ABOUT
Dr Lauren Mawn is a Senior Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Practitioner working at the Great North Children's Hospital and an Honorary Clinical Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Newcastle University. Lauren has significant experience delivering high quality applied psychology provision to a range of settings.
Lauren has a particular interest and expertise in working with young people and their families and passionately believes in early intervention and prevention. She has worked with children and adults focusing on depression and anxiety disorders such as; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), social anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), health anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She has worked in varied contexts including: physical health conditions, looked after children, sports performance. She enjoys working with organisations and individuals focusing on uncertainty, resilience, wellbeing and performance. Lauren drawns on numerous therapeutic models in her work including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as well as Systemic Family Therapy (SFT). Lauren has developed an ability to make sense of and intervene with complex presentations and systems through needs assessment, formulation, training delivery, supervision, consultation and therapeutic support.
As well as her clinical work, Lauren holds a PhD in Transformational Leadership. She completed a postdoc in Mental Health for the Young initiative at Durham University has presented research at both national and international conferences in the areas of Youth Mental Health and Sport Psychology. She has published in a variety of books and peer review papers on topics such as: uncertainty distress, comorbidity in OCD and psychosis, the impact of trauma on mental health; interventions for young people not in employment, education or training; athlete leadership; emotions in sport; engaging young people in mental health research; and service provision for at risk young people. She co-founded the Youth Speak on Mental Health young persons group while at Durham University to give a voice to young people on mental health research. She continues to be involved in research at Newcastle University, supporting and supervising students, exploring threat and uncertainty in mental and physical health conditions.
