Psychotherapy Service booklet - SLaM National Services

National Services: Psychotherapy ServiceOur teamOur specialist team includes consultant psychiatrists, psychologists and psychotherapists.Dr Stirling Moorey BSc, MBBS, FRCPsychHead of PsychotherapyDr Stirling Moorey is Professional Head of Psychotherapy forthe Trust. He is also a consultant psychiatrist in CBT and anhonorary senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’sCollege London.BackgroundDr Moorey trained in medicine at the Middlesex HospitalMedical School, and in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital.From 1986 to 1992, he was a research psychiatrist atthe Royal Marsden Hospital. From 1992 to 1999, he wasa consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy at City andHackney Teaching Primary Care Trust.Dr Moorey became interested in cognitive therapy at medicalschool, and in 1979 he did his student elective with Dr AaronBeck at the Centre for Cognitive Therapy – being one of thefirst British therapists to visit when CBT was in its infancy.Since then, he has been closely involved in CBT trainingfor psychiatrists and other health professionals.ResearchResearch interests include CBT in palliative care, witha particular interest in how palliative care staff can learnto use techniques in their everyday work. 17