Transcript Dr Jaclyn Kehoe Senior Psychologist Addiction Psychology Service What we do • We provide a specialist psychological service • We are a tertiary service •

Dr Jaclyn Kehoe
Senior Psychologist
Addiction Psychology Service
What we do
• We provide a specialist psychological service
• We are a tertiary service
• We provide psychological interventions for
clients who are experiencing psychological
problems and have addiction issues
• We work alongside all other addiction services
• We provide training and offer education
sessions
• We undertake neuropsychological
assessments
• We undertake research
Who we are
• 7 Clinical and Counselling Psychologists
• We work across all NHS Lanarkshire
• + Child and Adolescent Addiction
Psychology Service
• + Blood Bourne Virus Addiction Psychology
Service
Psychological Interventions
• For instance: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy,
Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Eye-Movement
Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy,
Compassion Focused Therapy
• alongside Motivational Interviewing
techniques, the trans-theoretical model and
for example, Community Reinforcement
Approach
Main presenting issues
• Our work therefore falls into the complex comorbidity arena
• Trauma (PTSD and complex trauma) as main
presenting issue
• also chronic depression, complex anxiety
disorders, anger issues, personality difficulties
and inter-personal difficulties
• Common theme of high complexity
Non-clinical interventions
• Develop psychological ways of working in all
addiction teams
• Undertake training and consultation in the
Treatment Process Model
• Role in meeting the workforce development
needs of the addiction teams