Dr Hannah Hook

Dr Hannah Hook - Clinical Psychologist

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology / Chartered Psychologist [D.Clin.Psy., C.Psychol].

Key Experience:

• Over 10 years experience working in the NHS with children, young people and their families/carers in a variety of settings including within schools, social care teams, community CAMHS, inpatient and forensic settings.

• Experience of working with young people with a range of difficulties, including low mood and self-esteem, anxiety, anger and behavioural difficulties and experiences of trauma.

• Previously worked in a specialist service for looked after children, offering therapy and support for young people, their carers and systems, to help make sense of a child’s developmental and attachment experiences and difficulties.

• Currently working in an NHS CAMHS team providing crisis and outreach support for young people experiencing a range of complex mental health and social difficulties.

• Experience of working with large professional systems, and providing consultation and supervision to other mental health professionals.

Dr Hannah Hook’s Special Interests:

• Working collaboratively with young people who feel disempowered, to develop stronger identities, resources and aspirations.

• Supporting children and adolescents with a history of developmental trauma, and their parents or carers, within an attachment-focused model (mentalisation-based approaches and dyadic developmental practice/ PACE)

• Supporting children with ASD and their families

• Behavioural, anger and anxiety difficulties in children