NAME: Diana Pidwell MSc, AFBPsS, Chartered Clinical Psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 July 1946

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Leicester University Degree in Psychology (2:1 Hons) 1967
Newcastle-upon-Tyne University MSc Clinical Psychology 1971
Member: British Psychological Society
Division of Clinical Psychology
Division of Neuropsychology

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Ministry of Labour Occupational Psychologist 1967 –1968
University of Newcastle Junior Research Associate 1968 – 1969
Earls House Hospital, Durham Clinical Psychologist (learning difficulty) 1971 – 1972
Nuffield Child Psychiatry Unit, Newcastle Senior Clinical Psychologist 1972 – 1977
Lagos University, Nigeria Lecturer in Psychology and Clinical Psychology 1977 – 1981
Lancashire Care NHS Trust Head of Older Adult Psychology Services 1981 - 2005
And Sessions in Primary Care (adults & children).
Teaching & Supervision of Trainees on Lancaster
Clinical Psychology Course.
Private practice adults and children, medico-legal and forensic work, and referrals from 1991 - present
GP’s and other health professionals. For several years taught session on post-traumatic
stress on the Lancaster Clinical Psychology Doctorate course and contributed to articles on
war-related stress; Honorary Lecturer – University of Lancaster.

TYPICAL AREAS OF INVOLVEMENT
Psychological Assessments in Personal Injury and Employment/Absence Management
Travel Anxiety and Phobia
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Depression
Assessment of Personality Factors relevant to the Court
Supervision of Mental Health Professionals
Medico Legal Experience: Miss Pidwell has provided psychological reports on, and carried out therapy with, several hundred adults and children in Personal Injury cases, criminal cases, and child custody cases.

CLINIC LOCATIONS: Blackpool , Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesborough, Lancaster & Carlisle. Domiciliary visits by arrangement.