Speaker
Dr. Fiona Challacombe
Clinical psychologist and researcher, Clinical lecturer in Perinatal Psychology at King’s College London
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Biography
Fiona is a clinical psychologist and researcher in the field of perinatal mental health. She is currently a clinical lecturer in Perinatal Psychology at King’s College London and has developed and led a specialist NHS clinical service for parents with anxiety disorders from pregnancy to the end of the third postnatal year. She is patron of the service user led charity Maternal OCD which raises awareness of the disorder amongst service users and healthcare professionals. Fiona’s research interests include adaptation of treatments in the perinatal context, and how to support parental mental health in the context of high-risk pregnancies and complex outcomes. She is also particularly interested in equity of access and outcomes in perinatal mental health. She is author of Break Free from Maternal Anxiety, and self-help and practitioner books on OCD. She regularly provides training and clinical supervision on perinatal mental health.