Karen Treisman PhD

Dr Karen Treisman is a child and family psychologist specialising in the assessment and treatment of developmental difficulties, trauma attachment disorders and child mental health. She is the author of numerous books on working therapeutically with traumatised children and trains other experts in attachment, trauma, adoption and fostering. She works extensively with looked after children and unaccompanied asylum seekers using a range of therapeutic models including dyadic developmental therapy, play therapy and narrative therapy.

She is a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist who has worked in the NHS and children’s services for several years. She has also worked cross-culturally in both Africa and Asia with groups ranging from former child soldiers to survivors of the Rwandan Genocide.