Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist & Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
Understanding people. Supporting families. Rehumanising psychiatry.
Behind every diagnosis is a person, behind every child is a family, and behind every crisis is a story waiting to be understood.
For three decades — including more than twenty-one years as an NHS Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist — Prof Dr Lina Gatsou has worked with children, young people and families facing the most complex emotional, developmental and mental health difficulties. Her conviction is simple: lasting change begins when we move beyond symptoms to understand the whole person, within the context of their relationships, development, experiences and strengths.
Read her full story, credentials & qualifications →Everything comes together around three connected bodies of work — clinical care, a whole-family framework and a movement of thought. Together they explain not only what she does, but the thinking that connects it all.
Assessment, psychotherapy and specialist consultation for children, young people, adults and families — combining contemporary psychiatry with psychodynamic depth.
An evidence-informed framework that brings together psychiatry, psychotherapy, attachment, safeguarding and systems thinking to improve outcomes for children, parents and whole families.
A conviction that science and humanity should never be separated — practising psychiatry more thoughtfully, compassionately and collaboratively, so every person feels understood before they are treated.
Explore Rehumanising Psychiatry →Science and humanity should never be separated. Every assessment is the beginning of a relationship, and every diagnosis is only one part of a person's story.
Alongside her clinical work, Prof Dr Lina Gatsou supports professionals, schools and organisations through consultancy, teaching, training and supervision — helping services become more psychologically informed, compassionate and connected.
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An essay on what has been lost in modern psychiatric practice — and what it would mean to bring it back.
Read → Think FamilyA short piece on why systemic thinking belongs at the centre of child and adolescent mental health.
Read → Clinical PracticePractical, reassuring guidance on when and how to seek an assessment for a child or young person.
Read →New articles, talks and reflections — a few times a year, never more.