Dr Catherine Gillanders

Consultants

Profile

Dr Catherine Gillanders is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and offers assessment, diagnosis and treatment across a wide range of mental health problems for children and adolescent from ages 5-18 years.

In addition to specialist training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Dr Gillanders completed training in Mentalisation Based Treatment for Adolescents (MB1-A) at the Anna Freud Centre in London. She also has post-graduate qualifications in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Practising at

Kingsbridge Private Hospital, Belfast (No.6 and No.10-12 Lisburn Road)

Please note a GP referral is required when booking an appointment.

Current NHS Post

Full-time post as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Qualifications

MB Bch BAO

Queen's University, Belfast

MRCPsych

P G Dip Mental Health

P G Dip CBT

Treatment Areas

Treatments and areas of interest

Mentalisation-Based Treatment for Adolescents (MBT-A)
Depression
Anxiety disorders including panic, social anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Phobias
Trauma, Relationship difficulties
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
School refusal and other school-based difficulties
Sleep difficulties
Alcohol and drug misuse
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia and other psychosis
Disorder eating
Behavioural difficulties
Neurodevelopmental Disorders including Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)