Isabel Goodwin
Clinical Psychologist
North Shrewsbury CMHT
Hartley’s Business Centre
Monkmoor Road
Shrewsbury. SY2 5ST
Tel: 01743-243300

Email: Isabel Goodwin

I work in a community team covering the North Shrewsbury area with adults up to the age of 65 years. I work part-time alongside Cailzie Dunn, clinical psychologist.

I completed my first degree in Psychology, then later an MSc in Psychological Research Methods. I completed my Clinical Psychology training (ClinPsyD) in 2001 at Birmingham University. I have worked in the public sector since 1986 – mostly in the NHS, but also in a Community Health Council (as a service user advocate).

When offering therapy I work with individuals, and I am most informed by psychodynamic ideas. However, I do acknowledge that social, financial, political and other influences impact greatly on the situation and state each person finds themselves in.

I enjoy doing research as long as it can be directly useful in making services more helpful (or less harmful).

Publications:
Booth, H., Goodwin, I., Newnes, C., and Dawson, O. (1997) Process and outcome of counselling in general practice. Clinical Psychology Forum, 99, 32-40

Goodwin, I., Holmes, G., Newnes, C., and Waltho, D. (1999) A qualitative analysis of the views of inpatient mental health service users. Journal of Mental Health 8, 1, 43-54

Goodwin, I. (2003) The relevance of attachment theory to the philosophy, organization, and practice of adult mental health care. Clinical Psychology Review, 23, 35-56

Goodwin, I., Holmes, G., Cochran, R., and Mason, O. (2003) The ability of mental health services to meet clients' attachment needs: the development of the Service Attachment Questionnaire. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 76, 145-16