DR. AISAN GHAEMIAN

CLINICAL DIRECTOR


Dr Aisan Ghaemian is the clinical director and the founder of the Feel Better Psychological Services. She has 10 years of clinical experience in the adult mental health services, including the primary care within the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom; and the private sector. She provides online therapy and face to face psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) within the long-term and short-term capacity. 
As a Chartered Psychologist and accredited Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, She has experience working with adults and adolescences. As an accredited member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), She adheres to good practice ethical guidelines in her clinical practice, which covers providing unbiased, safe and respectful space for clients. Dr. Aisan has achieved following trainings: Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), managing mental health wellbeing of people who live with Long Term Condition, Compassion Focused Therapy and Couple therapy. Ultimately, as an accredited EMDR therapist, her main interest and  speciality is dealing with childhood and adulthood trauma and any adverse life events. 

Background
She has achieved her PhD in the field of Health Psychology. Her research was focused on exploring factors that could contribute to having a better quality of life for people with neurological chronic conditions, specifically, epilepsy. Her clinical experience has also been focused on supporting people suffering from depression, anxiety in the context of long-term chronic conditions.
Dr. Aisan has a broad experience in providing specialist initial diagnostic assessment and psychological formulation, based on theoretical approaches. The assessment will be gathered collaboratively to the client’s specific difficulties in line with The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. As part of her career, she has been taking scientist therapist approach, Aisan has been publishing a couple of journal articles which keeps her updated to follow the latest research to consistently update her practice. 

Research Publications

1) Ghaemian, A. Ghomi, M,. Wrightman,. M& Ellis-Nee,. C (2020) Therapy discontinuation in a primary care psychological service: why patients drop out

2) Ghomi,. M, Wrightman,. M, Ghaemian ,. A, Richardson.,T & Grey., N (2020) A Service Evaluation to Development and validation of the ‘Readiness for Therapy Questionnaire (RTQ) In a Primary-care Psychological Service

3) Ghaemian Oskouei, A., and Dibb, B. (Under review). Quality of Life in People with Epilepsy: a UK and Iranian study. Epilepsy and Behavior. 

4) Aisan Ghaemian Oskouei, Salman Abdi (2013). Correlates of Disciplinary Function in Secondary School Students: A Case-Control Study. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 84, 9 July 2013, Pages 682-685 

5) Aisan Ghaemian Oskouei, Salman Abdi (2013). Symptoms of Cluster B Personality Disorders in Iranian Females Wearing Thick Makeup: A Case-Control Study. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 84, 9 July 2013, Pages 686-690 

6) Salman Abdi, Shahin Taban, Aisun Ghaemian (2012).Cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire: Validity and reliability of Persian translation of CERQ-36 item. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 32, Pages 2-7 

7) Ghaemian, A. & Gholami, J. (2010). Relationship between personality types and interpersonal conflict solving styles with marital adjustment among Iranian married students. Arab Journal Psychiatry.volume21, Pages70-84 
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