Dr Lindsey Macleod

Lindsey has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and has developed her clinical practice over almost thirty years of working across NHS, independent and voluntary sectors. She provides therapeutic support for children and young people, adults, families, parents and carers covering a broad range of mental health needs. She also provides supervision, reflective practice, training and consultation to other clinicians.

Lindsey is committed to thinking about people in their context, be it family, school, community, workplace or society as a whole. She creates safe spaces for people to make sense of their unique life experiences; to tell their story and to develop it. Lindsey works in partnership with children, adolescents and adults to deliver therapy in creative, flexible ways that takes into account all the various aspects of, and influences on, a person’s life. She draws upon a range of therapeutic models including Cognitive Behavioural and Narrative Therapies, Attachment Focused Therapies, Mentalisation, Family therapy models, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Compassion Focused approaches.

Lindsey has a special interest in supporting people where learning disabilities are an issue, particularly around parenting. Ove recent years she has developed “Mellow Ability”, a parenting programme for parents of children with complex additional support needs. She also provides advocacy for families affected by disability via her consultancy work with Radical Visions.