dr nadia somers
my recent NHS roles include working as a senior psychologist with adults, young people, families and staff at the evelina london children’s hospital, in the clinical genetics department at guy’s hospital and at the gender identity development service, at the tavistock & portman. i work with people wanting support with a broad range of problems and have a particular interest in endocrine and gynaecological conditions.
my aim is to work with the knowledge and experience held in the mind and body of the people consulting me. i think of therapy as a collaborative project that is supported by drawing on the ideas of evidence-based approaches such as narrative therapy, systemic approaches, cognitive behavioural therapy (cbt), compassion-focused therapy (cft) and psychodynamic ideas.
current availability: mondays face to face and online, friday early morning online.
publications
Firth, C., Tripathi, V., Kowalski Bellamy, A., Somers, N., Roos, C., & Tomlinson, C. (2022). A unique service: how an embedded psychology team can help patients and genetics clinicians within a clinical genetics service. European journal of human genetics
Bartlett, A., & Somers, N. (2017). Are women really difficult? Challenges and solutions in the care of women in secure services. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 28(2), 226-241.
Robinson, P., Hellier, J., Barrett, B., Barzdaitiene, D., Bateman, A., Bogaardt, A., ... & Fonagy, P. (2016). The NOURISHED randomised controlled trial comparing mentalisation-based treatment for eating disorders (MBT-ED) with specialist supportive clinical management (SSCM-ED) for patients with eating disorders and symptoms of borderline personality disorder. Trials, 17(1), 1-15.
Hales, H., Somers, N., Reeves, C., & Bartlett, A. (2016). Characteristics of women in a prison mental health assessment unit in England and Wales (2008–2010). Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 26(2), 136-152.
Somers, N., & Bartlett, A. (2014). Women’s secure hospital care pathways in practice: a qualitative analysis of clinicians views in England and Wales. BMC health services research, 14(1), 1-10.
Bartlett, A., Somers, N., Fiander, M., & Harty, M. A. (2014). Pathways of care of women in secure hospitals: which women go where and why. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 205(4), 298-306.
Rosenthal, H. E., Somers, N., Fleming, P., & Walsh, J. (2014). The contributions of interpersonal attachment and friendship group identification to depressive symptoms in a nonclinical sample. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 44(6), 409-414.
Bartlett, A., Somers, N., Reeves, C., & White, S. (2012). Women prisoners: an analysis of the process of hospital transfers. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 23(4), 538-553.
Harty, M., Somers, N., & Bartlett, A. (2012). Women's secure hospital services: national bed numbers and distribution. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 23(5-6), 590-600.