Catherine is a Forensic Psychologist who is Chartered with the British Psychological Society and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Catherine has been qualified for 14 years and is currently employed by Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust as a Senior Forensic Psychologist in a high secure hospital where she provides a psychological service to adult males with mental health and offending histories.

Catherine has extensive experience of working in secure forensic settings having previously been employed by HM Prison Service as a Forensic Psychologist. Her experience has led her to specialise in the assessment, management and treatment of high risk individuals in criminal justice and mental health settings; she has developed specialist skills in working with individuals with personality disorder and she has worked with woman offenders and sexual offenders. Catherine is trained in a range of risk assessments and personality assessments including PCL-R. She is also a qualified therapist in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

Catherine is able to undertake assessments for criminal proceedings including pre-sentence reports, post-sentence reports and risk assessments for the purposes of parole.

Cayne is a registered Forensic Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council and is a full member of the British Psychological Society and Division of Forensic Psychology.

Cayne has over 23 years of experience in the field of psychology, he has developed extensive expertise across a range of secure and community-based settings. He has worked in male and female adult secure psychiatric hospitals for 15 years, including six years as Lead Psychologist, where he was responsible for the psychological care and risk management of individuals with complex needs. Prior to this, he spent five years within Her Majesty’s Prison Service.

In addition to his experience in secure settings, Cayne also worked for two years in the community, providing evidence-based psychological assessment and treatment to children and young adults living in residential therapeutic placements. Currently, Cayne works independently as a consultant and associate for various organisations, continuing to provide expert psychological input in both clinical and forensic contexts.

Cayne possesses extensive experience in psychological assessment, formulation, treatment, and the management of psychological risk, with a particular focus on individuals with complex presentations. He is highly experienced in the use of a wide range of psychological assessments (detailed in his attached CV) and is trained in different therapeutic interventions. He has a wealth of experience in providing expert witness evidence in formal settings, such as Parole Board hearings and Mental Health Review Tribunals.

Claire is a Clinical Psychologist who has been qualified since 2016. She is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council and is a member of the BPS Divisions of Clinical and Forensic Psychology. Claire is currently self-employed working in Independent Practice completing forensic psychological risk assessments of violent and sexual offenders, adult psychological assessments, including those for Family Court proceedings, psychological therapy, training and supervision.

Having previously worked in high and low security settings, acute mental health inpatient, and community settings, Claire is experienced in completing assessments, formulation and treatment of violent and sexual offenders, as well as clients with mental illness, including those with a diagnosis of anxiety, depression, personality disorder and PTSD. She also has experience of delivering a variety of group interventions to patients, and training and consultation to other professionals.

Claire is trained in risk assessments, including the HCR20-v3, RSVP-v2, SARA-v3, and structured psychological assessments including the IPDE. She is trained and proficient in the assessment of cognitive functioning and memory including the WAIS-IV and WMS-IV. Claire has also trained in and delivered Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) and attended training for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and Solution Focused Therapy (SFT).

Daniel is a Forensic Psychologist, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and has been working with forensic service users for over 14 years. He has experience of working with individuals in secure mental health settings, prisons and in the community. He has many years’ experience of writing psychological reports and risk assessments to inform legal proceedings including Mental Health Review Tribunals, Parole Board Hearings, and Criminal and Family Courts. Daniel is currently employed as a Practitioner Forensic Psychologist within the Wales Offender Personality Disorder Pathway service.

In this role he provides support for those supervising complex and high-risk individuals in the community.Daniel also has an interest in research and has a PhD in forensic psychology. He is a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University, where he contributes to post-graduate psychology programmes. His research interests broadly relate to improving the experience of people in contact with forensic services.

Deborah is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist who is Chartered with the British Psychological Society and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Deborah has been qualified for 30 years and has worked in a range of prison and mental health settings including high secure hospitals. Deborah has developed particular expertise in working with women offenders and assessing mental health issues in women. Her most recent post was the NOMS (National Offender Management Service) Clinical Lead for CARE, an intervention for women in prison for violent offending and with complex needs.

Deborah is able to provide risk assessments of violence, recidivism, cognitive and intellectual functioning and personality disorder. Deborah has an interest in the assessment and treatment of the effects of trauma. She has completed training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and she has a special interest in Mindfulness and Narrative Therapy.

