Professor Michele Kavanagh

Consultants

Profile

Prof Michele Kavanagh is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who is based within the Northern HSC Trust. She is the lead Perinatal Psychologist for the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

She is Honorary Professor with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast. She has over 20 years with young people, families and parents in distress. She more recently has worked in organisation wellbeing and is an international trainer with the mindful birthing foundation.

Prof Kavanagh offers private perinatal psychological care at the Maypole Clinic in Holywood. She can provide a package for adults undergoing fertility where there is mental health challenges, past perinatal loss and birth trauma.

Prof Kavanagh will also see adolescents with a variety of development challenges to their wellbeing, young adults as well as adults struggling with transition and change (see treatment areas).

Current NHS Posts

Clinical Lead for Perinatal Clinical Psychology with Northern HSC Trust

Mindful Birthing Foundation - Trainer on an International Teaching Programme

Honorary Professor School of Nursing and Midwifery Queen’s University Belfast

Practising At

Maypole Clinic, Holywood

Qualifications

DClin Psychology / MSc / BA Hons Applied Psychology

Senior Tuitor, Perinatal Psychology Programme, University of Exeter & University of Liverpool

Honorary Professor with School of Nursing and Midwifery Queen’s University Belfast

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

Senior Tutor, Perinatal Psychology Programme, University of Exeter & University of Liverpool

Senior Mentor and Trainer, Faculty at Mindful Birthing Foundation

Secretary to BPS Faculty for Perinatal Psychology

Publications

Research interests include transgenerational trauma, suicide bereavement, parent infant attachment during adversity, trauma sensitive mindfulness

Treatment Areas

Treatments and areas of interest

Anxiety and Mood Presentations in Pregnancy with birthing persons and their partners
Perinatal loss, birth trauma and birth fears
OCD and health anxiety
Early parenting and attachment within complex mental health presentations
Adolescent and young adult development and challenges to wellbeing
General child and adolescent mental health
Parent wellbeing and family related distress
Staff wellbeing and work related distress