Ms Cansdale qualified in 2003 with a ‘Masters’ in Counselling Psychology. She has since been employed by the NHS in the physical health specialty where she assesses and treats adult clients with a broad range of psychological and complex difficulties such as PTSD , depression, anxiety disorders and physical health problems/disabilities such as stroke, cancer, pain management etc.

Counseling psychology is a psychological specialty that encompasses research and applied work in several broad domains: counseling process and outcome; supervision and training; career development and counseling; and prevention and health.