Dr. Wendy Duncan MBBCh (Wits), FCPsych (SA), Cert Child Psych (SA) is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice. She is currently the President of the South African Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professionals (SAACAPAP) and was the National Convenor for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Special Interest Group of the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) for several years. Dr. Duncan's experience in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry is broad. she has worked in both outpatient and high-care inpatient settings, with involvement in child and family-centred work as well as rehabilitation psychiatry in mentally disabled children & youth. As part of her current practice, Dr. Duncan is involved in the inpatient treatment of adolescents with emotional difficulties. She has a special interest in complex trauma and its clinical presentation, early-onset anxiety disorders and mood regulation difficulties; and has presented public and clinical talks as well as conference papers on these topics. She contributed a chapter to a reference book on mental health matters in children who have suffered maltreatment and has contributed to television, radio, and popular media on matters relating to child and adolescent mental health.
Structure as a Pathway to Connection: The Imago Dialogue as Relational Practice