Dr Anna Preston, BSc (Hons), DClinPsych, AFBPsS

Chartered Clinical Psychologist, HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

Expert Witness

I started working with people with mental health difficulties in 2000 in various settings including NHS and non-NHS inpatient, community and secure forensic settings. I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist at the University of Surrey in 2009. Since then, I have completed further training and subsequently specialised in working with adults with complex difficulties, suffering with combinations of the following: 

• Offending behaviour and forensic risk
• Personality Disorder
• Trauma and dissociative disorders
• Acute mental health problems
• Substance misuse disorder
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and learning disability

I have been practising for 11 years as an Expert Witness, providing a range of assessments for the Criminal, Immigration and Family Courts. Please refer to my Expert Witness pages for more detailed information.

I also deliver online therapies in the treatment of a range of mental health conditions. I adopt various therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Compassion-Focused approaches.

I offer a range of training courses to a variety of organisations including public services, corporate organisations and the voluntary sector.

Memberships and Affiliations:

Chartered by the British Psychological Society (Membership of Clinical and Forensic Divisions)

Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society

Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council

BPS National Register of Expert Witnesses

Member of Society for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Member of EMDR Association UK and Ireland

Member of the National Autistic Society and Network Autism

Member of the UK Health, Justice and Learning Disability/Autism Network

Please click on the link to access my professional CV (.doc - opens in new window)