Caoimhe McBay

Associate Lecturer

Dr Caoimhe McBay is a chartered psychologist who has practised in a Children’s Services context for more than 25 years across different London Boroughs. Caoimhe is a Senior Educational Psychologist within an inner London Local Authority. She is experienced in supervising main grade and Trainee Educational Psychologists in the field and is a Fieldwork Tutor for the course. Caoimhe completed her doctoral research exploring identity formation processes with post-sixteen young people, all of whom belonged to minoritised groups and had experienced school exclusion. Caoimhe is passionate about being an applied psychologist and working within community settings.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Educational Psychology (D.Ed. Psych), University College London 
• Postgraduate Certificate in Systemic Practice, Institute of Family Therapy, Birbeck University
• MSc in Educational Psychology: Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
• Postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Education and Psychology of Special Educational Needs, Institute of Education
• Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Primary)
• BSc (Hons) Psychology

Membership of professional bodies

• Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Member of the British Psychological Society and the Division of Educational and Child Psychology

Teaching roles

• Personal supervision of trainees
• Teaching on supervision
• Marking
• Recruitment

Research interests

• Relational dynamics in supervision
• Impact of school exclusion on children and young people’s identity and sense of belonging
• Needs of parent/carers of children and young people with complex and profound disabilities 

Selected publications

McBay, C., Wariebi, N., Ní Chinnéide, E., Douglas, M., Shaldon, C. (2024) Every ending requires us to begin anew: Endings and beginnings in supervisory relationships. Educational & Child Psychology, 40 (4)

Shaldon, C., McBay, C., Keaney, C., Kennedy, E., Reid, S., Schnackenberg, N. and Walker, S. (2021) Feelings, relationships and ‘being held’: The experience of psychodynamically informed supervision. In: Learning from the Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Approaches in Educational Psychology. Karnac, London, pp. 152-166. ISBN 9781913494230

McBay, C.  & Cline, T. (2021) Developing a culturally responsive approach to psychological recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic. DECP Debate Vol 179