Anne McKay, Chartered Clinical Psychologist in Psychotherapy, DIT therapist

About me

I am a senior clinical psychologist in psychodynamic psychotherapy. I have years of experience helping people with anxiety and depression, and have a deep understanding of the experiences which can contribute to emotional stress.

Assessment consultation: 1-2 meetings to think about your difficulties and to think about what treatment would be most helpful.
Clinical Psychology: short interventions for anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, work stress, and anxiety in relationships
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy: a 16 session model to improve depression and anxiety symptoms where there is a clear link with the symptoms and feeling anxious about relationships. The focus is understanding and improving current relationships with family, friends and colleagues (see link: http://www.d-i-t.org/)
Psychodynamic therapy: an open-ended therapy allowing for exploration of interpersonal issues. This can be helpful when other therapies have failed to address the core dynamics of longer-term or recurrent depression and anxiety - see link (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-shrink-tank/201002/let-the-evidence-show-psychodynamic-therapy-provides-effective-and)
A Mentalisation- Based Therapy intervention for people experiencing difficulties with strong feelings in relationships (family or work), including anger management and eating disorders. The sessions help with understanding emotions and working out how to manage them when feeling under stress. (see link: https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/care-and-treatment/treatments/mentalisation-based-therapy/)
I have specialist experience working with perinatal mental health and parenting issues.