Ottilie Sedgwick PhD, MSc

Dr. Ottilie Sedgwick is a Registered Practitioner Clinical Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC). She is currently employed as a Clinical Psychologist by South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and works with children and young people who present a high risk of harm to themselves, others, or from others, providing assessment and intervention using both cognitive behavioural therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy approaches. She is also involved in teaching in the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.

Prior to this Dr Sedgwick has worked across a variety of mental health settings as part of doctoral training, including addictions, neurodevelopmental CAMHS, learning disability and the children and young person’s psychology service at a sexual assault referral centre. She has experience working within forensic settings including high-security hospitals. Dr Sedgwick has led and/or contributed to research projects relating to victim empathy, the impact of psychosis and personality disorder on offending behaviours, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder within forensic settings, and developing blended interventions (combining face-to-face and digital therapies) for individuals with psychosis.