CONTRIBUTOR:

Rachael Smith

AFFILIATION:

TITLE:

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

DEPARTMENT:

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

INSTITUTION:

Royal Cornhill Hospital

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Rachael Smith, MA(Hons), D.Clin.Psychol – Consultant Clinical Psychologist in NHS Grampian’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Scotland, UK. Honorary Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Received her first-class honors Psychology degree from the University of Aberdeen in 2001, and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Edinburgh in 2006. Senior ADOS-2 trainer. ADI-R trained. Additional training and interest in CBT, schema therapy, IPT, ACT, EMDR, EFT, FBT, CFT and mindfulness. Special interests in Eating Disorders, Complex Trauma, Emerging Personality Disorder, Emotion Regulation, and Autism Spectrum Conditions. Currently holds teaching and training roles at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh.