About Dr Kim-Michelle Gilson

Dr Kim-Michelle Gilson is a registered Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years experience supporting children, adolescents and families. She has both a Masters and PhD qualification and is a Board Approved Supervisor. She has worked in public hospitals (Royal Children's Hospital), Child Health Research Teams (University of Melbourne), Secondary Schools and Private Practice.

Since completing her Clinical Psychology training at the University of Melbourne in 2012 she has worked extensively with children experiencing bowel and bladder conditions, neurodevelopmental differences and emotional challenges related to health and medical treatment. 

She led the development of a new psychological service within a specialist colorectal team in the Department of Paediatric Surgery at the Royal Children’s Hospital. This involved supporting parents in their ongoing adjustment to their child's diagnosis and children adhering to medical treatment and preparation of surgical procedures.

She has been invited to talk at several conferences on the subject of mental health in children with colorectal conditions and has authored several research papers (under review) on the subject of the psychological needs of children and their families with complex colorectal conditions

Kim currently holds the position of a Senior Clinical Educator at the Royal Children's Hospital supporting graduate psychologists complete their further clinical training in medical teams.

In her spare time, she enjoys running, renovating and keeping up with her 3 primary school aged children!