Alexandra Grainger.
Alexandra is a clinical psychologist with a highly compassionate but pragmatic style. She has many years of experience working with people from a range of contexts and circumstances, including couples, families, youth, and people living with chronic illness and disability. Alexandra has worked in both a counselling capacity with private individuals, and as a coach to people in corporates and organisations.
Alexandra is highly experienced in working with people who have experienced or are currently experiencing the damaging effects of narcissists, including those who engage in coercive control. She has a deep knowledge of the tactics used by narcissists to harm, and to avoid exposure including manipulation, creation of false narrative, blaming, bullying, provocation, exploitation, and grooming others to see them as ‘normal’ individuals. She is also familiar with the exceptionally unusual lengths narcissists will go to, to harm, deceive, provoke, and disadvantage their targets/victims.
At Kalmor, Alexandra delivers our one-on-one programs for those experiencing adversity through past or current experiences with narcissists and/or coercive controllers. She also delivers our training and education programs on the characteristics of narcissists and psychopaths, how to identify them and strategies to address them.
Alexandra is particularly passionate about working with those who have been negatively impacted by adverse life circumstances, including those experiencing high levels of trauma and surviving in highly stressful environments. Her professional focus is on assisting those experiencing high levels of adversity to shift from survival mode to experiencing a greater sense of support and vitality.
Alexandra has a BBehSc, a PostGrad Dip (Psych), and a MPsych (Clinical).