Dr Alexandra Antonesei

Dr Alexandra Antonesei is a clinical psychologist working in a medium risk forensic NHS hospital. She works in an acute ward with users with acute or remitted psychosis and substance misuse; her main duties include risk assessments and individual therapy sessions.

Dr Antonesei also runs clinics (individual therapy and assessments) for a private mental health company where she sees clients with (complex) trauma and personality disorders, chronic (and severe) anxieties and depression, complicated grief, neurodiversity (mainly autism and ADHD), burnout and work-related stress. She also collaborates with a law company specialising on immigration law; she runs assessments and writes reports mainly on asylum applications, modern slavery/human trafficking, impact of deportation/detention.

AREAS OF SPECIALISM

• Asylum application, impact of deportation/detention, human trafficking/modern slavery, trauma and PTSD (immigration law)
• IQ, cognitive functioning/cognitive impairment
• ADHD
• Adult mental health (axis I disorders)
• Trauma and personality disorders
• Trauma and PTSD
• Physical violence and sexual deviance
• Domestic abuse
• Work related stress, bullying, harassment and (disability) discrimination
• Need for psychological therapies and recommendations.

Profession: Psychologist

Courts or Tribunals: Clinical Negligence, Employment, Family Court, Immigration and Asylum, Mental Health Tribunals, Occupational Health, Personal Injury

Age groups: Adult, Older Adult

Psychological Specialisms: ADHD, Domestic Abuse, Forensic, Learning Difficulties, Mental Capacity, Neurological Disorder, Personality Disorder, Substance Misuse, Trauma and PTSD

Therapies offered: