing to a course of treatment.  Progression of treatment is always periodically reviewed to consistently provide useful and productive support. 

Our Team

Mr Jonathan Liddle
Clinical & Educational Specialist

Mr Jonathan Liddle is a senior accredited psychotherapist with extensive experience and expertise working with clinical and educational disorders. He has worked within the field of psychology since 2005 conducting psychometric testing in order to identify specific learning difficulties in children and adults.  He started his own private practice in 2009 offering clinical and educational services to children and adults across the north east of Scotland.  He has a particular interest in counselling and psychotherapy for children and adults with more complex mental health needs.  He has focused his specialism to be able to offer a variety of therapeutic models of support to meet these more complex needs.  He offers medico-legal reporting and expert witness services for criminal cases, personal injury and accidents.  He is thrilled to be working with Dr Cooper to offer a wide range of psychological services across Aberdeenshire, Moray and all of North East Scotland. 

Dr Clare Cooper
Chartered Psychologist

Dr Clare Cooper is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. Clare has worked in the discipline for 19 years, throughout which she has extensive experience administering a range of psychometric tests tailored to many different diagnostic outcomes. For the last 12 years she has specialised in health and wellbeing, offering support to individuals who wish to change their lifestyle behaviours and overcome challenges to allow them to succeed. She also focused on understanding the role of emotion in coping with and recovery from illness and disability and how to support individuals effectively to achieve this. She is delighted to be able to join Mr Liddle and continue her focus supporting those recovering from Stroke, and coping with other neurological conditions (e.g. MS) and to offer a wide range of psychological services across Aberdeenshire, Moray and all of North East Scotland.

Our qualifications

Mr Jonathan Liddle and Dr Clare Cooper are both fully qualified and regulated to offer the services that they do.  Mr Jonathan Liddle is senior accredited psychotherapist with the National Council of Psychotherapists and a registered test user with Pearson Assessment UK.  Dr Clare Cooper is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a registered test user with Pearson Assessment UK.  Both have professional indemnity insurance.  Both are registered with GDPR and both adhere to a strict code of ethical practice.