Peers
Name
Qualifications
B.A., M.A., Msc.Psychotherapy, Diploma InSystemic Therapy.
Position
Senior Clinical Psychologist, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Contact
Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Dublin 1, Ireland.
010 353 1 8784293
Mairead.dempsey@cuh.ie
Primary Role
Clinical Psychologist in a Paediatric Diabetes Service (half time). Clinical psychologist in a Cochlear Implant Service (half time).
Specialisms
Adolescents (13-17 yrs), Anxiety, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Communication in medical settings, Coping, Depression, Development of measurement tools, Diabetes related distress, Eating problems, Empowerment, Family Stress, Fear of injecting / self-testing, Health cognitions / Illness perceptions, Infants (0-3 yrs), Insulin injection, Insulin pump therapy, Mindfulness, Motivation, Neuropsychological problems (related to hyper), Neuropsychological problems (related to hypo), Parents of children with diabetes, Peers, Pre-schoolers (4-6 yrs), Psychotherapy, Qualitative research, Quality of care, Quality of life, Quantitative research, Relation or family problems, Resilience, School-aged children (4-12 yrs), Stress in general, Stress management, Type 1 diabetes