About
My priority is to ensure that I give a positive and individual service to everyone I see, recognising that there may be very mixed feelings for people coming to see a psychologist or ‘having therapy’. Feedback from both adults and children who I have worked with highlights their experience of our sessions has been feeling quickly at ease, listened to and that they appreciate my flexiblity in adapting sessions to meet their own circumstances and way of expressing themselves.
Dawn has over 30 years experience working as a practitioner chartered psychologist. Over this time, she has primarily worked clinically with children and adults who have mental health and neurodivergent needs. These roles have focused on the assessment and clinical support of adults and children and she is experienced in a range of therapeutic models, practising both individual and group work treatments.
Dawn works on a private basis with outpatient adults and children. She works in a person-centred way, adapting evidence-based therapies to the individual. Psychological therapy models Dawn uses include cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), sand play, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), narrative and systemic therories. She focuses on a range of issues, including anxiety, depression, psychological trauma, anger and aggression, emotional regulation, self-harm, and domestic violence. Dawn has particular experience working with neurodiversity in young people and adults, and helping to support families in understanding and working with these presentations.
Dawn also has many years of experience in forensic settings and therefore also undertakes assessments for criminal and family court cases as an expert witness.
Dawn Robson has a BA (Hons) degree in Psychology, a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Criminology and an MSc in Forensic Psychology from the University of Surrey. In addition to many years of generic clinical experience, Dawn has completed accredited courses in narrative therapy, sand play and EMDR intervention. Dawn is trained and experienced in the assessment of autism (using the ADOS-2 and ADI-r), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and cognitive functioning. She is a chartered member of the Division of Forensic Psychology, British Psychological Society (BPS) and a registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Training
- BA (Hons) Applied Social Science (Psychology) - 1994
- PG Diploma Clinical Criminology - 1995
- MSc Forensic Psychology - 1999