Dr. Blanca Poveda

Dr Blanca Poveda is a Clinical Neuropsychologist based in Scotland. A brain injury specialist, Dr Poveda provides expert witness reports and testimony for cases involving traumatic and acquired brain injury, neurorehabilitation and stroke in adults. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Edinburgh (UoE) 2007, then progressed to completing a Masters degree at UoE in 2008 in Human Cognitive Neuropsychology and obtained her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at UoE in 2010. She obtained the Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN) in 2019 and a further Masters in Applied Neuropsychology in 2020. 

Dr Poveda has specialised in Neuropsychology since 2008 and has worked in private as well as NHS acute, post-acute, outpatient and community services across England and Scotland. She currently works part-time for NHS Lothian as the Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist for the South East of Scotland Major Trauma Service, as a Research Fellow for NHS Research Scotland (NRS) in the area of disorders of consciousness, post acute cognition and recovery as well as a Director and Neuropsychologist within Edinburgh Neuropsychology. She has a special interest in concussion and post acute recovery and is a Professional Member of the Sport Neuropsychological Society (SNS) and an affiliate of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and an approved assessor for the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC).

Dr Poveda can provide medico legal reports in personal injury and medical negligence cases. She has undertaken Bond Solon Expert Witness certification and understands the roles and responsibilities of a skilled expert witness. She takes a proactive role with lawyers from the point of instruction to case settlement. Dr Poveda is part of the National Expert Witness Register as well as the Bond Solon Expert Witness register.

Expertise covers:
Behavioural Activation (BA)
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Motivational Interviewing
Trauma focused CBT
Neurological disorders
Brain tumours 
Headaches and pain, concussion, 
Stroke
Brain injury, head injury
Multiple sclerosis, 
Functional neurological disorder
Aneurysm
Dementia
Mild cognitive impairment

Dr Poveda can provide therapy and reports in both Spanish and English. 

In addition to her clinical work, Dr Poveda is an Associate Lecturer at the Salomons Institute of Psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University and teaches on the Doctoral Programme for Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. She is an Editorial Board member of The Neuropsychologist Journal.

Bond Solon Aberdeen PgCert.

Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the regulatory body for Clinical Psychologists. Full Practitioner Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Neuropsychology. Listed on the BPS Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists. Representative for NHS Lothian at the Division of Neuropsychology Scotland.