Phone numbers
Treatment enquiries: 0330 056 6020
General enquiries: 0800 138 8680
Make an Enquiry
Dawn Robson
Registered Psychologist
Consultant Placeholder 360X246

Dawn Robson

Dawn has over 20 years’ experience working as a Registered Chartered Psychologist. Over this time, she has primarily worked clinically with individuals who have mental health and learning disability needs, within secure settings as well as in the community.  These roles have focused on the assessment and clinical support of adults and children and she is experienced in a range of therapeutic models practicing both individual and group work treatments.

Dawn is currently providing a Clinical Psychology service to children and adolescents in a High dependency CAMHS Unit (PICU) requiring skilled risk assessment and clinical interventions that are adapted to the needs of young people in crisis. Dawn is trained in the assessment of autistic spectrum conditions (ASC) (ADOS-2), personality and cognitive functioning, and psychological trauma in children and adults.

Dawn Robson also works on a private basis as a therapist for outpatient adults and children for Priory Hospital Ticehurst House. She works in a person-centred way, adapting evidence based therapies to the individual. Dawn uses a range of psychological therapy models including CBT, sand tray, EMDR, narrative and systemic theories focusing 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 young people and adults who present with ASC traits and helping to support the 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.

Training

  • Dawn Robson has a BA (Hons) degree in Psychology, a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology and a PsychD in Forensic Psychology from the University of Surrey.  She is currently studying part time for a Professional Doctorate in Forensic Psychology Research at the University of Birmingham.
  • She is trained to administer the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, (PCL-R), ADOS-2 and the HCR-20 among other risk assessment tools.
  • In addition to many years of generic clinical experience Dawn has completed accredited courses in narrative therapy, sand play and EMDR intervention. She is a Chartered Member of the Division of Forensic Psychology, British Psychological Society and Registered Member of the HCPC.

Research interests

  • Trauma symptomatology and the clinical responses to it, including best practice and managing self-harm in an in-patient environment.

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’. I’ve received feedback from both adults and children who I have worked with, who have said that they felt feeling quickly at ease during our sessions, felt listened to and appreciative of my flexibility in adapting sessions to meet their own circumstances and way of expressing themselves.

Find a treatment location
Find a treatment location
Acquired Brain Injury
High dependency rehabilitation units (HDUs) - NHS
Acute Inpatient Services
Addiction Treatment
Adjustment Disorder
Adult Acute & PICU
Affective Disorders
Agoraphobia
Alcohol Rehabilitation
Alzheimer's Disease
Amphetamine Addiction
Anger Management
Anorexia Nervosa
Anxiety
Anxiety Attack Treatment
Asperger Syndrome
Attachment Disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Learning disabilities and autism NHS Service
Autism
Bereavement
Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
Bipolar Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Brain Injury Services
Bulimia Nervosa
CAMHS
CAMHS Eating Disorders
CAMHS HDUs
CAMHS Low Secure Services
CAMHS PICUs
CAMHS Tier 4
Cannabis Addiction
Cocaine Addiction
Conduct Disorder
Dementia
Depression
Depression in Seniors
Drug Induced Psychosis
Drug Rehabilitation
Early Onset Dementia
Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Services
Ecstasy / MDMA Addiction
Exercise Addiction
Food Addiction
Gambling Addiction
Gaming Addiction
Gender Dysphoria
Heroin Addiction
High Dependency Units - (HDUs)
Huntington's Disease
Internet Addiction
Ketamine Addiction
Korsakoff's Syndrome
Learning Disabilities
Legal High Addiction
Lewy Body Dementia
Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS)
Mental Health Treatment
Motor Neurone Disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
Neurobehavioural Services
Neurophysical Services
Neuropsychiatry, Older Adults and Dementia
NHS Homepage Blog Item
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Online Therapy
Oppositional Defiance Disorder
Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders (OSFED)
Panic Attack Treatment
Parkinson's Disease
Perinatal Depression
Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders
Phobias
Pick's Disease
Porn Addiction
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment
Psychiatric Intensive Care Units - (PICUs)
Rehabilitation & Recovery
Schizophrenia
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Secondary Addiction Care
Secure Services
Selective Mutism
Self Harm
Sex and Love Addiction
Sexual Dysfunction
Shopping Addiction
Sleep Disorders (Insomnia)
Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD)
Spice Addiction
Stimulant Addiction
Stress
Stroke
Tourette's Syndrome
Transitional Living Services for Young People and Young Adults
Trauma Counselling
Traumatic Brain Injury
Trichotillomania
Uncommon disorders in the elderly
Vascular Dementia
Work Addiction
Young People’s Services
Online Therapy
Community focused rehabilitation
Mental Health Treatment (18+)
Online Therapy Sessions
Can't find what you're looking for?
Contact us by phone: 0330 056 6020 or Make an Enquiry