Dr Rachel Gibbons
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I am a psychiatrist, group analyst, and psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience. Trained at the Tavistock Clinic, I have worked as a consultant in the NHS and as the National Director of Therapies for the Priory. My expertise includes psychodynamic psychotherapy, CBT, DBT, and Mentalisation. I provide a safe environment for you to explore challenges, improve authentic relationships, and enhance joy and creativity. As a member of the GMC and BPS, I focus on open, honest dialogue, addressing complex topics like suicide and bereavement.
Mourning and mental illness
The mourning process and its importance in mental illness: a psychoanalytic understanding of psychiatric diagnosis and classification
BJPsych article of the month March 2024
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The nature of suicide and the impact on the bereaved
The 8 'truths' about suicide

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Understanding the psychodynamics of the pathway to suicide
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​The impact of suicide on the mind of the bereaved
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Book

Seminars in the Psychotherapies (Second Edition)
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'It is a full and wide-ranging book that can be used for reference or quiet study... it also includes throughout its pages a rich seam of personal reflection, literary quotations, on-the-hoof clinical anecdotes and case studies that help bring things to life.'
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The book 'provides refreshing views of modern-day psychotherapy that are firmly rooted in principles psychoanalysis.'
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Other Articles

​Experiences and support needs of consultant psychiatrists following a patient-perpetrated homicide
BJPsych
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Parity of esteem within the biopsychosocial model: is psychiatry still a psychological profession?
BJPsych
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The 'impossibility' of working in the current NHS
The Tavistock Institute 
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Dr Rachel Gibbons
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