Dr Sarah Appleton

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Sarah Appleton BSc (Hons) DClinPsy CPsychol is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with a specialist interest in weight management. Sarah has a Bachelor of Science degree in Experimental Psychology (1st Class Honours) from The University of Bristol, and completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at The University of Oxford.

Sarah has worked in a number of Tier 3 and Tier 4 weight management services across the UK and in America. Sarah is currently working as a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Lead for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Tier 3 Weight Management Service, in addition to working as a Healthy Weight Clinical and Care Professional Lead for Partnership Southwark. Sarah chairs The British Psychological Society Obesity Specialist Interest Group and has been involved in shaping psychological guidelines surrounding obesity and weight management.

Sarah has conducted research into weight management, nutrition and behaviour at The University of Oxford and The University of Bristol, and is an Alumni Fellow of Healthcare Improvement Leadership at NIHR ARC NWL; Imperial College London.