Dr. George Baldwin

Dr. George Baldwin is a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and has published peer-reviewed research. He completed his Clinical Psychology doctorate at the University of East Anglia (UEA) Medical School and applies evidence-informed practice in assessment, formulation and treatment of complex psychological difficulties for individuals, couples, families and small groups, consistent with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance.

Across six years of clinical work in both NHS and private practice, Dr. Baldwin has provided services in primary and secondary community mental health settings for children and adults, psychiatric inpatient units including forensics, adult acute, older adult acute and eating disorder wards, physical health clinics such as paediatrics, diabetes and chronic pain, and specialist learning disability and fostering services. He also offers clinical supervision to other psychological professionals.

He has experience working with people across the lifespan, addressing difficulties including anxiety and panic, depression and bipolar disorder, psychotic depression, schizophrenia and delusional disorder, hoarding, OCD, disordered eating, emotional dysregulation, personality disorders, specific phobias and trauma. Trauma work has included responses to physical, domestic, sexual, psychological and financial abuse, neglect and bereavement. Dr. Baldwin is familiar with adapting therapeutic approaches for neurodiversity, including autism spectrum conditions, ADHD, ADD and dyslexia.

Dr. Baldwin aims to enable meaningful change where multiple diagnoses may be affecting day-to-day life. He works with clients individually, with couples and families, and in small group formats. His preferred interventions are Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Systemic therapy, and he is also trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) skills.

His working style is warm, non-judgmental and tailored to each client or family. Over regular 45 minute sessions he begins with an assessment and typically develops a visual ‘formulation’ with the person or people involved at a pace that feels comfortable. The formulation normally highlights patterns in thoughts, feelings, behaviours and relationships within the context of past and current experiences, and from that shared understanding a focus for therapy is agreed. Progress can then be tracked against that formulation while sessions explore cognitive, behavioural and relational patterns and refine the formulation in line with the therapy goals. Treatment plans often include practising or recording alternative thoughts and behaviours to support change outside sessions.

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