Samantha
Areas of expertise:
- Risk assessment of parents, including domestic abuse, mental health, and substance misuse
- Assessment of personality disorder and psychopathy
- Violence and sexual offending risk assessment and intervention
- Adult and adolescent mental health assessment
- Trauma assessment and treatment, including PTSD
- EMDR therapy for adults and adolescents
- Substance misuse assessment and intervention
- Cognitive functioning and mental capacity assessments
- Expert witness assessments and reports for family and criminal courts
- Structured professional judgement and forensic risk assessment tools including HCR-20, SVR-20, SARA, RSVP, SAVRY, SRP, PCL-R and IPDE
Experience:
- Over 20 years’ experience in forensic psychology across prison, hospital, community and private practice settings
- Six years working within HM Prison Service with adult and young offender populations
- Fifteen years as a Chartered Psychologist within a low-secure and locked rehabilitation hospital service
- Extensive experience working with mental illness, personality disorder, complex trauma, violent offending and sexual offending
- Independent expert witness providing assessments for family and criminal courts
- Specialist Member of the Parole Board for England and Wales
- Delivery of evidence-based therapies including EMDR, CBT and DBT
- Supervision and development of assistant and trainee psychologists
- Production of legally defensible psychological and risk assessment reports across clinical and legal settings
Bio:
I am a Chartered Psychologist and Registered Forensic Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working across prisons, secure hospitals, community services and private practice. I specialise in forensic risk assessment, trauma, personality disorder, substance misuse, violent and sexual offending, and adult and adolescent mental health.
I am a qualified Dialectical Behaviour Therapist and an accredited EMDR practitioner and am also experienced in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
I now work full time in private practice delivering therapy, as an expert witness for the courts, and a specialist member of the parole board for England and Wales.
My work is underpinned by extensive experience in psychological assessment, risk management, mental capacity evaluation, and preparing clear, robust, and legally defensible reports. I am committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate, evidence-based psychological services tailored to the needs of individuals, families and legal professionals alike.
