Dr Estelle McDougall

Dr Estelle McDougall, Clinical Psychologist 

Dr Estelle McDougall, has worked within various CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service NHS) settings since 2015.

A variety of Psychology therapeutic approaches available

Including:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT),
• Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT),
• Eye Movement and desensitization (EMDR)
• Trauma informed work
• Psychological Formulation work

Psychologist for Children, young people and adults with mental health problems

Dr Estelle McDougall has worked with children and young people suffering from a range of mental health difficulties/disorders including (but not limited to):

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Trauma

Experienced knowledgeable Psychologist

Using cross lifespan knowledge, Dr Estelle McDougall has offered:

• Individual work to children and adolescents
• Couple work
• Family work
• Group work
• Formulating the best support for families across different agencies
• Systemic work with young people and adults around them
• Staff liaison (e.g., care home and residential home staff and social workers involved with Looked After children, Police, Social Services, different mental health teams, midwives, GPs, teachers, consultants, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, interpreters etc).
• Expert opinion provision at Children’s Panels (Scotland)

She has also obtained a post graduate degree in Health Psychology.

Work with a Clinical Psychologist to improve your life

Dr Estelle McDougall aims to use her training and skills to help you towards the goals you want for your life.

For example, you may want to learn how to improve your communication with close others in your life so as to reach your goal of a better quality of life for you and your loved ones.

In her sessions with you (and possibly others, if they are involved too), Dr Estelle McDougall wants to offer a safe space for all concerned, to then be able to explore what can be quite painful difficulties when you first tried to find a psychologist.

Psychologist Work Roles

Dr Estelle McDougall work roles have included:

• Working in maternal mental health working with birthing people and partners experiencing trauma, tokophobia and baby loss.
• Providing psychological support for families, alongside West Mercia Police, who have experienced baby loss, where they are part of an ongoing investigation.
• Clinically supervising other Psychology staff
• Completing neurological assessments including assessments for: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASC); Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and; Intellectual Disability.

Dr Estelle McDougall’s other teaching and examiner roles

Other roles have included:

• University of Manchester Private IPT-A Assessor & Lecturer for children and young people (CYP)
• Improving access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) course (conduct Lectures, Mark assignments)
• University of Edinburgh Private IPT Supervisor (Supervision to clinicians in training,  marking portfolios and session recordings to assess trainee as pass/fail, to become  an accredited IPT practitioner
• Anna Freud Centre IPT Supervisor
• Private Supervisor (Provide case supervision)

Psychologist with research papers published in academic journals

Dr Estelle McDougall has recently been reviewing measures used for perinatal grief measures. She has published papers on:

• Gillanders, D. T., & Barker, E. (2019). Development and initial validation of a short form of the Diabetes Acceptance and Action Scale: The DASS-Revised (DAAS-R). Journal of Contextual Behavioural Science, 14, 20-18. 
• McCracken, L. M., Barker, E. & Chilcot, J. (2014). Decentering, rumination, cognitive defusion, and psychological flexibility in people with chronic pain. J. Behav Med. 37: 1215.
• Barker,. E. & McCracken, L., M. (2014). From traditional cognitive–behavioural therapy to acceptance and commitment therapy for chronic pain: a mixed-methods study of staff experiences of change. British Journal of Pain, vol. 8, 3: pp. 98-106. 
• Cropper JA, Ford-Adams M, Hulse A, Barker E & Parthasarathy LK. (2012). Quality of life and HbA1C outcomes in children and young people commencing insulin pump therapy. Pediatric Diabetes 13 (suppl. 17) pg120. Endocrine Abstracts.
• Stiller, J., Farrington- Flint, L. & Barker, E. (2009). Diversity in children’s strategy choice in addition and subtraction. In: Annual British Psychological Society Developmental Section Conference, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.

Contact us now about seeing Dr Estelle McDougall