Dr Naomi Oteh

Dr Naomi Oteh is an Integrative Consultant Psychiatrist with specialist training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She completed her medical training at Cardiff University in 2013, during which time she also earned a first class intercalated BSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at Bangor University in 2012. She went on to complete an MSc in Mental Health Research with distinction at UCL during her psychiatry training in London.

Dr Oteh was drawn to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry because of the systemic nature of its practice — to make sense of a child's presenting needs, they must be considered in the context of the system around them, such as home and family life, school and relationships, and the wider community. As such, her psychiatric skills were consolidated through additional training in systemic practice and group analysis with the Prudence Skynner Family and Couple Therapy Clinic, and the Institute of Group Analysis, respectively.

Dr Oteh believes optimal health and wellbeing require an integrative and systemic approach which addresses the root cause of symptoms and considers psychological, physical and emotional health as one. This understanding led her to pursue further training in ecological (functional) medicine through the British Society of Ecological Medicine (BSEM) and the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM), with whom she holds dual GMC and mGNC (assoc) membership, as well as with the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM). In addition to her experience in the NHS, she has worked in independent naturopathic practice since 2022, for both adult and child populations.

Dr Oteh has been described by patients as the 'Queen of CAMHS', and by colleagues as having a 'wealth of knowledge' and being 'helpful in making decisions regarding care planning'.