Deborah is able to undertake assessments for criminal proceedings including pre-sentence reports, post-sentence reports and risk assessments for the purposes of parole hearings.

Elizabeth is a Forensic Psychologist who is Chartered with the British Psychological Society and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Elizabeth has been qualified for 3 years and has worked in a range of forensic settings including HM Prison Service and independent health care, where she is currently employed as a Forensic Psychologist. Elizabeth’s experience has enabled her to specialise in the assessment, management and treatment of individuals in criminal justice and mental health settings, including the development and implementation of treatment interventions. She has particular expertise in assessing for Autism Spectrum Conditions and deficits in cognitive function, and adapting treatment interventions (offending and mental health related) to support the presence of such deficits.

Elizabeth has significant experience of writing risk assessment reports, progress reports for patients under the Mental Health Act (1983) and treatment reports following individual or group interventions. She is trained to administer a number of risk assessments and personality assessments, including PCL-R. Elizabeth is able to undertake assessments for criminal proceedings including pre-sentence reports, post-sentence reports and risk assessments for the purposes of parole. 

Dr Emily Baldwin is a Senior Forensic Psychologist and a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professionals Council. Emily has experience working in both adolescent and adult secure psychiatric services as well as within the prison and probation services. She currently works as the Clinical Lead within a Community Mental Health Service. Emily has a wide range of experience including completing psychological risk assessments of violence and sexual violence for the parole board, undertaking personality assessments and cognitive/neurodevelopmental assessments. Emily is fully trained in the use of the HCR-20 V3, RSVP, SARA V3, IPDE, ADOS-2 & WAIS-IV.

Additionally, Emily has experience and is trained in delivering a range of psychological therapy including Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Schema Therapy and EMDR.

Emma is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist who is Chartered with the British Psychological Society and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Emma has been working as a Forensic Psychologist for 20 years. As an independent consultant, Emma has worked in a range of secure forensic settings including HM prisons and male and female medium and low secure psychiatric services. Emma has 20 years’ experience in completing risk assessments with clients with complex mental disorder and/or forensic histories. She has undertaken formulation of clients’ risks and made recommendations for risk management/therapeutic interventions. As well as risk assessments Emma has previously been involved in delivering a range of psychological therapies to male and female clients including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy; schema informed therapy; and cognitive behavioural therapy for risk behaviour including: violence and anger; sexual violence; substance misuse; self-harm; suicide attempts; and relationship difficulties.

Emma is able to undertake assessments for criminal proceedings including pre-sentence reports and post-sentence reports as well as assessments for civil proceedings, including parenting assessments for family proceedings.  

Emma is an experienced Health and Care Professions Council Registered Psychologist (Forensic), gaining Chartered status with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and full membership of the Division of Forensic Psychology (DFP) in 2004.

Emma is currently the programme leader for the MSc Forensic Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has worked within the criminal justice field for over fifteen years and has a wealth of experience working with offenders. She has hands-on experience of delivering, supervising and managing offending behaviour programmes, within custodial and community settings. She is experienced in the use of a number of assessment tools used within the field, particularly in the assessment of risk and she has extensive experience in writing and supervising reports, and presenting these within a range of settings.

Emma is a reviewer for the Journal of Forensic Practice and an Assessor for the BPS Qualification in Forensic Psychology. Emma is able to undertake assessments for prison and criminal proceedings including parole reports, pre-sentence reports and post-sentence reports as well as assessments for civil proceedings, including parenting assessments for family proceedings.

Emma is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist who is Chartered with the British Psychological Society and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council. Emma has over 18 years’ experience, with 10 years post qualification experience.

Emma is currently working as an Independent Practitioner. Prior to this Emma has worked within a range of sectors including the within prisons where she has worked with adult males and young offenders aged 15-21. Additionally, Emma has worked in the adult and children’s social care sectors. Emma has previously held the role of Group Director of Therapeutic Services for a national private provider. Within this role she was responsible for the development and delivery of the therapeutic model across residential homes, independent schools and supported accommodation. Emma was part of the senior leadership team and worked closely on all aspects of service development, policy, staff training and support.

