Meet the Team

Molly founded Inside Intrusive after opening up online about intrusive thoughts and her experiences of OCD. She received an OCD diagnosis in 2024, having begun sharing her story to connect with others who might have been feeling frightened or isolated.

Before launching Inside Intrusive, Molly ran weekly support groups. These brought together people experiencing different forms of OCD and gave her a place to share personal experiences, ideas drawn from therapy and insight gained from professionals.

Inside Intrusive grew out of that community. Molly continues to advocate publicly for more open conversations about OCD and helps bring together the mix of professionals and lived-experience advocates involved in sessions today.

Keith is an integrative psychotherapist whose approach draws on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), attachment theory and person-centred therapy.

He also has lived experience of OCD. Through his professional work, Keith has supported clients dealing with intrusive thoughts, rumination and related compulsions. His sessions bring together therapeutic knowledge and an understanding of what these experiences can feel like first-hand.

Emily is a mental health nurse, writer, blogger and public speaker. She also serves as a trustee of Autistic Girls Network.

She wrote the Sunday Times bestselling book Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life. Emily shares her experiences as an autistic and ADHD person and as someone living with OCD, with a particular focus on challenging shame and stigma.

Dr Michael Swift, who also goes by Dr Mike, has more than ten years of experience working in healthcare.

He describes his therapeutic approach as adaptable to the person in front of him, combining scientific understanding with compassion. He brings this professional experience to conversations and support spaces at Inside Intrusive.

Dr Shawna Biron has a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology and a PhD in Social Sciences. Her doctoral research focused on healing.

Her career has included private practice and work within public health and mental health services. Originally from British Columbia, Canada, Shawna also speaks openly about receiving an OCD diagnosis after living with symptoms for many years.

Her perspective combines professional knowledge with personal experience of isolation, recovery and growth.

Natalie is a London-based PR professional who has spoken openly about living with OCD and health anxiety for much of her life, as well as seeking support from several mental health professionals.

She has also spoken about her experiences of depression and anxiety. Natalie and her fiancé appeared in the Channel 5 documentary Do You Have OCD?

Through advocacy, she wants to challenge the assumption that someone who seems to be doing well on the outside cannot also be facing serious mental health difficulties, and to encourage more open conversations about seeking help.

Zachary, also known as Zac, runs OCDestigmatize, an award-winning online mental health advocacy platform.

He has publicly shared his journey involving OCD, substance misuse and depression. Today, he describes himself as recovered from OCD and leads workshops centred on lived experience, reducing shame and challenging misconceptions about mental health.

Katie founded The OCD Project, a platform where she draws on her personal experiences to challenge the stigma surrounding OCD.

Her advocacy focuses on talking about what living with OCD can be like and offering a sense of connection to people affected by it. She brings this lived-experience perspective to the Inside Intrusive community.

Georgia is based in Dorset and is training to become an integrative counsellor. Her interest in counselling developed through her own experiences of OCD and ulcerative colitis.

She understands how isolating mental and physical health difficulties can feel. Education, therapy and connection with others have informed her view of recovery as a process involving self-understanding, seeking support and self-compassion.

Georgia hopes to combine her training and lived experience to support more informed, hopeful conversations about OCD.

Helen is a psychotherapist with 13 years of experience working in the NHS. Her training includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT).

She describes her approach as warm, non-judgemental and tailored to the individual, making space to understand each person’s experiences, values and challenges.

Helen has a particular interest in OCD. Her work focuses on helping people make sense of difficult thoughts and feelings, feel less isolated by them and develop a different relationship with anxiety and uncertainty.

Jay has lived with OCD for much of his life and has also spoken publicly about being autistic. His experiences have included contamination, harm and magical-thinking OCD themes, as well as concerns relating to body image.

In 2020 he founded TALKHUB CIC, a men’s mental health organisation that brings people together through walks, football, boxing and other activities.

Alongside this work, Jay shares his personal story to improve understanding of OCD. He enjoys sport, follows Everton and has a background in amateur boxing.