Qualifications and Experience
Dr Margy Bowes (The Postpartum Psychologist) is an HCPC registered Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist and certified Seasons of Matrescence ® Educator and Guide. She has a Masters in Psychological Therapy in Primary Care and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She has been employed in NHS Scotland clinical psychology services for nearly two decades in a variety of clinical settings, working across the lifespan. These include occupational health and trauma services which are her clinical areas of expertise. She currently works for a government department in an occupational health setting, supporting employees with work-related trauma and other mental health conditions, as well as providing ADHD diagnostic assessments.
Therapeutically, Dr Bowes is trained to deliver CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), IPT (Interpersonal Psychotherapy) and CFT (Compassion Focused Therapy). She is also trained in the diagnostic assessment of ADHD.
She has completed additional training in Seasons of Matrescence ® Coaching (Nikki McCahon); "Mothers at Work" Program (Dr Sophie Brock); Polyvagal Theory and Somatic Practices; Women's Health and Supporting the Nervous System through Motherhood, Midlife, and Beyond; Compassion Focused Approaches for Perinatal Distress (The Compassionate Mind Foundation); Exploring the Labyrinth for Birth (Birthing Within) and is a Certified MotherCircle facilitator (Kimberly Johnson).
Dr Bowes has also worked as a Principal Educator for NHS Education Scotland, providing national CBT training. She specialises in trauma informed practice, having previously worked as a transforming psychological trauma implementation coordinator for a Scottish health board, delivering training and supporting other organisations to provide trauma informed services.
