Dr Steve Lovatt

Dr Steven Lovatt is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Specialist Medico-Legal Psychologist, Accredited Integrative Psychotherapist, and EMDR therapist, with experience spanning NHS community mental health, forensic settings, and medico-legal practice. He completed his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Staffordshire University, where his research explored the relationship between childhood trauma, dissociation and voice-hearing — work that forms the basis of his book, When the Past Speaks: Why Childhood Trauma Can Lead to Hearing Voices.

Dr Lovatt works with adults across a range of evidence-based approaches including EMDR, CBT, ACT and Compassion Focused Therapy. As Strategic Clinical Advisor to BestTalk, he brings clinical rigour and a practitioner's perspective to the platform — helping ensure it genuinely serves the therapists who use it and the clients they support.