Dr Tom Cawthorne is a NIHR Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London.
Dr Cawthorne is an NIHR Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist specialising in child and adolescent mental health.
He has a particular interest in developing personalised, evidence-based psychological interventions for children and young people with complex mental health needs. Including those who are adopted or fostered, have neurodevelopmental conditions, functional symptoms, are experiencing loneliness or social isolation, and those who have not responded to previous support.
Dr Cawthorne joined the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London in September 2026 to undertake an NIHR Doctoral Fellowship exploring how mental health care can be improved for care-experienced young people as part of Dr Sophie Bennett's Flexible Interventions for Children and Young People's Mental Health (FINCH) group.
Previously, he worked in National and Specialist CAMHS at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, first as a Clinical Psychologist within the Intensive Treatment Programme at the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders, and later as Senior Clinical Psychologist in the National Conduct, Adoption and Fostering Team. He has also worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital in a specialist clinic supporting young people with co-occurring physical and mental health difficulties, functional symptoms, OCD, anxiety disorders, and tics/Tourette's syndrome, as well as at the Anna Freud Centre.
Research to improve the effectiveness and reach of the Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy (MICE) by considering health inequalities.
Project status: Ongoing
Research to improve the effectiveness and reach of the Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy (MICE) by considering health inequalities.
Project status: Ongoing
