Back to School Anxiety: what’s typical and what’s not

Dr Sarah-Jane Knight is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Specialism Lead for a national provider of specialist education and residential childrens' care, and the lead for Commune Psychology. She has core training in CBT, systemic, and psychodynamic approaches, with additional expertise in group psychoanalytic psychotherapy, attachment-focused therapies, trauma treatment, and autism assessment (including ADOS). She specialises in working with children and adolescents with complex presentations. She has worked in both outpatient and inpatient services, in the NHS and private practice, and in a specialist service for adopted children.