Our Practitioners at the Child Development Centre

Alexander is the Clinical Director at The Child Development Centre. A Retained relfex & Environmental health Specialist, he is also a qualified Hypnotherapist. London born, he was educated at King's College Wimbledon and Harrow School and later graduated from Leeds. He was trained by specifically by David, for 3 years in the unique MIP method and is now is a specialist and recognised leader in the field of retained primitive reflexes. Since taking over the centre 8 years ago, he has sought to integrate a multi disciplinary approach to the programmes offered. Alexander seeks to assess a 360 comprehensive understanding of the body, the mind, its intercation with its environment, and the implications on its physical nature. As a child, David treated him for Dyslexic traits and as a young adult, he experienced many sporting injuries. Alexander believes that understanding and coping with these incidents, have enabled him to bring insights to the therapies offered in the centre which no text book could replicate. He has the same passion and commitment, much as his late father, and has built a completely new approache to the Mulhall Integration Programme, whilst adhereing to the original successful reflex formula/ These changes have enhanced and progressed the already positive successes that the centre provides.

A graduate of the University of Roehampton’s Master’s Degree programme in Dance Movement Psychotherapy, Constance is a member of the UK Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy (ADMP UK). To date, she has nearly 900 hours experience in placement, 235 of which were direct clinical hours facilitating DMP sessions in groups and one to one. She has worked with children with special educational needs, Autism Spectrum Disorder, selective mutism, Down’s Syndrome and gender transition. She has worked with adults in a psychiatric acute community team setting, and in a national mental health charity with people with severe and enduring mental health issues who are living in the Recovery Model in the community. She also works with adults with multiple and complex needs, intellectual difficulties and Autism Spectrum Disorder. In addition, she has a specialist interest in using embodiment to understand and manage the effects of trans-generationally transmitted trauma.

About DMP

Following a successful career in Reuters, David Mulhall B.Sc. decided on a complete change to pursue an interest in a field that had always fascinated him. He set up the Clinic 1995 specialising in treatment in the then unknown field of developmental delay. For the next 20 years David steadily built a reputation as a pioneer in this poorly understood area of developmental health. In 2009 he started using the term Retained Reflex Syndrome in order to draw attention to the many different ways reflexes can inhibit personal development. This term is now widely used and accepted as having great significance in many developmental delay conditions. In 2010 he began to to experience problems with speech which was eventually diagnosed in 2012 as Pseudobulbar Palsy, a slow form of MND. In 2015 David stepped away from the centre after training Alexander one 2 one for three years. Sadly David passed away in 2020.

Amanda is a Feminine Embodied coach. She has worked closely with our clients to provide therapeutic support in the centre for 9 years. Her role is now to support mothers on their journeys of reconnection to themselves amid their busy family lives. She uses a form of coaching closely linked to diving into the body and working with the internal felt senses. Her work helps women reconnect with themselves and their bodies, regaining their intuition and navigating the myriad of obstacles they encounter in their lives.

Pascale is a Neo-Emotional Release and Reiki practitioner. (See NEO-emotional Release in methods used) She is passionate about all practices that heal physical and mental blocks and the conditions that often arise from them. She deeply believes in our body’s natural intelligence to bring us back into homeostasis and health. She works to support this by allowing her clients to process any trauma they experience. Her sessions support our parents and are a fantastic way to ease the weight our modern life often carries.

Born in Venezuela, Ivan is a non-binary movement artist and Dance Movement Psychotherapist with a Master’s degree from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Bachelor’s degree in General Psychology from the Metropolitan University of Caracas. A registered practitioner with the UK Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy (ADMP UK), he has worked with disabled adults and children, survivors of child maltreatment, individuals living with dementia, and people in recovery from substance use, using movement as a transformative tool to foster connection, self-expression, and well-being. Ivan’s extensive background in classical ballet, contemporary dance, voguing, and collaborations with the renowned Spanish circus “La Fura dels Baus,” enriches his therapeutic practice with creativity and embodiment. His approach is grounded in the belief that every individual is an expert in their own story, and that movement serves as a powerful bridge between body, mind, and emotional experience.