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Dr Ameera Zumla
Clinical Psychologist in Paediatrics
BSc, MSc, DClinPsych
Practising at
Spire Leicester Hospital
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Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Ameera Zumla at Spire include:
Other treatments
Dr Zumla provides specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for children, adolescents and adults for a range of psychological difficulties including:
Anxiety, depression, stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder, self-esteem/confidence issues, coping and adjusting to health/medical conditions, pain management, adherence to medication, child behavioural problems, family issues/parenting issues, feeding/eating issues.
Professional profile
I am a registered Clinical Psychologist, with over 18 years’ experience of working in the NHS. After completing my undergraduate degree, I completed my Masters in Health Psychology at the University of Nottingham, and then completed my Doctoral training at the University of Manchester in 2008. Since qualifying I have gained invaluable experience at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital and then at the Leicester royal Infirmary where I have worked for over nine years.
I draw upon a range of evidence based psychological models including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), systemic approaches, health psychology, mindfulness, Triple P and Early Bird (NAS).
I also have a specialist interest in understanding and working with diverse populations, I am the lead for diversity in my team, am on the diversity committee at the university and I contribute to research in this area.
I can communicate in Urdu, Gujarati and Hindi.
I provide regular teaching, consultation and supervision to medical consultants, qualified and trainee clinical psychologists for both clinical and research work and teach on the Leicester Clinical Psychology doctoral programme.
I am the Health and Well-being Champion for the Paediatric Psychology team in my NHS role.
Clinical Interests
Clinical psychology
I have a specialist interest in health/medical psychology and I provide holistic psychological consultations and interventions for a variety of health/medical issues such as Eczema, Asthma, Diabetes, Gastro/bowel disease, Cardiology, Neonatology, Pain management, medically unexplained symptoms, and Neurology.
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Journals
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Back to topQualification and professional memberships
BSc in Human Psychology / Leicester / 2001
Bachelor of Science
Msc in Health Psychology / Nottingham / 2005
Masters in Health Psychology
DClinPsych / Manchester / 2008
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Professional memberships
British Psychological Society
Health and Care Professions Council
Current NHS posts
Clinical Psychologist in Paediatrics, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UHL
Back to topPrivate contact details
| Telephone | 0116 265 3685 |
| Private secretary | Spire Medical Secretaries Office |
| Private secretary telephone | 0116 265 3014 |
| Private secretary fax | 0116 272 9009 |
| Private secretary email | lcmedsecs@spirehealthcare.com |