PhD

Senior Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Shawnee Basden completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Boston University. During this time she was awarded the Martin Luther King Research Fellowship to investigate the relationship between drug use, learning, and neuropsychological functioning. She then attended Brown University Medical School where she completed a pre-doctoral internship. There she worked primarily in military hospitals working with returning veterans who were diagnosed with depression, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury. Before returning home to Bermuda, Shawnee spent three years in the department of Psychiatry at Oxford University in the UK where she completed a post-doc.

Currently, Dr Basden works full-time at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) in the rehab day hospital working with those having experienced traumatic brain injury or physical illness. She also helps to run the Mood and Memory clinic which is a diagnostic and treatment clinic for those with dementia illness and works with the child and adolescent program treating teens with eating disorders.

Dr. Basden supports clients at Solstice a couple of evenings a week seeing adults and older adults for assessment and therapy. She has specialised training in the treatment of anxiety, depression, head injury, and eating disorders.

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