James Norris is a senior child psychotherapist with almost 20 years of experience working with children and their families. He is currently the head of specialist mental health for children in a midlands NHS CAMHS, where he has worked for over a decade. Alongside this, he has taught child development research to MA students for the University of Essex, where he also completed a professional doctorate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
James’ specialist experiences are with early years/infant mental health, neurodiversity and dissociation and he has worked within dedicated teams for looked-after children/children in care.
Services
Parent Work and Family Consultations
- Short-term consultations and support for parents.
- Long-term parent-work for fostering or adoptive parents.
Individual Therapy
Not currently accepting new referrals.
- Parent-child psychotherapy
- Long-term psychotherapy
- Time-limited psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Supervision and Consultation
- Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic supervision for child psychotherapists and other mental health professionals working with children.
- Group/network consultation and reflective practice for teams working with complex children.
- Assessments and reports for social care professionals to support care planning and decision-making for children in care, and children under child protection plans.
Qualifications
Professional Doctorate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
University of Essex
Qualified Psychoanalytic Supervisor
Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
ACP Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
PGDip Psychoanalytic Observation
Tavistock and Portman NHS and University of East London
MA Psychoanalytic Studies
Tavistock and Portman NHS and University of East London
BSc (Hons) Psychosocial Science
University of East Anglia