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DrHarrietFletcher

Consultant Psychiatrist in Medical Psychotherapy

Qualifications: MB BS, MRCPsych
GMC Number: 4525118
Specialities: Medical Psychotherapy
Services: Community Mental Health Service

Harriet Fletcher joined the Trust in 2020.  She qualified as a doctor in 1998 and has worked as a consultant psychiatrist since 2009.  She has dual registration in Medical Psychotherapy and General Adult Psychiatry.

Harriet works in the Medical Psychotherapy Service, and together with her two consultant colleagues is responsible for providing psychotherapy training for core and higher trainees in psychiatry as well as for SAS doctors following the CESR training route.  Harriet is particularly passionate about teaching psychiatrists in training to use psychotherapeutic understanding as part of person-centred care.

Harriet is trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive analytic therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy.  In her clinical work she has an interest in working with people who attract a diagnosis of ‘personality disorder’ and with people with autism.  She is also interested in reducing health inequalities and inequalities in access to psychological therapy: in connection with this she has a role offering consultation and supervision within primary care.

Harriet is the current Training Programme Director for Medical Psychotherapy for HEE Yorkshire and Humber.  She sits on the Specialty Advisory Committee of the Medical Psychotherapy Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and is currently a member of the NICE guideline development committee updating the guidelines for the management of self harm.

Location:
St Mary's House,
St Mary's Road, Leeds, Potternewton, West Yorkshire, ,
LS7 3JX
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