Dr. Ali Cliffe

Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

Ali is a newly qualified Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist who has worked in the field of trauma for more than twenty years. She has previously worked as a Theraplay Therapist with children on the edge of care and adopted children, and their families, and provides training and supervision to social workers, children’s services, and education, working with children impacted by early developmental trauma. As someone with lived experience of trauma and dissociation, living with trauma and dissociation whilst working in the field is a special interest.