Dr Victoria Barker is a psychoanalyst who trained at the Institute of Psychoanalysis and the Tavistock Centre in London. She has a private psychoanalytic practice in Edinburgh.
She is a registered member of the General Medical Council (GMC – 6147185), the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC – 22708) and British Psychoanalytical Society (BPAS - 108299). She is also a member of the European Psychoanalytic Federation (EPF) and International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA).
scope of practice
Dr Barker is a qualified psychiatrist and medical psychotherapist and works as such in the NHS. Her private practice based in Edinburgh is in psychoanalysis and does not include medical or psychiatric treatment.
Research & Publication
Dr Barker has researched and published on the role of early experiences, adversity and developmental trauma in the experience of mental health and relational difficulties in adulthood.