Dr Michelle May

Clinical Psychologist

Specialisms:  Working with children and families

Ages: 5+ and adults

Location: Edinburgh and Online

HCPC Registered
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• About
• Qualifications

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Michelle is a fully qualified and accredited Clinical Psychologist, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a member of the British Psychological Society (and previous co-chair of the Division of Neuropsychology within BPS).

Michelle has extensive experience working as a senior clinician in outpatient and inpatient settings, in both NHS and in the private sector. For over a decade, Michelle has also lectured for the ‘Doctorate in Clinical Psychology’ students at the University of Edinburgh.

Therapeutically, Michelle’s places value in building an open and honest therapeutic relationship, creating a safe space, promoting collaborative working to empower and support individuals, and their families, to make helpful changes.

Michelle works with clients who have difficulties with:

• Anxiety
• Low self esteem
• Difficulties managing emotions and behaviour
• Difficulties associated with adjustment - This could be following an environmental/situational change (e.g. school/location change, parental divorce), injury or diagnosis of the individual or a loved one (e.g. childhood or parental illness/injury, diagnosis of ASD, ADD/ADHD, intellectual disability)
• Relationship difficulties
• Challenges associated with parenting

 
Michelle draws from a range of evidenced-based therapeutic approaches, for example, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based approaches, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).  Michelle has additional expertise in Clinical Neuropsychology which supports an understanding of neuro-developmental stage and neuro-diversity (e.g. ASD, ADD, ADHD) whilst always putting the person at the centre of her care, and always holding space for individual differences.

• Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biological Sciences with Psychology
• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology