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Psychology

Mary Burgess is a highly experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist who has held senior roles at many of London Leading Teaching Hospitals: most recently as Head of the General Oncology Psychological Care Team at UCLH.

She has trained in a variety of therapeutic approaches including CBT; ACT, DBT, Systemic, Mindfulness; Brief solution focussed therapy, EMDR. She specialises in psychological responses to physical illness and trauma, and psychological responses in the individual and their family faced with genetic susceptibility to cancer.

Mary believes that accessible and appropriately applied psychological intervention empowers individuals to understand and manage their distress.

Special interests:

  • Stress management
  • Anxiety & Depression
  • Self-esteem & Confidence issues
  • Relationship & sexual problems, including fertility
  • Decision-making genetic testing & prophylactic surgery
  • Post traumatic stress management (PTSD)
  • Helping adjustment to trauma of life-threatening disease and treatment for patients and families.
  • Bereavement

Research interests:

  • Psychological assessment and self-management of distress
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (EMDR)
  • Psychological aspects of genetic cancer prediction
  • Prehabilitation

Practice Locations:

  • 90 Sloane Street
  • London Cancer Centre Parkside Wimbledon
  • Wellington Hospital