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Dr Tara Kingston

Consultant Psychiatrist

Specialty: Liaison psychiatry

Dr Kingston is a consultant in liaison psychiatry with the Psychological Medicine Service at St James’s Hospital. She was appointed as consultant in 2014.

  • Dr Kingston completed her training in psychiatry in Ireland, having received a Medical Doctorate from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and an MSc in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) at Trinity College Dublin. She is a member of the College of Psychiatrists in Ireland and was accredited as a CBT therapist by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

  • MD, MCPsychI,  MSc (CBT)

  • Dr Kingston’s special interests include psycho-oncology, functional disorders and group-based mental health interventions in the general hospital setting.

  • Dr Kingston has published in the fields of first episode psychosis and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and also trained in group analytic psychotherapy.