Dr Antonella Brunetti

Over the years, clients have told me that they find me warm, friendly, enthusiastic, compassionate and easy to talk to. Colleagues have told me that my work is of a very high standard and that I am clear, coherent and thorough in my approach.

As a Senior Clinical Psychologist in the NHS, I worked in across both acute (inpatient and crisis teams) and community-based (outpatient) settings where I delivered psychological assessments and interventions to individual clients and groups as well as teaching, training and consultation to staff teams.

Whilst in the NHS, I was the Clinical Lead for the Autistic Spectrum Disorder Assessment and Diagnosis Service for Adults in Portsmouth. Since then, I have offered comprehensive diagnostic assessments in private practice for clients who may have an ASC and are struggling to meet their potential in key areas such as: education, employment and personal/ social relationships or who are struggling with the specific impairments related to ASC including: managing emotions/ outbursts; communicating with/ understanding other people or experiencing recurrent exploitation from others. I offer thorough differential diagnosis so if a client does not have an ASC, they will leave the assessment process clear about what their diagnosis is, with a clear psychological formulation (how their difficulties/ problematic patterns developed over time) and recommendations.

I have chartered status with the British Psychological Society (BPS) where I am also an Associate Fellow. I am registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the regulatory body for psychologists in the UK and am covered by all the leading private health-insurance companies, including BUPA.

Currently, I work exclusively in private practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Psychologist Petersfield

Core Training:

BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Durham

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (D.Clin.Psychol), University of Southampton

Schema Training

Time Limited Schema Therapy, M.F. van Vreeswijk. Approved by the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST).

Schema Therapy with Complex Cases Module 1, Dr Tara Cutland-Green. Approved by the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST).

Schema Therapy Skills and Working with Overcompensation Module 3, Dr Tara Gormley & Dr Gillian Heath. Approved by the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST).

Schema Therapy Trainer- Supervisors; Dr Joan Farrell, Dr Ida Shaw, Dr Erin Bulluss & Dr Olivia Thrift); International Society for Schema Therapy

Compassion Focused Therapy Training

Compassionate Mind in Shame & Self-Attack; Dr Deborah Lee,Organised through the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Compassion & the Integration of Mind, Siegel, D. & Gilbert, P. The Compassionate Mind Foundation.

Mobilising Compassion in Group Psychotherapy, Kate Lucre. Kia Kaha Psychotherapy & Training.

Growing Points in Compassion Focused Therapy. 2nd International Conference on Compassion Focused Therapy. The Compassionate Mind Foundation.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training

Anxiety Traps: CBT Antidotes, Dr Christine Padesky. Cognitive Workshops.

Best Practices: CBT for Depression & Suicide, Dr Christine Padesky. Cognitive Workshops.

Treating OCD: Recent Advances in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Prof. David Veale, Organised through the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dr Richard Stott & Dr Rachel Handley, Maudsley NHS Trust.

Autism Spectrum Training

Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Dr Ailsa Russell & Alex Ward.

Autism Diagnostic and Observation Schedule (ADOS), BeginningwithA: Autism Consultancy and Training.

Certification of administration and coding of the Autism Observation Schedule (ADOS) to the level of research reliability. BeginningwithA: Autism Consultancy and Training.

The Developmental, Diagnostic and Dimensional Interview (3Di): Computerized Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorders, The University College London Institute of Child Health.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy; Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Using DBT to target Behavioural Over-Control, Prof. Tom Lynch. Organised through the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Affect Regulation Training, Prof. Matthias Berking. Organised through the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Treating OCD: Recent Advances in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Prof. David Veale. Organised through the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dr Richard Stott & Dr Rachel Handley. Maudsley NHS Trust.

Cognitive Analytic Therapy

Speed Supervision using Dialogue Maps, Steve Potter. Organised through the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Use of CAT in Consultancy: 5-Session CAT Consultancy Approach, Dr Dawn Bennett & Dr Angela Carradice. Organised through the Association of Cognitive-Analytic Therapy.

Introduction to Cognitive-Analytic Therapy. Organised through the Association of Cognitive-Analytic Therapy.