Amanda Jones

Consultant Perinatal Psychotherapist

Amanda Jones is a consultant perinatal psychotherapist and psychological professional lead for NELFT’s Perinatal Parent Infant Mental Health Service (PPIMHS). This community perinatal service offers psychiatric and psychotherapy treatment to pregnant women and their partners experiencing serious mental illness during pregnancy and up until the baby reaches toddlerhood. The psychotherapy treatment usually includes the baby. Amanda’s doctoral research at the Tavistock Centre/UEL studied how mothers’ use of maladaptive defensive processes can derail their baby’s development. Amanda speaks nationally and internationally on the subject.