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Dr Clair Clifford

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Overview

Specialises in

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Counselling

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Psychotherapy

Trauma focused CBT

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Consultant in EMDR and Supervisor in CBT, complex trauma specialist. Psychosexual specialist.

Dr Clair Clifford C.Psychol.; C.Sci.; AFBPsS

B.Sc.(Hons.); M.Sc.; Clin.Psy.D.; P.G.Dip.(Psychosexual Therapy); IPMA Level D

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

EMDR Europe Accredited EMDR Clinical Supervisor/Consultant

BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist & Supervisor

HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist
COSRT Member

Areas of interest

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Sexual dysfunction; Adult mental health

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

Oncology

Psychophysiological disorders

Physical disability

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

I work for the a government agency

Research interests

Complex Trauma and EMDR
Psychosexual Therapy
Military Mental Health
Law enforcement

Personal interests

I enjoy baking, reading and spending time in the garden.

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

I published a regular column in Birmingham Life magazine 2006-7.

I am published in academic journals:

Clifford, C. & Macauley, M. (2019) Male psychosexual therapy in the military. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. doi 10.1136/jramc-2018-001046.

Pan Birmingham Oncology - Risk Reducing Mastectomy Guideline March 2009 http://www.birminghamcancer.nhs.uk/uploads/document_file/document/4d2db099358e981ad800184e/10__risk_reducing_mastectomy_guidelines_-_version_2.pdf

Clifford, C. & Orford, J. (2007) The experience of social power in the lives of people who define as trans. Chapter 10; In ‘Out in Psychology: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Perspectives'. Peel, E. & Clarke, V. (Eds.) Wiley: Chichester. (Also presented as a paper at British Psychological Society's Psychology of Women Conference, 7-9 July 2004).

Clifford, C. (2004) Conference Presentation: The experience of social power in the lives of people who define as transgendered. Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference, July 2004. University of Brighton.

Clifford, C. (2003) A critical review of the psychological literature relating to transsexualism. Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review, 4. (This paper won the British Psychological Society's Lesbian & Gay Psychology Section Postgraduate Prize for 2002).

Stenfert Kroese, B.; Hussein, H.; Clifford, C. & Ahmed, N. (2002) Social support networks and psychological wellbeing of mothers with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 15 (4), 324.

Unwin, G., et al (2023). Some observations on remote delivery of eye?movement desensitisation and reprocessing to people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 20(2), 205-215.

Rothwell, E., et al (2022). Digital delivery of mental health therapies: A guide to the benefits and challenges, and making it work. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Langdon, P. E., Marczak, M., Clifford, C., & Willner, P. (2022). Occupational stress, coping and wellbeing among registered psychologists working with people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 47(3), 195-205.

Patel, V., et al. (2021). The experiences of carers of adults with intellectual disabilities during the first COVID?19 lockdown period. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 18(4), 254-262.

Courses offered to GPs

Happy to present to GP practices, by arrangement - please get in touch to discuss your needs.

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

Masters in Health Psychology University of Surrey 1998
Post Graduate Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy University of Hull 2014
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology University of Birmingham 2002

Additional training

EMDR Practitioner & Consultant EMDR UK & Ireland (Europe) accredited 2012
Cognitive Therapy Practitioner & Supervisor British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies 2012
Cognitive Processing Therapy US Dept of Veterans Affairs 2019

Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)

Committee Member West Midlands EMDR Support Group 2020
Honorary Treasurer - Lesbian & Gay Psychology Section British Psychological Society 2002
Honorary Treasurer - West Midlands Division of Clinical Psychology British Psychological Society 2007

Affiliations / memberships

Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)

EMDR UK & Ireland/Europe Accredited Consultant

CBT Practitioner & Supervisor (British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies)

My private practice

Practice hours

Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings

Broad Oaks Health Clinic
Tuesday
13:30 - 17:30
07445 851306

Broad Oaks Health Clinic394 Warwick...
Wednesday
09:00 - 17:30
07445 851306

Post treatment communication

Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies guidelines.

Other ways of contacting me

I can be contacted directly using Skype. My Skype ID is: doctor.clair

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