Our Clinical Team
Matthew Hodder
BSc (Hons), MSc, PgDip, MBPsS, BCBA, UKBA(cert)
UKSBA Reg: 101000
BACB Reg: 1-21-52249
Matthew has worked in Behavioural Psychology and Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) for over 11 years and is accredited as a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst with the BACB and a UK Certified Behaviour Analyst with the UK Society for Behaviour Analysis, regulated by the Professional Standards Authority. He has worked in a range of clinical settings, including private healthcare, NHS inpatient and community services and charitable organisations.
Matthew has spent his career working with adults and children with intellectual disabilities, severe challenging behaviour, forensic behaviour, psychological trauma, and a range of mental health conditions. With experience of managing services, direct support work and clinical practice, Matthew strives to apply a person-centred approach to his practice, with a focus on enabling people to maximise their quality of life and have the confidence to manage challenging behaviour safely and effectively.
Matthew provides all elements of behavioural psychology and analysis from assessment to intervention as well as specialist assessments, formulations, and reports for a wide range of purposes. Further information on the services offered by Hodder & Co. Limited can be found on the ‘Our Services’ page.
Matthew has published research in peer reviewed academic journals and continues to conduct research to improve practice in this field. He is currently completing a PhD at Bristol University developing revised diagnostic autism assessments for individuals who miss diagnosis or are misdiagnosed due to presenting with camouflaging behaviours and internalising or ‘atypical’ features of autism.
Julie Lancaster
BSc (Hons), PgCert, UKSBA Practising Member
UKSBA Reg: 101184
Julie has worked with children and young people for over 9 years and in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) for almost 4 years. Julie has personal experience too, as her son was registered partially sighted and had his own additional needs. Julie studied Psychology and Counselling in Community Settings and has completed PBS BTEC Courses.
Julie began working as a support worker and has progressed from PBS Practitioner to a Senior Practitioner, and now leads PBS services. Julie has a wide range of experience including Autism, ADHD, challenging behaviour, acquired brain injury and other support areas both physical and emotional.
Julie always works with a holistic approach, looking at the person as a whole and striving to increase independence, life skills and overall improvement in the persons quality of life. Julie’s main passion is opening up the world for the people she supports, to allow them to live meaningful and fulfilling lives. With an experience of managing services, staff teams, direct work, assessments and intervention, Julie has a wide range of expertise.
Julie is able to complete direct observations, behavioural assessments, formulation of bespoke strategies to support with behavioural challenges. Alongside this Julie has written comprehensive reports, provided both clinical and managerial supervision and has a wide range of experience with recording and monitoring systems.
Lucy Robinson
Psychotherapist
BACP Reg: 324097
Lucy is a skilled and experienced counsellor dedicated to supporting children, young people, and adults through a wide range of emotional and psychological challenges. With a background in working with individuals facing emotional and behavioural difficulties, as well as those engaging in high-risk behaviours, Lucy provides a safe, understanding, and professional space for healing and personal growth.
Her expertise covers a broad spectrum of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief, emotional and behavioural challenges, and complex conditions such as mood disorders, personality disorders, PTSD, and complex trauma.
Beginning her career in residential children’s homes, Lucy has extensive experience working with highly complex cases. This foundation led her to transition into counselling, where she now offers tailored therapeutic support to both children and adults, helping them navigate life’s difficulties with confidence and resilience.
Lucy’s integrative, relational approach prioritises the therapeutic relationship, tailoring evidence-based therapies to each client’s needs. Her person-centred framework incorporates Attachment Theory, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Creative Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Focused Rewind Technique, CATT Model, Psychodynamics, and Transactional Analysis (TA).
Judite Amaral
Practitioner Psychologist
HCPC Reg: PYL36690
Judite started to work in the UK in 2014 in a managment position to support people with autism, learning disabilities and Personality Disorder with the aim of supporting young adults to improve their skills and live independently.
In 2019, she got her recognition as a Forensic Psychologist that helped her to return to her passion. Since then Judite has worked in charitable organisations and NHS inpatient settings. Judite is in the process of getting accreditation as a Clinical Psychologist by HCPC as well.
Judite has worked in different settings with a wide range of ages and presenting needs. She started her career in prison settings but has since spent a number of years working in schools, trauma, family support, communit services and mental health hospitals.
Judite is always keen to embrace a new project if she feels that she has the appropriate skills to support in line with her high quality standards.
Judite describes herself as a perfectionist and someone who takes a compassionate approach towards people and her work.
Angela Woods
Executive Assistant
“I am extremely grateful for Matthew’s services and support he has given me in these last few months. He has been incredibly impactful on my situation so far because, for a while, all I wanted was to be listened to. I really look forward to working with Matthew in the future”
-PERSON SUPPORTED BY HODDER & CO