Becky
Areas of expertise:
- Specialises in forensic psychological assessment and intervention with individuals presenting complex risk, personality difficulties, and offending behaviours.
- Experienced in Structured Professional Judgement risk assessments, including HCR‑20v3, RSVPv2, and SAPROF.
- Skilled in psychometric testing and autism diagnostic assessments (ADOS, ADI‑R).
- Psychological assessment of risk/vulnerability in the family context, parental functioning, risk to children and protective capacity.
- Competent in trauma‑informed formulation and case conceptualisation.
- Delivers evidence‑based therapeutic approaches including DBT‑informed interventions, Schema Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Compassion‑Focused Therapy.
- Extensive experience within Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway, low‑secure inpatient forensic services, and probation‑based community forensic teams.
- Experienced in specialist court‑embedded liaison and diversion services.
- Designs and delivers psychologically informed staff training across forensic settings.
- Skilled in-service development, reflective practice facilitation, and supporting MDT learning.
- Conducts applied research focusing on aggression, social climate, and relational security within secure environments.
Experience:
- Since 2018, has contributed to over 100 independent psychological and risk assessments for family court.
- Assessment areas include intimate partner violence, sexual risk, protective capacity, mental illness, substance misuse, and child safeguarding concerns.
- Conducts forensic interviews as part of comprehensive assessment processes.
- Administers a range of psychometric measures relevant to risk, personality, and functioning.
- Produces high‑quality, court‑ready psychological reports for use in family court proceedings.
- Clinical experience across forensic inpatient units, community OPD pathways, probation services, court‑based mental health diversion, and family court psychological assessment.
- Provides consultation, case formulation, and training to Approved Premises and probation teams at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
- Delivered risk assessments, group interventions, tribunal/CPA evidence, and autism assessments for a men’s low secure ward, alongside MDT leadership and service‑wide training.
- Conducted acute mental health assessments of defendants in magistrates’ and crown courts within Liaison and Diversion services, facilitating crisis diversion to hospital care.
- Delivered brief interventions to persistent and violent offenders and contributed to pan‑London forensic mental health pathway design within Integrated Offender Management services.
- Early experience includes several years in mental health support roles across SLaM, residential services, and agency‑based care settings.
Bio:
I am a HCPC‑registered Forensic Psychologist. I specialise in forensic psychological assessment and intervention with people presenting complex risk and personality difficulties. I use Structured Professional Judgement tools (HCR‑20v3, RSVPv2, SAPROF), psychometric testing, and autism diagnostics (ADOS, ADI‑R) to inform trauma‑informed formulations and care plans. Clinically, I have worked across the OPD pathway, low‑secure inpatient services, probation‑based community teams, and court‑embedded liaison and diversion services. I design and deliver psychologically informed training for multidisciplinary staff and support reflective practice and service development. Since 2018, I have contributed to over 100 independent psychological and risk assessments for family court, conducting forensic interviews, administering psychometrics, and producing court‑ready reports. My research interests include examining predictors of aggression in secure units, linking ward social climate and individual risk to improvements in relational security.
