GMC Number: 4387879
I am a Consultant Psychiatrist specialising in child and adolescent mental health. Having worked as a child and adolescent psychiatrist since 2015 I have extensive experience in working as a consultant psychiatrist in both NHS CAMHS and early intervention services as well as private practice. In my private practice role I have developed an interest in working with university students and well as children and adolescents with a range of disorders including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD and autism spectrum disorder. I enjoy working alongside a wide range of team colleagues.
I completed undergraduate training at the University of Pretoria, South Africa where I graduated with distinction in medicine, paediatrics and surgery. I worked as an intern in Namibia in orthopaedics and ophthalmology prior to completing my pre-registration training at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh. Following this I completed basic paediatric training at the Royal Hospital for Sick children, Edinburgh where my interest led me to psychiatry. I completed basic and specialist training in Psychiatry on the South east Scotland Training Scheme and obtained CCT. I have always enjoyed teaching and contributed to various teaching programmes including the South East Scotland MRCPsych training programme, medical student teaching and GP paediatric fellowship course.
My aim is to work collaboratively and incorporate an understanding of a person’s life and their strengths and difficulties to inform a formulation based approach. I have training in a range of psychological therapy approaches through my specialist training including psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, Interpersonal therapy, cognitive analytic therapy and systemic family therapy. I have completed basic psychodynamic training in infant mental health. I have experience of working jointly with range of therapist and regularly do joint family work. I believe in a holistic whole person approach paying attention to physical and mental health aspects of care. I aim to provide timely, evidenced based, responsive and patient centred care to all my clients.