Emma has significant experience in assessing and undertaking interventions with individuals with a history of trauma, personality disorder, mental illness, substance use issues, learning disabilities and cognitive deficits. She also provided clinical and managerial supervision to Forensic, Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Forensic Psychologists in Training and Assistant Psychologists. Emma is able to undertake assessments for criminal proceedings, including pre-sentence reports, post sentence reports and parole reports in addition to civil processing, including parenting assessments for family proceedings and assessments of Children and Young People.

Dr Eve Hepburn is a Health and Care Professions Council registered Forensic Psychologist who specialises in its application within the field of mental health. Eve has many years of experience in forensic psychology as well as experience in clinical risk assessment, management and treatment of violent, sexually violent or specialist offenders and victims and patients with complex challenging behaviour. Dr Hepburn currently works as a Forensic Psychologist within a Healthcare Trust where she is responsible for the provision of psychological services within Offender Health for multiple HMP’s. She has experience in developing Suicide and Self-Harm Pathways in Offender Health as well as contributing to the development of trauma-informed working environment.

Dr Hepburn is experienced in multiple assessment techniques including the assessment of risk of violent or sexual offending, arson or stalking offending. As well as being trained to undertake psychopathy and personality assessments. She has experience lecturing at various Universities and providing practical workshops as well as having work published in The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology.

Jenny is a Forensic Psychologist, who is Chartered with the British Psychological Society and Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. She qualified in 2008. Jenny has previously worked in a low and medium forensic mental health setting, between 2010 and 2016. Prior to this role she was employed by HM Prison Service, from 2000 to 2010. She has worked independently since 2016.

During her career, Jenny has worked with adult male, female and young offenders. She has also worked with patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983/2007), who have presented with a range of mental health needs, including those with personality disorder, substance misuse problems and cognitive deficits. In addition to the completion of risk assessment reports, she has been involved in delivering treatment, including both group-based and individualised interventions.

Jenny has extensive experience in preparing reports for Parole Boards, using a range of risk assessment procedures (including the HCR-20, SVR-20, SARA and RSVP). She also has experience in a number of treatment approaches, including: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy; Schema Focused Therapy; Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy.

Julia is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist who is Chartered with the British Psychological Society and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council. She is currently employed within HMPPS as a Clinical Lead in a service for male prisoners within the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway.

Julia has been working as a Forensic Psychologist within HM Prisons for 20 years, across the male and female estates. Julia has experience in working with clients with complex forensic histories, and can provide risk assessments in areas including violence, harmful sexual behaviour, firesetting, recidivism, stalking, intimate partner violence, cognitive and intellectual functioning and personality disorder. In addition, Julia has over five years’ experience of completing assessments for Family Court proceedings.

Julia is able to undertake assessments for criminal proceedings including pre-sentence reports, assessments for civil proceedings and parenting assessments or family proceedings.

Katherine is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist.

Katherine has 25 years experience of working with people across the lifespan who are neurodivergent (Autistic, have ADHD and/ or a learning disability). Katherine worked for many years in lead roles within Community Learning Disability and Neurodevelopmental teams in the NHS and for Higher Education, as well as a Consultant Clinical Tutor for the Sheffield Clinical Psychology Doctorate programme and more recently as Senior Academic tutor for the Liverpool University Perinatal Clinical Psychology course.

Katherine now works as an independent practitioner providing comprehensive and NICE guideline compliant assessments of Autism, ADHD and learning disability, having a specialist interest and expertise in providing assessments to inform the courts, pre-trial or for parole hearings. Katherine is trained in the ‘gold standard’ assessment tools and has extensive experience in providing specialist supervision and training.

Laura is a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Forensic Psychologist as well as a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS). Laura is a practitioner psychologist at Newham Personality Disorder Service, she has experience providing assessments for prisoners/forensic patients as well as case formulation and treatment planning for patients with complex needs including personality disorder and psychosis. Having worked in high and medium security settings Laura has experience working through assessments and treatment of both violent and sexual offenders as well as being skilled in Dialectical Behaviour group and individual therapist and delivering training and lectures in DBT.

Laura also has experience in group and individual consultation to probation officers regarding complex personality disordered offenders and has delivered training on Personality Disorder to probation teams and volunteer mentors. Laura is trained in undertaking assessments for young offenders and has experience in screening for OPD pathway. She is also trained in undertaking WAIS assessments as well as assessing violent and sexual offending risk for adult offenders.

