Dr Alexandra Gregory
Educational Psychologist & NME Trainer

BSc, PGCE, O. A. Dip, DEdPsy 

A very warm welcome and thank you for visiting my website. My name is Alex and I am an Educational Psychologist in the South East of England. A former qualified teacher in both mainstream and specialist schools, I now work to apply psychology to education to help promote positive change for children and young people, their families, and schools. I currently work for a local authority EP service 4 days a week (soon-to-be 3) and independently 1 day a week (soon-to-be 2). Through GPS, I specialise in the areas of developmental trauma and support for siblings of children with additional needs.
 

My work in the area of developmental trauma and supporting children who are care-experienced involves:

• Being a ChildTrauma Academy certified NME Trainer, which involves delivering training to schools in the Neurosequential Model in Education through Sussex Psychology - a specialist therapeutic mental health and trauma service.

• Volunteering as an Independent Visitor for a child looked after.

My family support work involves:

• Running events (talks and workshops) for siblings of children with additional needs and their parents/carers.

• Co-supervising masters and doctoral research projects on sibling school outcomes and experiences at the University of Southampton.

• Being an 'expert advisor' and part of the team of contributors at Friendili (a social networking site and app for families of children with additional needs).

• In the future, I am hoping to set up sibling and parent/carer support groups.

Please note that my GPS independent work does not include:

• EP and NME work within West Sussex, due to my Local Authority role. This is with the exception of siblings work, which can take place within West Sussex. 

• Legal/tribunal/expert witness work.