About
Dr Anja Muehlschlegel is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with over 25 years of experience. Dr Muehlschlegel completed her undergraduate training in Berlin, at one of Germany’s leading medical schools. She then pursued her specialist training at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, and St George’s and Guys and St Thomas Higher Training schemes in London. She has worked for over 17 years in NHS with children and young people's services (CYP), generic mental health and eating disorders, where she has held leadership positions. As the consultant/clinical lead for an adolescent psychiatric inpatient service in Luxembourg, she has gathered extensive experience in working with diverse young people and their families in an inpatient setting.
Dr Muehlschlegel is experienced in helping young people with various mental health difficulties such as low mood, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism.
She is trained in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) enhanced CBT (CBT-E), multifamily therapy for eating disorders, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), and psychodynamic therapies, and has received intensive training in dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). In addition to these psychotherapeutic modalities, Dr Muehlschlegel has completed the clinical certificate offered by the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) and has vast experience with prescribing in under 18s.
Dr Muehlschlegel is particularly versed in combining psychological and pharmacological approaches to treatment and trying psychological treatments first, wherever possible.
Dr Muehlschlegel also has extensive experience with neurodevelopmental assessments for ADHD and autism.
Training
Undergraduate Medical Training in Berlin, Germany
Postgraduate Training University of Wuerzburg, Germany and St George's and St Thomas training schemes in London
Trained in psychodynamic therapies, CBT, DBT and EMDR
Specialist Register General Medical Council (GMC)
Research interests
Doctorate in Endocrinology
More recent interests have been in the area of medico-legal ethics
Languages
English
German
French (C1)