Laura is a Forensic Psychologist who is registered with the Health Care Professions Council. Laura qualified in 2019 and is currently employed in the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and HMPPS.  Laura has previously worked for many years in the healthcare sector in low, medium and high secure hospital settings.

Laura has experience of working with individuals presenting with complex vulnerabilities, including intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, mental illness, personality disorder and trauma related difficulties. 

Laura has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of men who have committed sexual offences. In addition, she is experienced in using formal risk assessments and is trained to assess the presence of autism spectrum disorder (ADOS and ADI-R) cognitive functioning (WAIS-IV) and memory vulnerabilities (WMS-IV). 

Lisa has been working as Chartered Counselling Psychologist within Forensic Settings for over 11 years and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health Care Professionals Council.

Lisa is currently working as an Independent Practitioner.  Prior to this she worked for 9 years in Forensic Medium and Low Secure services as a Senior Psychologist where she worked with male and female patients presenting with a range of mental health needs including personality disorder, mental illness, substance use issues, learning disabilities and cognitive deficits.  She also provided clinical and managerial supervision to Forensic, Clinical and Counselling Psychologist, Forensic Psychologists in training and Assistant Psychologists. Prior to this Lisa worked for over 6 years in a range of services specialising in supporting and managing individuals stepping down from secure services and those that presented with complex risk behaviours, such a violence, sexual violence, self-harm and suicide. Both of these roles involved delivery of therapeutic and offence focused psychological interventions including Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and included specialist risk assessment and management and report writing and communication. 

Lisa is able to undertake assessments for criminal proceedings, including pre-sentence reports and post sentence reports and civil processing, including parenting assessments for family proceedings.

Malinder is a Forensic Psychologist who is Chartered with the British Psychological Society and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council. Malinder has been qualified for 24 years and is currently employed part time by Elysium Healthcare as Head of Psychology in a Women’s Complex Rehabilitation and PICU service. She also works in part-time clinical private practice both in the UK and Australia, where she is registered with Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency.

Malinder has extensive experience as a Forensic Psychologist in secure and community forensic settings within Devon Partnership Trust, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and previously in the prison service in Western Australia. She specialises in assessment, case formulation and treatment of male offenders with complex mental disorder and psychological trauma who are at high risk of violence. She has experience of delivering training to criminal justice and allied health professionals in working with offenders with personality and other mental disorders.

Malinder is trained to administer a range of risk assessments including the VRS, VRS-SO and HCR-V3. She is a certified trainer for the VRS. Malinder is an accredited Cognitive Analytic Therapy Practitioner, Radically Open DBT Intensively Trained Clinician, accredited Level 1 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy practitioner and has experience of delivering Schema Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). Malinder is able to undertake assessments for criminal proceedings including pre-sentence reports, post-sentence reports and risk assessments for the purposes of parole.

Margaret is an experienced Health and Care Professions Council Registered Psychologist (Forensic), gaining Chartered status with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and full membership of the Division of Forensic Psychology (DFP) in 2003.

Margaret has held the position of Joint Regional Psychologist for Wales, Priory Healthcare and Partnerships in Care since 2011, having responsibilities for psychological services in 3 psychiatric hospitals and step-down units in Wales. She has had experience in both Prison and Psychiatric Mental Health Services and has worked extensively with male and female offenders. She specialises in the assessment, management and treatment of Medium and High Risk men and women in Criminal Justice Service and Mental Health settings. She is experienced in the use of several assessment tools used within the field, particularly in the assessment of risk, in relation to sexual and violent offenders.

Margaret is also an accredited therapist in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). She is able to undertake assessments for prison and criminal proceedings including parole reports, pre-sentence reports and post-sentence reports as well as assessments for civil proceedings, including parenting assessments for family proceedings.

Natalie is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who is Chartered with the British Psychological Society and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council. She is currently employed within an independent medium secure hospital where she works primarily with males diagnosed with intellectual disability, autistic spectrum condition, personality disorder and mental illness. Natalie also delivers individual and group Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) within the female service, where she works with women with a primary diagnosis of personality disorder with complex risk.

