Dr. Laura Miles

Laura is a HCPC registered clinical psychologist who joined the CMCAFS team in 2025. Laura has worked in the health and social care field for 14 years; firstly as a social worker in a therapeutic service and then as a clinical psychologist. Laura completed her doctoral training in 2024. Laura works across both our Care Experienced and Adoption Services and Education Service.

Both Laura’s professional and personal experiences have contributed to Laura’s passion for seeing things from a systemic perspective; recognising that the people, systems and structures around young people have a profound impact on their wellbeing and development. Laura brings a wealth of experience about how health and social care services interact, particularly within the context of child protection and the local authority care system.

Laura has experience of working therapeutically with children, adolescents and their families, offering a formulation based integrative approach. Additionally, Laura has a particular interest in providing support to staff, recognising that healthy staff and teams lead to better outcomes for young people.

Laura has undertaken additional training in systemic practice, Dyadic and Developmental Psychotherapy, Eye-Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) and Compassion Focussed Therapy.