Dr Alison Hauenstein Swan

Dr Alison Hauenstein Swan is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the British Psychological Society.  She is a highly specialist clinical psychologist at the Institute of Psychotrauma, at East London NHS Foundation Trust.

She has worked in the NHS for over ten years, within primary, secondary, in-patient and tertiary care and has also worked in a number of conflict zones overseas with Médecins Sans Frontières. She has extensive experience of problems related to psychological trauma, especially post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, but has also worked with a diverse range of clients with difficulties ranging from mild to severe (including adjustment disorders, anger, anxiety, bereavement, bipolar affective disorder, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, psychosis and specific phobias).

Dr Hauenstein Swan brings to The Sloane Court Clinic particular skills in psychological treatment of PTSD and has an interest in psychosocial approaches to adjustment to adverse life events.

She is trained in a range of psychotherapeutic methods including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), narrative exposure therapy and compassionate mind training.

Qualifications and Positions

1991	MA (Hons)
1996	DClinPsychol

University of Glasgow

MA (Hons) in Psychology (First Class Honours) 1987-1991
Henry J. Watt Prize for Experimental Psychology, 1991

University of Leeds

Doctor of Clinical Psychology, 1993-1996

Airedale NHS Trust

Clinical Psychologist (adult mental health/child and adolescent mental health team), 1996-2000

Médecins  Sans Frontières

Mental health officer and consultant (psychosocial care in Sri Lanka, Chechnya, Colombia, Republic of Congo), 2000-2004.
Development of international guidelines for sexual and gender-based violence (2004).

South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

Clinical Psychologist (primary care), 2004 – 2005
Clinical Psychologist (community mental health team), 2004 – 2007

East London Foundation NHS Trust

Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Psychotrauma, 2005 – present

The Sloane Court Clinic, London

Chartered Clinical Psychologist, 2010 - present

 

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