Vanessa is a qualified Clinical Psychologist with a wide experience in mental health and neuropsychology. She has been working full-time as the Professional Lead for Psychology for the last fifteen years and the Clinical Director of Services leading on Children and Youth services, Adult services and Older Adult services in a mental health setting. Vanessa held Consultant posts in the field of Neuropsychology in a community NHS Trust and in the older adult speciality. Vanessa’s areas of expertise include: mental health (youth, adult and old age), neuropsychology & neurodevelopmental disorder (head injury, autistic spectrum, ADHD), family and carer assessment and intervention, capacity and consent under the mental health act, personality disorders complex case management, complexity in later life (dementia assessment and behavioural management), medically unexplained symptoms, fabricated illness, feigned cognitive impairment, risk, trauma and safeguarding, domestic abuse, attachment disorders throughout the lifespan and evidence based psychotherapeutic intervention