Richard Cross
Director
UKCP Registered Psychotherapist & Child Psychotherapist, BSc (Hons) Psychol., DHP., PQD., Cert child Clinical Assessment., Adv Dip SMT.
Fellow & Member of faculty of International Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), Member faculty Arizona Trauma Institute (ATI)., MESTD., MEAP., MWCP
In 1991 Richard began his work with children, young people, and adults who have experienced significant adversity and complex trauma. He has had the privilege to support over a thousand adults and children during his career who have successfully attained their aims in psychotherapy around their experiences of CPTSD.
Richard has kept at the forefront of advances and was an early adopter of Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR), utilising this since 2007 in appropriate contexts. He also has over twenty years of experience supporting those diagnosed with CPTSD, Dissociative Disorders (DID, DDNOS etc.) and has provided consultancy to medical teams, psychologists, and psychiatrists. He frequently trains qualified mental health professionals in developing skills around assessment and interventions as a faculty member of ISSTD and ATI.
Richard’s experience in assessment for family court focuses on child maltreatment and neglect. To support this area, in 2011 he undertook training with Bond Salon to ensure he could advance his learning in the area (Cross-examination Day, Excellence in Report writing, Courtroom skills).
His aims through MCTS are to ensure the most responsive and effective supports are available for children and young people. From the organisational (becoming trauma-informed) to the professionals’ groups (consultation, training, supervision), extending to families and the provision of psychotherapeutic support to the children and young people themselves.
