I will always provide a consistent containing space for my patients, allowing us to work towards a therapeutic alliance. It is hoped through this relationship I can help support the patient understand some of the core difficulties they might present, past and present. This can be a daunting time and will need support, attunement and strength, something I feel I can offer during the therapeutic process. My training and experience has allowed me to work effectively with children ranging from under fives to 25 years old and their parent/s. My technique is adaptable and I am well versed in working with diversity and difference.
William Roberts
Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
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William Roberts
William has been working for the Priory as a Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist since January 2020. Alongside his time at the Priory he works for the NHS in a central London CAMHS seeing children (0-18 yrs) for long and short term psychoanalytic / psychodynamic psychotherapy.
William has also worked for a number of years in several Tavistock and Portman departments including the adolescent / young adult service (14 – 26 yrs) and the under 5’s service.
Prior to training as a psychotherapist William spent seventeen years working in the statutory and charity sectors supporting looked after children, unaccompanied asylum seekers and young offenders. His speciality is working with hard to reach adolescents.
William has been working under the Association of Child Psychotherapists since 2015
Training
William’s first trained as a youth and community worker graduating in 2003. He spent the following ten years working within deprived communities, supporting often disenfranchised young people and their families. During this time he developed an interest in the mental health of his clients which led him to the Tavistock and Portman Clinic where he worked towards a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychological Therapy for Children, Young People and Families. Following this he moved onto completing a Masters of Science in Psychoanalytic Observational Studies, before commencing a Doctoral training in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
Research interests
William has been involved in several research projects specifically looking at the effectiveness of psychotherapy in EBD schools, working with children displaying signs of conduct disorder and ADHD.
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Specialist Areas
Services Offered
Conditions Treated
- Adjustment Disorder
- Anger Management
- Asperger Syndrome
- Attachment Disorder
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Bereavement
- Conduct Disorder
- Depression
- Drug Induced Psychosis
- Gender Dysphoria
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS)
- Mental Health Treatment
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance Disorder
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Selective Mutism
- Self Harm
- Sleep Disorders (Insomnia)
- Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD)
- Stress
- Tourette's Syndrome
- Trichotillomania
- Young People’s Services
Qualifications
- Master of Science in Psychoanalytic Observational Studies (Tavistock and Portman Clinic)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Psychological Therapy for Children, Young People and Families (Tavistock and Portman Clinic)
- Professional Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Tavistock and Portman Clinic)