Jessica Narowlansky
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BA (Hons), Mont Dip, PG SpLD, PG Child Adolescent & Family Mental Wellbeing, MA Psychological Therapies, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist working with children, adolescents & parents, Member BPC & TSP
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Co-Founder and Co-Director of Organisation Development
​I am a specialist education consultant and psychodynamic psychotherapist working with children, young people, parents and individuals up to 24 years of age. Along with offering support in a range of areas, including anxiety, anger and depression, I have in-depth experience of supporting children and young people with specific learning difficulties, autistic spectrum conditions and/or social communication difficulties. I also offer support to adults who receive diagnosis of neurological difference (e.g., dyslexia, ADHD, autism) in adulthood.​
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After completing my training as an International Montessori teacher in 2004, I taught in primary education before training as a Level 7 specialist in Dyslexia Assessment and Specialist Literacy Teaching. Upon completing my training, I joined The Harrodian School in London where I worked as a 1:1 literacy specialist and then moved into the role of Special Educational Needs Coordinator. In 2014 I co- founded The Independent School, a secondary school for children with additional needs, where I took on the role of Vice Principal and Head of SEND. I then went on to train at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust as a psychodynamic psychotherapist working with children, young people, parents and young adults. In 2016, I co-founded The Child and Adolescent Development Centre (The CDC), where my therapeutic practice is based. The CDC offers multidisciplinary assessment and clinical services across the public and private sectors.
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In what I see in many ways as the culmination of my long standing work in education, in 2020 I co-founded Grow Fellowship with Jess Heyworth-Dunne in response to a clear need to make high quality specialist teaching more readily available throughout the UK and abroad. My role within Grow focuses on organisation development and growth.
​In addition to my work in education and mental health, I have worked in collaboration with law firms offering expert testimony in tribunals to support families in securing Education, Health and Care Plans. I am also a freelance writer looking at issues in education and mental health.