Her forensic experience also includes working within a high secure setting. She currently leads a project aimed at implementing an overarching 'Positive Behavioural Support' framework across the regional services. This project has recently received a nomination for the 2016 national learning disability awards. Natalie has also worked in various settings within the NHS. She is an experienced therapist, having delivered evidence based therapies to adults, children, older adults and individuals with intellectual disabilities.

As an expert witness, Natalie has prepared numerous professional reports during her career including assessments of intellectual disability, mental health issues, personality disorder and psychopathy and risk of violence and sexual violence. Natalie is able to undertake assessments for prison and criminal proceedings including parole reports, pre-sentence reports and post-sentence reports as well as assessments for civil proceedings, including parenting assessments for family proceedings.

Nicola is a forensic psychologist who is chartered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She is currently employed as a Senior Forensic Psychologist within the specialist education sector. Within this role she provides assessment and intervention to children and young people with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. Nicola has extensive experience of working in secure settings. She was previously employed for HM Prison Service for over sixteen years, working in a range of settings including the Long Term High Secure Estate, Category C establishments and the open estate. She has worked with both determinate and indeterminate sentence offenders, and with a range of offence types, including sexual offences, general violence, intimate partner violence and gang/group related offending.

She is trained and experienced in a range of psychological assessment tools, including risk assessments (HCR-20, SARA, RSVP, SVR-20, SAVRY, SRP), personality assessments (PCL-R, IPDE) and assessments of cognitive functioning (WAIS-IV, WISC-V). She has extensive experience of completing psychological assessments and providing oral evidence during Parole Board Hearings. Nicola has also compiled reports and provided expert testimony within the Family Court.

Dr Nicola Sutton is a Registered Forensic Psychologist with over 15 years of experience working in mental health services. She specialises in the assessment, treatment, and risk management of complex presentations, including personality disorder, complex trauma, and individuals posing a serious risk of harm to themselves and others. Dr. Sutton has extensive experience with those experiences severe and enduring mental illnesses, particularly those with difficulties associated with complex trauma and dissociation.

Dr. Sutton currently serves as the Clinical Lead and Principal Forensic Psychologist for the Complex Needs Service within an NHS Health Board. In this role, Dr. Sutton provides comprehensive assessment and treatment for complex presentations, primarily involving personality disorder, complex trauma, and high-risk behaviour to self and others. Her therapeutic work predominantly focuses on addressing complex trauma, PTSD, and dissociative disorders using specialised therapies such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR).
In her role as an Independent Psychologist, Dr. Sutton has provided expert evidence in childcare proceedings related to the risk of harm and neglect of children. She has also conducted psychological assessments, interventions, and specialist consultations for children and adolescent with attachment difficulties, mental health challenges, learning disabilities, challenging behaviours, and sexualised behaviours. Dr. Sutton has presented psychological assessments to Parole Board hearing in criminal law proceedings, including risk assessments for sexual and violent offences.

Dr. Sutton’s areas of expertise and interest include the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults exhibiting serious risk behaviours, as well as the assessment and intervention of complex, severe, and enduring mental health issues and personality disorders. She provides supervision and consultation to staff in psychology, occupational therapy, nursing, and psychological therapies. Dr. Sutton conducts specialised risk assessments using tools such as the HCR-20 and the Risk of Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP). She is also trained in administering the International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE).

Dr. Sutton offers comprehensive services, including high-quality, evidence-based psychological therapy and clinical supervision. She provides specialised training on a broad range of psychological topics tailored to the needs of organisations. Dr. Sutton is dedicated to supporting her peers and other professionals in the field, consulting, advising, and delivering professional training to enhance their skills and knowledge.

Rachel is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist who is Chartered with the British Psychological Society and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council. Rachel has been qualified for 13 years. She worked in prisons for 15 years, where she gained experience in working with male, female and adolescent offenders. She gained experience within all security categories from high security through to open prison conditions. Her experience has enabled her to specialise in the assessment, management and treatment of violent offenders within the criminal justice system. She has particular expertise in working in therapeutic communities.

Rachel is trained to administer a number of risk assessments and personality assessments, including PCL-R. She has extensive experience of prison service accredited programmes including Thinking Skills Programme, Resolve, Building Better Relationships and the Self-Change Programme. She has received training in psychodrama techniques, schema therapy and using CBT with post-traumatic stress disorder along with Therapeutic Community Accredited Training. Rachel is able to undertake assessments for criminal proceedings including pre-sentence reports, post-sentence reports and risk assessments for the purposes of parole. 

