The multi-disciplinary team consists of a range of professionals including clinical psychologists, cognitive behavioural therapists, psychiatrists and an art therapist, all of whom practice as psychotherapists. All our therapists are registered with and abide by the ethical guidelines of their respective professional bodies.
Clinicians
Claire Fyvie, MA, MSc, PhD CPsychol
Head of Service
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Dr Fyvie qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1988. She spent her early career working for a number of NGOs in developing countries, but became involved in the field of traumatic stress in the wake of the Piper Alpha disaster. Responding to the growing demand in the NHS for specialist trauma treatment, she later co-founded the Rivers Centre with her colleague Chris Freeman in 1997. She has been Director of the Centre since that time.
Gill Moreton, BA, CQSW
Lead Clinician for External Contracts
Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
Ms Moreton began her professional career as a child and family social worker, specialising in child protection and working closely with colleagues from the police. In 1996 she was involved in the immediate response to the shootings at Dunblane Primary School and in the establishment of the Support Centre where she worked for the next five years providing a practical and therapeutic service to the families, community and professionals affected by the incident. Since then she has specialised in the treatment of children and adults affected by trauma. Gill joined the Rivers Centre in June 2002.
Katharine Logan, MB ChB, MRCGP, MRCPsych, MPhil
Consultant Psychiatrist / Psychotherapist
Dr. Logan completed general practice training before entering psychiatry and training in psychotherapy (CBT. She is a BABCP accredited therapist and recently completed Level 3 EMDR training. She has worked at the Rivers Centre since 1998 and was appointed a Consultant Psychiatrist / Psychotherapist in 2004. Her interests include maximising outcome by employing a combination of psychological, pharmacological and psychosocial approaches and the treatment of complex cases with co-morbidity. She enjoys lecturing and supervising and has participated in several multi-centre trials.
Lesley Hunter, DClinPsychol, MA
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Paula Easton, DClinPsychol, MA
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Easton first worked as a psychology assistant at the Rivers Centre in 1999 where she was involved in both clinical and research work. She worked on the initial stages of the literature review and consultation regarding the model of Psychological First Aid and was on the organising committee for the European Conference on Traumatic Stress in 2001. She began the post graduate clinical psychology training course at the University of Edinburgh in 2001 and following qualification in 2004 she returned to work at the Rivers Centre.
Judy Wilkinson
Art Therapist
Heather Hillen
Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
Lize Van-Niekerk
Counselling Psychologist
Administrators
Angela Scott
Medical Secretary
Ruth Hosea
Consultants’ Secretary
Jennifer Martin
Medical Secretary
Jennifer has a Diploma in Print Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Multimedia Technology. She has worked for NHS Lothian since 1991 and her previous posts have included Secretary, Personal Assistant and Office Manager. She joined the Rivers Centre in April 2002.
Dawn Cole
Medical Secretary
Jo Young
Emergency Services Administrator