Dr Konstantinos Loumidis

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Dr Loumidis is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, a Chartered Scientist, a Registered Expert Witness and the Director of Expert Psychologists Ltd. After 10 years of university and clinical training in England, he qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 1996. Having devoted many years in the NHS, academia and part-time private practice, he now works exclusively as a private psychologist.

Psychological Experience

Treatment plans are tailored to the patient's unique problem formulation. Examples of therapies include:

• Anxiety Management
• Assertiveness Training
• Behavioural Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapies 
• Bereavement Counselling
• Counselling
• Family Therapy and Interventions
• Exposure
• Individually Tailored Therapies
• Interpersonal Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Problem Solving Therapy
• Psychosexual Counselling
• Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)
• Schema Therapy
• Stress Management
• Sopportive Psychotherapy
• Systemic Therapy

Professional societies

Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol, AFBPSS, 1997)

Registered Clinical Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HPC, 2009)

Chartered Scientist of the Science Council (CSci, 2007)

Practicing Member of the Academy of Experts (MAE, 2007)

Expert witness experience

Dr Loumidid has been providing independent reports since 1996 for over 100 solicitors' firms and agencies specialising in Personal Injury, Employment Law and Medical Negligence. He features in the expert witness directories of The Academy of Expert Witnesses, The Law Society, The British Psychological Society, The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and The Society of Expert Witnesses.

Areas of expertise

The following list is not exhaustive. Sometimes patient's problems are more complex and do not fall into neat categories.

 

Clinical Problems

• Addictions
• Anger
• Anxiety
• Behavioural problems
• Body image problems
• Compulsive acts
• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Jealousy
• Obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD)
• Pain
• Panic disorder and agoraphobia
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Psychosomatic problems
• Severe mental health problems
• Sexual problems (male and female)
• Sleep problems and nightmares
• Social functioning
• Stress reactions (including PTSD)
• Unexplained physical problems

Adjusting and Coping

• Bereavement and grief
• Chronic illness and disabilities
• Disfigurement
• Physical disabilities and injury
• Coping with terminal illness

Workplace

• Bullying and harassment
• Burn-out
• Coping with redundancy
• Discrimination
• Managing conflict
• Occupational stress
• Adjustment problems

Expert Witness Services

• Personal injury
• Effects of medical negligence
• Effects of chronic illness
• Effects of pain and disability
• Occupational stress

Psychological Trauma

• Accidents and personal injury
• Assaults
• Abuse (current and past)
• Disaster and trauma
• Industrial accidents
• Medical negligence
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Rape and sexual assaults
• Road traffic accidents
• Sexual abuse
• Victims of crime
• War veterans

Health Problems

• General health problems
• Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME)
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Life Difficulties

• Self-confidence and self esteem
• Managing stress
• Adolescent problems
• Gender and sexuality issues
• Lifestyle problems
• Marital problems and divorce
• Relationship problems
• Weight management
• Changing unwanted behaviours
• Tiredness and fatigue