Razia is an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professionals Council. Currently, she holds dual roles: as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Cora Health, specialising in Pain Management, and as a Lead Clinical Psychologist with BUPA, focusing on corporate specialties.

Razia's extensive career spans both the NHS and the private sector, where she has honed her expertise in a variety of psychological therapies, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, and trauma-informed therapies such as EMDR. She has strong international academic connections and substantial experience in research and academic publications.

Fluent in Urdu, Punjabi, and Hindi, Razia brings a unique bilingual advantage to her practice. Since 2000, she has also excelled as an independent consultant and expert witness, specialising in the assessment of trauma, mental capacity, and fitness to plead. Her expert witness reports have been related to both criminal and civil court cases.

Rebecca is a Chartered and HCPC Registered Forensic Psychologist with over twelve years of experience working across diverse academic, forensic and mental health settings. Her career began as a Research Assistant working with children and young people involved in the foster care system. This evolved to further research areas including young people experiencing severe and enduring mental health disorders. Following this, she spent seven years with the Scottish Prison Service training as a Forensic Psychologist, where she delivered specialised, offense-focused interventions addressing issues like violence, substance misuse, and intimate partner violence. She also played a key role in developing a compassion-focused program for female offenders. In addition, she supervised and trained assistant psychologists and prison officers in group work skills, report writing and delivering of offence focussed interventions. Beyond her work with the prison service, Rebecca spent six years as a panel member of the Children's Hearing System providing her with invaluable experience in working with children, young people, and their families.

Since 2024, Rebecca has been working in forensic mental health, serving as a Forensic Psychologist in an independent low-secure hospital. In this role, she provides therapeutic interventions and psychological risk assessments for individuals with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, such as Schizophrenia and Personality Disorder. She provides training, supervision and reflective practice to staff, as well as contributing to research, and holding a position on the senior management team.

Samantha is a Clinical Psychologist who is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council and Associate member of the British Psychological Society. Samantha has been qualified for twelve years and has over fifteen years’ experience of working in a range of clinical and forensic settings including community, low, medium and high secure hospitals, as well as the prison service.

Samantha has worked as an expert witness for over five years, completing between 50 and 100 reports in this time. She has given evidence at parole hearings and in criminal court. Samantha’s experience has enabled her to develop expertise in the risk assessment, formulation and management of offenders with mental health difficulties in a variety of settings. She is formally trained in the use of the HCR-20 V3 and the SVR-20 V2. Samantha is highly skilled in a range of neuropsychological assessments and has completed a large number of these as part of her work, including with patients suffering from head injury. These skills enable her to give a multi-faceted opinion on the extent to which cognitive, personality and mental health difficulties are relevant to an individual’s risk to self and others. Samantha is also a qualified therapist in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) and has completed the Cardiff University Bond Solon Criminal Expert Certificate.

Dr Sarah Kriakous is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS), Division of Clinical Psychology and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). With many years of experience, Dr Kriakous currently works in a locked psychiatric rehabilitation hospital which specialises in working with adult males with complex mental health needs, challenging behaviours and forensic histories.  Dr Kriakous has worked creating care pathways and planning processes for clients as well as undertaking psychological assessments including neuropsychological assessments and psychological formulations in order to assists in future interventions. Dr Kriakous is also knowledgeable in treatment modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness and Compassion Based Interventions and Schema Therapy. As well as being trained in multiple personality assessments such as IPDE and PCLR.

Dr Kriakous is also a keen researcher and has presented her work at various conferences as well as researching for publication. Areas of interest for Dr Kriakous lie in working with patients with complex trauma and forensic mental health presentations as well as helping clients to develop a better quality of life and achieving personal goals. Dr Kriakous also enjoys helping in the development of other staff members, so they can attain their full potential. With many years’ experience in various settings Dr Kriakous has the clinical skills and expertise required for undertaking expert witness assessments.

Seona is an experienced Health and Care Professions Council Registered Psychologist (Forensic), gaining Chartered status with the British Psychological Society (BPS) in 2011.

