Dr Aisling Martin
Dr Aisling Martin is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with a special interest in attachment and developmental trauma and a passion for promoting relational approaches. Aisling has recently joined Gate Psychological Service alongside her current NHS role, leading an integrated trauma-informed care team within a local authority children’s service. She has over 20 years NHS experience working psychologically with children and young people, families, and systems across varying levels of complexity in both clinical and forensic settings.
Aisling is proficient in comprehensive psychological assessment and formulation. She has received further training in therapeutic and trauma-specific approaches, including Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP Level 2), the Trauma Recovery Model, and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR Levels 1-3) which she applies within her clinical practice. Aisling particularly enjoys working therapeutically with parents and systems around young people and recognises the parallel processes of trauma that they can experience.
Aisling enjoys supporting others to develop their own knowledge and practice. She is experienced in providing Clinical Supervision and has completed British Psychological Society accredited training. She regularly provides Teaching and Training on childhood trauma, trauma-informed care, and therapeutic parenting approaches on a Clinical Psychology Doctorate programme and within the local authority.
Publications
Martin, A. & Collier-Phillipson, L. (2023, February). Can the physical environment of residential children’s homes make them feel more therapeutic? Recommendations from a rapid evidence assessment. Children & Young People Now
Martin, A., Robson, A., Horsley, F. & Kennedy, P.J. (2022). A pilot evaluation of Enhanced Case Management within a Youth Offending Service: Practitioners’ experiences of trauma-informed formulation. Clinical Psychology Forum, 350, 66-71.
Martin, A. & Merritt, J. (2022, November). Can a trauma-informed consultation approach enhance social worker’s understanding of a young person’s needs? Poster Presentation [Online] at the 3rd International Trauma Informed Care in Practice conference, Centre for Developmental & Complex Trauma, Academic Centre, St Andrew’s Healthcare, Northampton.
Martin, A., Nixon, C., Watt, K.L., Taylor, A. and Kennedy, P.J. (2021). Exploring the Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Secure Children’s Home Admissions. Child & Youth Care Forum. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-021-09660-y