11th Jul 2025
Meet the Member – Yvonne McNeill, The Psychology Rooms
Hi everyone – I’m Yvonne and I’m so excited to join the Glasgow Girls community!
👩⚕️ Name & Business:
I’m Dr. Yvonne McNeill, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Director of The Psychology Rooms, a private mental health clinic based in the heart of Glasgow City Centre and at Rosshall Braehead Clinic.
🌐 www.psychologyrooms.com
🧠 What is The Psychology Rooms?
The Psychology Rooms is private mental health clinic with a team of Clinical, Counselling and Educational Psychologists, CBT Therapists, EMDR Practitioners and Psychotherapists.
Our clinicians have worked in NHS CAMHS, adult mental health teams, psychiatric inpatient wards, and across specialist services including:
- Eating Disorders
- Oncology (child and adult)
- Plastic Surgery & Burns
- Pain Management
- Maternity & Neonatal
- Cardiology, Stroke, Neurology
- Gender Identity Services
- Weight Management
Many of our team have worked in adult and children’s medical hospitals preparing individuals for cosmetic and medical surgeries and supporting those with pain and disabilities. Therefore we are often asked to provide compensation reports after injury and assessment for cosmetic surgeries.
We work with children, adults, couples, and families, offering therapies such as CBT, EMDR, ACT, DBT, Schema Therapy, Gottman and many more. We’re also proud to be in partnership with private health insurers (AXA, BUPA, AVIVA, Vitality, etc.), making our services free through health cover.
💡 Best advice I was given when starting out:
“Find people who know business – and trust them.”
As a clinician, my focus has always been patient-first. Surrounding myself with a trusted business support team has been key to keeping the clinic sustainable while staying true to our clinical values.
📹 Business goal for next year:
To get over my avoidance of social media so I can create short, relatable videos that support mental health and resilience—especially for children and families.
💭 The dream?
To open several branches of The Psychology Rooms and offer free appointments or community groups for children with a parent affected by illness, disability, or mental health challenges.
💬 Favourite mantra:
Most of the time you can’t control what happens and you can never control what others say or do. The only thing you can control is you and how you respond. So first think what matters here, what kind of person do I want to be here, and focus your energy on that.
🎉 Three fun facts about me:
- I once crawled under my teenager’s bed to check their social media—then accidentally posted a photo of myself snooping. I denied everything… until they showed me the evidence online.
- I dream of writing a children’s version of If I Could Tell You Just One Thing—where adults share one piece of advice for kids.
- I adore the A Mighty Girl Facebook page—it reminds girls that how they look is the least interesting thing about them.
