Hannah Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Unit for Psychological Medicine in the Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health and Programme Director for the MSc programme in Forensic Psychology & Mental Health, which is accredited by the BPS. She is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She completed her Doctorate in Forensic Psychology at the University of Birmingham, with research focusing on the link between childhood experiences, personality and parenting behaviour.
She holds close links with the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway across London and frequently works as an Expert Witness across the Justice System, with a focus on the Family Courts. She is experienced in the assessment and treatment of a range of mental health, personality, and risk related difficulties. Hannah has a specific expertise in the assessment of parents within the Family Courts, employing a trauma informed and domestic abuse informed approach. She has undertaken training in a range of therapeutic approaches that she uses in clinical practice including Schema Therapy, Mentalisation Based Treatment, and brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. She is also a Stage 2 Assessor for the British Psychological Society’s Qualification in Forensic Psychology.