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A private London clinic integrating psychiatry and psychology
Psychologists and Psychotherapists
Dr Michelle Hamill
BA (Hons), MSc, DClinPsy, PG Dip CAT
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Dr Michelle Hamill is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, with over 20 years' experience in mental health in the NHS, and leading psychological services for Older Adult Mental Health, Memory Clinics and Dementia Care. Michelle is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accredited by the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT) as a practitioner and supervisor, and is a member of the EMDR Association UK, which confirms her credibility and adherence to the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct.
Michelle specialises in psychological and neuropsychological assessments and therapeutic interventions for a wide range of diverse emotional, physical, and relationship concerns across the adult life span, from mild to more complex presentations. Michelle has a particular interest and specialist skills working with later life mental health presentations, cognitive and general health-based co-morbidities, including neurodegenerative conditions. She has co-authored two books in this field ‘Conversations in Later Life: A Cognitive Analytic Therapy Approach to Ageing Well’ (2024) and ‘How to Help Someone with Dementia: A Practical Guide to Caring for Your Loved One and Yourself’ (2022). She is experienced working with mood and anxiety-based conditions, stress and adjustment, PTSD and complex trauma, grief and bereavement, low self-esteem, relationship-based difficulties, and challenges at times of life transitions (e.g. long-term health conditions and illness, retirement). Michelle values working with family members adjusting to a caring role in the context of changing health presentations in later life.
Drawing on evidence-based therapeutic techniques, Michelle employs an integrative, collaborative, and holistic approach to helping clients gain insight into their challenges, develop healthier coping mechanisms, and promote personal growth and resilience. She is trained across a variety of psychological approaches including Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), and Narrative Therapies along with Mindfulness Based and Neuropsychological approaches.
Michelle has been a guest lecturer on several Doctoral Clinical Psychology programs covering a range of topics including working with complex and early trauma in later life using CAT and facilitating conversations about death and dying. As a Research Champion for Older People and Dementia, Michelle is passionate about ensuring access to and embedding psychological research into clinical settings. Michelle also has a variety of publications in these areas- see below.