Dr Alexandra Gill

Dr Alexandra Gill has worked within forensic services for seventeen years and qualified as a Chartered and Registered Psychologist in 2015. Alexandra also holds a Doctorate in psychology. Alexandra is currently employed as a Senior Psychologist for HMPPS and is the Clinical Lead for a Discrete unit where she works with individuals on a one-to-one basis to provide bespoke psychological intervention tailored to the needs of that individual.

Alexandra has extensive experience of delivering psychological therapies in both a group setting and on a one-to-one basis to address a range of matters. This has included emotional regulation, managing relationship conflicts, living with difficult personality aspects or, aspects of mental health, such as depression and anxiety, recognising and addressing maladaptive behaviours, and helping people to address and process trauma including abuse. Her practice is evidence based and informed by a number of psychological approaches and models. This includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Attachment theory, Schema informed therapy, Mindfulness and, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Alexandra is also trained in and an advocate of Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR).

The fundamental principle of this approach is to help a person heal from adverse life experiences and their experiences of trauma. Alexandra’s specialist areas also include forensic risk assessments, assessments of cognitive and executive functioning as well as providing clinical and academic supervision and psychological consultancy.