Seona previously worked for Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, where she was involved in delivering a pathway of services specifically for women with personality problems at HMP New Hall. Prior to this, Seona worked for HM Prison Service in high secure prisons delivering interventions and undertaking risk assessments with high risk violent and sexual offenders. Most recently as an independent practitioner, Seona has been commissioned to undertake psychological assessments of risk, capacity and need in prisoners and offer expert advice and opinion to assist with decisions relating to risk management and treatment pathways. She is regularly commissioned to undertake assessments of personality disorder and make recommendations regarding appropriate treatment pathways. Seona is able to undertake assessments for criminal proceedings including pre-sentence reports and post-sentence reports as well as assessments for civil proceedings, including parenting assessments for family proceedings. 

Srikanth is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Professor of Psychological Medicine at the International Institute of Organisational Psychological Medicine as well as having membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians.

Currently Srikanth works as a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Medical Director at Cheswold Park Hospital in Doncaster where he is responsible for inpatients at a medium and low secure hospital. He has a large amount of experience preparing medico-legal reports and has been doing so since 2003 to the highest ethical and professional industry standards in accordance with Civil and Criminal Procedure Rules. As well as this, his expertise lies in both civil and criminal fields covering a wide variety of areas including capacity assessments, independent psychiatric reports, asylum/immigration cases and fitness to practise hearings.

Areas of special interest for Srikanth include the assessment and treatment of mental disorders particularly PTSD, psychiatric sequelae of head injury, affective disorders, anxiety, OCD, alcohol and drug dependence, mentally disordered offenders, psychopharmacology, female difficulties relating to psychiatry, medical ethics as well as health care and mental health law.

Sue is a Chartered Forensic and Clinical Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council. She is a member of the BPS Divisions of Clinical Psychology (DCP) and Forensic Psychology (DFP) and a member of the BPS Faculty of Forensic Clinical Psychology.

Sue is currently employed as Deputy Service Director of Resettle (Intensive Intervention & Risk Management Service), a Joint Probation and NHS Community Offender Personality Disorder Service. Sue has worked within the field of forensic clinical psychology within the NHS for over 13 years in high, medium, low secure and community forensic settings. She has also worked with female partners of men who have sexually and/or violently offended, assessing their ability to protect children. Sue has a special interest in the field of personality disorder, having worked in three specialised personality disorder services and she is currently completing a Master's Degree in Personality Disorder: Improving Expertise, Enhancing Practice.

Sue teaches on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester and University of Liverpool on the subject of Antisocial Personality Disorder. She is also a member of the BPS Child Protection Working Party. Sue is able to undertake assessments for prison and criminal proceedings including parole reports, pre-sentence reports and post-sentence reports as well as assessments for civil proceedings, including parenting assessments for family proceedings.

Vicky is a Clinical Psychologist who is a Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professionals Council. Vicky has been qualified for 15 years and has worked in a range of mental health settings. This includes having worked for a Community Mental Health Team with adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties as well as working for a Community Forensic Teams with adults with Learning Disabilities. Vicky currently works for the NHS, being seconded to the Local Authority to Work for a Young Offenders Service.

Vicky’s experience has resulted in her taking a lead on managing and formulating risk with both young and adult offenders who live in the community. Hence, Vicky has specialised in providing evidence-based assessments and interventions to adult and young offenders who have mental health problems, a learning disability, and/or neurodiversity (ADHD and /or Autism). This includes, but is not limited to sex offending, and violent risk, as well as managing a variety of complex mental health conditions. A particular strength of Vicky’s is being able to formulate and to manage client’s risk whilst they are living in the community.

Vicky is trained in a range of risk assessments for both adult and young offenders, including the IPDE and PCL-R. Vicky is also trained to diagnose ADHD with adults and is qualified in delivering EMDR (Eye Movement Densentisation Reprocessing).
Vicky has experience of having completed assessments for criminal and family courts as well as for parole board hearings and for the court of protection. Vicky has also completed assessment for extraditions hearings as well as with victims of trafficking/modern slavery. Assessments include cognitive, capacity, neuropsychological assessments as well as assessment of mental health, risk assessments, including assessment of personality (IPDE) and psychopathy (PCL-R) and pre and post sentence reports.