dr jaclyn kehoe senior psychologist addiction psychology service
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Dr Jaclyn KehoeSenior Psychologist
Addiction Psychology Service
What we do• We provide a specialist psychological
service • We are a tertiary service• We provide psychological interventions for
clients who are experiencing psychological problems and have addiction issues
• We work alongside all other addiction services
• We provide training and offer education sessions
• We undertake neuropsychological assessments
• We undertake research
Who we are
• 7 Clinical and Counselling Psychologists
• We work across all NHS Lanarkshire • + Child and Adolescent Addiction
Psychology Service• + Blood Bourne Virus Addiction
Psychology Service
Psychological Interventions• For instance: Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy
• alongside Motivational Interviewing techniques, the trans-theoretical model and for example, Community Reinforcement Approach
Main presenting issues
• Our work therefore falls into the complex co-morbidity arena
• Trauma (PTSD and complex trauma) as main presenting issue
• also chronic depression, complex anxiety disorders, anger issues, personality difficulties and inter-personal difficulties
• Common theme of high complexity
Non-clinical interventions
• Develop psychological ways of working in all addiction teams
• Undertake training and consultation in the Treatment Process Model
• Role in meeting the workforce development needs of the addiction teams
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