Dr Alan Grieve, Consultant Clinical Psychologist (Adult and Child 12+)

Training, qualifications & experience

I have a BSc (Hons) in Psychology (2003)and completed my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Edinburgh University in 2010. I am a chartered member of the British Psychological Society and am a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. I am also an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

Clinical Experience

I have provided psychological assessment and therapy with people with complex mental health issues using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

I have experience of helping people with cognitive behavioural therapy, solution focused therapy and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy (EMDR). I am trained to the top level for EMDR.

I also have experience in the following areas:

• Supervision of Clinical Psychologists and MSc students
• Training and consultation to professionals
• Completing personal injury work for national private rehabilitation companies
• Being a reviewer for an international peer-reviewed journal
• Previous Associate Editor of the Clinical Psychology Forum. This is the most widely read journal by Clinical Psychologists in the UK
• Being the senior therapist on an MRC funded multi-site randomised controlled trial of EMDR in people with learning disabilities. This was a UK wide study and was organised through Edinburgh Napier University.

I have comprehensive experience of working with children and adolescents and this has been through supervised placements on doctoral training, as well as post-qualified experience of working with children and adolescents over 12 years of age. I also developed the protocol for the randomised control trial of EMDR in adults with learning disabilities. The protocol was based on a large body of trauma literature in children and I am very familiar with this literature and how trauma work differs in its application from adults to children.

I have lengthy experience in working with neuropsychological rehabilitation and I have worked with severe head injury and issues of anger management and adjustment to permanent disability.