Dr Rushton is a Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and  has worked as a psychologist for more than twenty years. She has worked in a range of settings, with different client groups, including clients presenting with a range of mental health issues, substance misuse problems, people in prison (male and female, young and adult offenders), familes with young children, children with disabilities and work with traumatised people (e.g. assaults at work, car accidents, combat trauma). Dr Rushton works for the NHS and also for Action For Change, an Alcohol and Substance misuse service in Hastings, East Sussex.