David McDonald

David McDonald qualified as a medical practitioner in 1969 and has worked as a consultant psychiatrist for over 40 years in adult forensic and child and adolescent mental health services, and as an analytic and systemic psychotherapist for individuals, groups and families. He has also been involved in training and advising clergy and pastoral teams in mental health disorders relevant to the healing and deliverance ministries of the church. He was a co-author of Deliverance (ed. M Perry, 1996), and a member of the House of Bishops’ Working Party publishing the book A Time to Heal (2000). His clinical work, embracing a wide diversity of individuals and cultures, led him to study for an MA degree in Theology and Interreligious Dialogue in 2004. He is currently Chair of Trustees to the Centre for Health and Pastoral Care at Holy Rood House, and a trustee to the Guild of Health and St Raphael.