Tom studied Biology at Warwick University before completing his medical training at King’s College London.

Tom has worked as a physician in primary and secondary care, including in General Practice and Psychiatry, and more recently in non-clinical roles within public health and the digital mental health space. He now works as a therapist in the East of England and provides mental health coaching.

Tom is a passionate hiker and has explored many of the long-distance footpaths across Europe. Most notably, Tom walked 2,000km from Canterbury to Rome in 2018 over a three month period. Many of the philosophical insights that Tom writes about in his book Self-Obsession arose while walking.