Who is in the team?

Hello! Nice to meet you.

Below you can get to know a bit about each member of our team across both Derriford Hospital Children's and Young Peoples Outpatients Department (CYPOD) and the Child Development Centre. We also often have Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Trainee Children Wellbeing Practitioners working with us too so you may get to meet and work with one of them during your time with us if you are happy to do so.  

 

George Davis

Dr George Davis

Dr Georgina Davis

Role: Service Lead

Site: You can find me at the Child Development Centre but I am responsible for Level 12 too! 

Special Interests: Cystic Fibrosis, continence, relationships, neuroaffirmative practice and diversity, motivational interviewing, Circle of Security parenting, staff wellbeing

Interesting Fact: My favourite animal is a Giraffe and I've even fed one at Paignton Zoo (it was quite slimy!!)

 

Dr Katy Farrell-Wright

Dr Katy Farrell-Wright

Dr Katy Farrell-Wright

Role: Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist

Site: Level 12, Derriford

Special Interests: Trauma, Oncology and Cystic Fibrosis.

Random interesting fact: I used to live in Florida

 

Dr Cheryl Hunter

Dr Cheryl Hunter 

Dr Cheryl Hunter 

Role: Clinical Psychologist

Site: Level 12 Derriford and Child Development Centre

Special Interests: Diabetes, psychological assessment and intervention with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and their families, narrative and systemic approaches, collaborative working and learning from others, research and service user involvement

Random interesting fact: My favourite animal is the leafy sea-dragon.

 

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Ellie Charlesworth

Ellie Charlesworth

Role: Placement Student

Site: Level 12, Derriford

Special Interests: Emotional and psychological wellbeing linked to a medical condition, Shared Decision Making, Cystic Fibrosis, Diabetes, supporting young people and their families.

Random interesting fact: I have ridden an elephant before! 

 

Meghan McCrory

Dr Meghan McCrory

Dr Meghan McCrory

Role: Clinical Psychologist

Site: Child Development Centre

Special Interests: Psychological assessment and intervention with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and their families. Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), Attachment/parenting, Systemic approaches, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Random interesting fact: My favourite ice cream flavour is mint chocolate chip (because most people dislike it!)

 

 

Dr Emily Lewis

Dr Emily Lewis

Role: Clinical Psychologist

Site: Child Development Centre

Special Interests: Attachment, Developmental Trauma, Parenting, Systemic and Narrative informed approaches, Video Interactive Guidance (VIG), Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) and working creatively with children and families.

Interesting Fact: I can count to ten in 5 languages (English, Welsh, French, German and Korean)!  

 

Emily Lewis

Emily Lewis

Emily Lewis

Role: Senior Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner

Site: Child Development Centre

Special Interests: CBT and adapting traditional CBT interventions for children with neurological diversity. Working with parents to understand their children’s behavioural needs and learning techniques to support any challenging behaviour.

Interesting Fact: I love swimming in rivers and the sea and when I grow up I’d like to be a mermaid.

 

Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

Role: Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner

Site: Child Development Centre

Special Interests: My particular interests as a CWP are problem solving, using creative methods within low-intensity CBT and facilitating shared understanding between children and their parents to help overcome their difficulties.

Interesting Fact: My favourite animal is a bison!

 

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Hannah Payne

Hannah Payne

Role: Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner

Site: Child Development Centre

Special Interests: Adapting low intensity CBT in creative ways to work with children,  young people and their families 

Interesting Fact: My favourite animal is a killer whale and one day I would love to see them in the wild

 

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Dr Roisin Salt

Dr Roisin Salt

Role: Clinical Psychologist

Site: Child Development Centre/Level 12, Derriford

Special Interests: I enjoy working creatively with children, young people and families. I’m Interested in attachment, trauma, narrative and systemic approaches, and community psychology

Interesting Fact: I have cuddled a baby crocodile!

 

Lauren

Lauren Hawkins

Lauren Hawkins

Role: Placement Student

Site: Child Development Centre

Special Interests:  ADHD and Autism diagnosis demographics, Varying management techniques, Developmental trauma, as well as Speech and language development and delay.

Interesting Fact: I worked in a zoo for a whole summer and got to watch meerkats all day! 

 

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Martin Voisey

Martin Voisey

Role: Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner

Site: Child Development Centre

Special Interests: Teaching young people about how and why we all get symptoms of anxiety and how we can start to become comfortable with the physical sensations of anxiety

Interesting Fact: When I was 15, I played basketball for England.

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