Dr Sarah Barker

Clinical Psychologist in London

BSc (Hons) DClinPsy

GMC: HCPC: PYL02061

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Dr Sarah Barker is an expert consultant clinical psychologist based in London with over 20 years of experience. She specialises in chronic pain, dental phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, physical health, anxiety and depression.

Dr Barker has extensive experience working with individuals, groups, families and couples treating a wide variety of both psychological and physical conditions. She has completed additional training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), systemic therapy, mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which has led to her publishing research on narrative approaches, chronic pain and chronic illness. Dr Barker has also undertaken Level I and II training in EMDR which she finds useful in addressing the trauma that can be a cause of a chronic condition.

Concerning chronic pain and dental anxiety, Dr Barker held an NHS post at Kings College Hospital dealing with patients who are experiencing chronic facial pain. She has conducted research to evaluate the impact of iatrogenic nerve injury, for example from surgical trauma, in more detail. She has spoken at national conferences to Dentists and Pain Doctors, and has published articles on psychology applied to dentistry and surgery. She has also developed a multidisciplinary day workshop for trigeminal nerve injury patients after many years of clinical and managerial positions dealing with outpatient and residential pain management.

She is also an active member of the British Psychological Society, the Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology, the Division of Clinical Psychology and the British Pain Society.

Dr Barker has also undertaken Level I, II and II training in EMDR, and has recently become accredited by EMDR UK. This enables her to tailor approaches to the trauma that often accompanies a chronic condition.

HCPC: PYL02061

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GMC: ‍HCPC: PYL02061

Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Consultant clinical psychologist, King's College Hospital, London (2010 - present)
• Consultant clinical psychologist, 58 South Molton Street Wellbeing Centre, London (present)
• Consultant clinical psychologist, Bowskill Clinic, London (2014-2019)
• Consultant clinical psychologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London (2001 - 2016)

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Sub-specialties

• Physical health
• Chronic anxiety
• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Mindfulness based CBT
• Trauma focused CBT
• Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
• Chronic illness
• Mental health
• Stress
• Mindfulness
• Family therapy

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Education

• Diploma in Managing Health and Social Care, De Montfort University (2007)
• Doctorate of Clinical Psychology, Christ Church College, Canterbury (1998)
• BSc (Hons), University of Northumberland, Newcastle (1992)

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Publications and conferences

• Barker, S., Lavender T and Morant N. (2001). Client and Family Narratives on Schizophrenia. Journal of Mental Health, Volume 10, Number 2, pp. 199-212(14)
• Barker, S. and Williams, A C de C. (2003). British Pain Society Newsletter, Summer, p14-15. Psychological Assessment and Interventions.
• Van Griensven, H., Barker, S. and Galindo, H. (2006). Pain in Practice; Theory and treatment strategies for manual therapists. Butterworth-Heinemann
• Barker, S., Kothari, S. and Giannakopoulou, C. (2006). British Pain Society Newsletter, Autumn, p30-31. The neuromodulation programme: preliminary audit of results.
• Harrold, E., Wiseman, Z. and Barker, S. (2007). The early identification of depression and suicidal risk at a pain management clinic. Poster accepted by 2007 British Pain Society Conference.
• Barker, S., Kothari, S. and Giannakopoulou, C. (2007). Bol- Polish pain journal. P18-21. The neuromodulation programme: preliminary audit of results.
• Harrold, E., Smith, J., Barker, S and Harding, V. (2009) A pain management programme to prepare patients for neuromodulation: a retrospective audit. Poster presented at British Pain Society Conference.
• Smith J, Elias LA, Yilmaz Z, Barker S, Page L, Shah, K, Shah, S, Renton T. The Psychosocial and Affective Burden of Posttraumatic Neuropathy Following Injuries to the Inferior Alveolar Nerve and Lingual Nerve (2013), Journal of Orofacial Pain. Vol 27. Number 4. 293-303.
• Elias LA, Yilmaz Z, Smith J, Bouchiba M, van der Valk RA, Page L, Barker S, Renton T. PainDETECT: A suitable screening tool of neuropathic pain in patients with painful post traumatic trigeminal nerve injuries? (2014) Int. Journal Oral and Maxfax Surgery. Jan 43(1) p120-126.
• Mills, IJ; Barker, S and Renton, T. The Importance of Recording Mental Health History; A Case Report. (2017) Dental Update, Vol. 44, No. 10, 01.11.2017, p. 922-934.
• Barker, S., Renton, T. & Ormrod, S. (2019) A Qualitative Study to Assess the Impact of Iatrogenic Trigeminal Nerve Injury. Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache.
• Pelington, C; Urbanek, M and Barker, S. Psychological Theories of Pain. (2019) Primary Dental Journal.
• Barker, S, Urbanek, M and Penlington, C. (2019) Psychological interventions for persistent orofacial pain. Primary Dental Journal.

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Professional membership

• Faculty of Clinical Health Psychology
• Division of Clinical Psychology
• British Pain Society
• EMDR UK

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Languages spoken

English