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4 year old regularly has 'accidents' and no awareness of being punished

For over a year now our 4 year old daughter has been having 'accidents' (wee-wee only), and denying/lying her clothes are wet. The 'accidents' occur at any part of the day, even when she has apparently just been to the toilet. The urine is very strong smelling (despite her good diet) and we have twice had it checked for any infection, etc. - these have been negative. We have tried rewarding not having accidents and tried punishments but none of these seem to affect her or even upset her. There is nothing going on our lives to otherwise make her unsettled. We are very concerned and wondering if anyone has experienced a similar problem ? Is a child psychologist perhaps of use ?