Dr Lisa Anderson

Clinical and Forensic Psychologist

Lisa is a HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist and Forensic Psychologist, and an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. Lisa provides psychological assessments for children, adults and parents in Court proceedings cases, as well as psychological therapy for adolescents and adults. Lisa also works for Leicester University providing training for tier one professionals in child mental health and holds a contract as an honorary Clinical Psychologist with Leicestershire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). Her areas of expertise are child mental health and family interventions, where she has vast experience of working with emotional, developmental (such as Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)) and behavioural presentations, and also Forensic Psychology assessment and recommendations for individuals with low to high risk behaviours. Lisa has also worked with looked after children and developed training packages for foster carers. Lisa provides assessment, reports and therapeutic interventions for child and adult mental health presentations.

Specialism

Adoption And Fostering, Adult Therapy, Adult Assessment, Child Assessment, Child Therapy, Family Assessment

Locations Covered

Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, West Midlands

As you may be aware, on the 14th April 2025 the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) announced changes to the Fair Access limit with a reduction of funding to £3000 and the discontinuation of the separate Fair Access Limit for specialist assessments.

We are currently working really hard to amend quotes for ongoing therapy work to fit within the new Fair Access Limit and working closely with Adopt South West and other local RAAs. We are also working closely with other specialist adoption support providers and therapeutic organisations including DDP connects and Theraplay UK to explore how we can continue to deliver specialist therapies within this limit.

If you are waiting for a new package of therapy please look out for correspondence from ASW or your regional adoption support agency, as they will need to regain your consent for the amended therapy contract.

If you are concerned about the impact of the delay on your family or have questions about the therapy or assessment you are waiting for please get in touch with Ellen or Jen and we will do our best to support you.

We will be contributing to a wider response to this and the following is a link to a petition requesting government action – Petition · Action Against ASGSF Changes (Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund) – United Kingdom · Change.org