طبيب Dr Gary D H Burgess

Dr Gary Burgess is a Principal Paediatric Clinical Psychologist specialising in work with children, adolescents, parents and families. He currently works part time in the NHS at Great Ormond Street Hospital where he is the Lead Psychologist for the Dermatology team and he supports with psychology leadership across other specialist health conditions. He is registered with the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council).

Dr Burgess has expertise in assessment, formulation, and therapeutic treatment of a range of psychological and developmental issues including (but not limited to) anxiety, depression, adjustment to chronic or life-limiting medical diagnosis, trauma, eating disorders, social communication challenges including Autism, difficulties of attention and hyperactivity and associated behaviour problems.

As well as offering direct therapeutic work, Dr Burgess has experience in providing consultation, teaching and supervision to other professionals working with children, young people and their families.

Therapeutic Ethos

Children, young people and families can experience a range of strong, difficult or conflictual feelings which can be hard to make sense of. Sometimes these feelings can be expressed in ways which are distressing, frightening, troubling or cause conflict in family life. Dr Burgess offers a consistent and safe space for young people and families to explore and reflect on their experiences. Through such exploration he hopes to support young people and families make sense of the challenges they face, enable a full range of emotional expression and find new ways of relating to each other and managing challenges. 

He draws on a number of models to understand psychological distress including attachment, mentalisation, psychoanalytic and systemic approaches.