Meet the Clinicians & Admins at GAC
Carla Reece
Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Carla Reece is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist with over 30 years’ experience of working with children and families. She has worked in drug and alcohol settings, with eating disorders, in the criminal justice system, in education, with looked after and adopted children and their families, within specialist CAMHS services, and in an NHS Infant Mental Health Team. She is trained to work effectively with parents and families and uses a PACE based parenting approach. Her model includes using Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy to support families, with a dash of humour included! Carla is trained to use ADOS-2, ADI-R, Migdas, Young Diva and ACE to assess and identify both Autism and ADHD/ADD. She is passionate about delivering a person centred, respectful and neuro-affirmative approach in her work with clients and their families. She is the founder and director of GAC.
Dr Triveni Joshi
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr Triveni Joshi is a leading consultant psychiatrist who specialises in child and adolescent psychiatry. She has over 20 years worth of experience in psychiatry and over 14 years working with children and their families. Her areas of expertise include mood disorders, anxiety disorder including OCD, psychosis, childhood emotional and behaviour problems and Neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD and Autism.
Dr Joshi has extensive experience working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and in children’s services. She has both clinical and service development experience in areas of community-based CAMHS and CAMHS intellectual disability services, specialist ASC schools and CAMHS tier 4 inpatient units.
Dr Rebecca Andrews
Practitioner Psychologist
Rebecca is a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist with extensive experience of working with children and their families.
Her experiences are based on working with complex cases, vulnerable families, children and adults. She has experience working in educational and residential settings with challenging behaviours, learning disabilities, emotional and behavioural needs and mental health presentations. Through her private practice she is proud to provide both ongoing and time limited input to a range of services including The NHS, Local Health Boards and Local Authorities in England and Wales, as well as various private and charitable settings. She has experience with Child In Need and Looked After Children services, foster care, mental health facilities within Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Bristol, Worcestershire and South Wales. Rebecca is trained and experienced in both ADOS-2 and ADI-R assessments.
Hannah Clarke
Integrative Psychotherapist
Hannah is a qualified Integrative Psychotherapist registered with BACP. She is also qualified to deliver animal assisted psychotherapy, EMDR and DBT therapy. Hannah is a clinical supervisor, having completed training recognised by the British Psychological Society and is a member of the EMDR Association UK. She has over 30 years’ experience of working therapeutically with adults, children & young people.
Dr Anastasia Tsakiri
Consultant Psychiatrist
Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Psychiatry, MBChB, CCT CAMHS, ASRCPsych, MD
Ana has over 10 years’ experience working as a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist in both the NHS and private practice, and is a Specialist Associate Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and member of the British Association of Psychopharmacology. Ana specialises in the assessment and management of ADHD, ASD, OCD, anxiety, depression, and behavioural and emotional difficulties, and is trained in ADOS, 3Di and Qb assessments.
Ana is passionate about supporting young people and their families, using a compassionate, non-judgemental approach to create a safe and encouraging therapeutic space. Her training in Systemic Therapy and family dynamics helps her to provide tailored support for families with complex needs.
Tori Gunn
Speech & Language Therapist
Tori is a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with over 14 years’ experience working with children and families. She has a BA (Hons) in Linguistics from Swansea University and a Masters of Medical Science in Human Communication Sciences from The University of Sheffield. Tori has worked across Gloucestershire as an independent Speech and Language Therapist and for the NHS, as well as in Singapore at Asia’s most highly regarded private clinic.
She is registered with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Health Care Professionals Council and Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice. She is trained and experienced in ADOS-2 assessments. Tori has extensive experience supporting children with a wide range of Speech, Language and Communication needs.
Fiona Baldwin
Administrative Assistant
Fiona supports and guides families and individuals through the initial enquiry and registration process here at the GAC as their first point of contact. Fiona is a qualified early years teacher who has focussed her career on working with a range of families through volunteer work and in the charity sector. She lives in the countryside with her husband and two young children, who she says are her greatest achievement in life.
Vicky Manton
Administrator
Vicky is an experienced administrator who supports our clients throughout the entire appointment booking and assessment process. Friendly, responsive and highly organised, she helps ensure clients and families feel informed, supported and reassured at every stage, giving them peace of mind throughout the process. She has a strong administrative background, including experience within multinationals and a university setting. Vicky lives in Gloucestershire with her husband and teenage children and enjoys walking her dog in the countryside.
Claudia Williams
Business Development & Operations
Claudia is a long-term resident of Gloucestershire and has helped organisations to improve and develop their operations for many years. She says: “I am a good listener and love attention to detail. I want our clients at GAC to have the best experience from the very first time they contact us.” Claudia has two grown sons and lives with her husband in the countryside.
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