Expert Witness Directory

Areas of expertise:

• Trauma and PTSD.
• Attachment difficulties and emotional neglect.
• Complex case consultation and formulation.
• Children, young people, and families: adoption, foster care, CAMHS, inpatient, forensics.

Experience:

• Full psychological
• Neurodevelopmental
• Attachment and parenting
• Trauma and dissociation
• Disorder and therapy-specific
• Motivation and readiness to change
• Functional and challenging behaviour
• and forensic, risk, harmful sexual behaviour, and violence assessments.

Personal bio:

Hello, I am Alexandria! I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist from the University of Southampton in 2023 and now work full time with children and adolescents in the NHS. I have clinical experience across the lifespan with a range of presentations and in different settings such as community mental health teams, inpatient units, and third sector organisations. My passion is in attachment and trauma-informed practice, and I attempt to embed these values in every interaction to help people feel a sense of safety and being held in mind. The therapeutic relationship is key in whatever I’m doing, and I place importance in helping those I work with to feel validated and empowered by building compassionate and meaningful therapeutic relationships. As well as my core profession, I have specialist training in trauma therapies, autism assessments, and clinical supervision, and enjoy offering consultation on formulating complex cases.

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Areas of expertise:

• Psychological assessment of children, adolescents, adults and older adults
• Psychological assessment of parents and families
• Cognitive assessments of children, adolescents, adults and older adults
• Assessment and long-term intensive treatment of clients with a personality disorder
• Trauma
• Self-harm and Suicide

Experience:

Ana has been working as an expert witness for over 10 years, and has prepared court ready reports for the Family, Civil and Criminal Courts, and the Mental Health System.

These reports have covered the following areas:

• Placement assessments for local authorities and courts
• Assessment of client’s motivation to change/risk of re-offending/forensic risk
• Assessment on trauma, abuse/neglect, attachment problems and impact on mental health
• Assessment of family dynamics and parenting assessment (e.g. parents’ ability to protect their children)
• Assessment of children and adolescents (asylum seekers or with refugee status) on psychological impact of deportation/impact on their mental health
• Personality Assessments
• Medical Negligence
• Assessment of client’s cognitive function and personality problems (individuals with cognitive difficulties and history of mental health)
• Assessment of mental health capacity
• Assessment of cognitive function/learning disabilities in mental health cases.

Personal bio:

I have been working as a Clinical Psychology for almost 25 years. I can offer knowledge, acquired in different settings and age groups such as adults, older adults, children and adolescents’ mental health, paediatrics and learning disabilities. I had experience in the NHS and in private settings such as clinics, private organisations and finally built my own clinical practice. I have worked within medical teams, social services, private organizations providing mental health support and legal teams. I have also an extended knowledge and experience of implementing different therapies (psychodynamic humanistic, artistic and cognitive-behavioural therapies) to provide the best integrated care to my client.

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Areas of expertise:

• Assessment and treatment of adults who present with psychological problems or mental health conditions and those who may pose risk to self and/or others:
• Assessment of risk in suicidal/para-suicidal presentations.
• Specialist forensic assessments: risk of violence, domestic violence, arson, stalking, sexual violence, honour-based violence, psychopathy, malingering.
• Psychological formulation of criminal behaviour and specialist treatment of offending behaviour.
• Psychological assessment and treatment of personality disorders.
• Psychological assessment and treatment of psychological/mental health difficulties (anxiety and phobic disorders, depression, trauma and PTSD, dissociative disorders and problems arising from developmental trauma, psychosis-spectrum conditions, ADHD, substance use disorders and co-morbidities).
• Assessment of cognitive and executive functioning in intellectual disabilities and ADHD, in psychosis spectrum-disorders, dementia or cognitive impairment linked to substance use.
• Assessment and therapeutic support for adult victims of violence and sexual violence, domestic abuse, sexual exploitation and trafficking.
• Family safety assessments – assessment of risk/vulnerability in the family context, parental functioning, risk to children and protective capacity.
• Psychological provision of evidence-based individual and group therapies for adults: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

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Areas of expertise:

• Assessment of attachment and the impact of trauma and neglect.
• Assessment of parenting ability with respect to childhood and personal history, learning disabilities and personality disorder, mental health, substance misuse, anger management and sexual boundaries/abuse.
• Assessment of family dynamics and relationship issues including domestic violence.
• Assessment of harm suffered by children or risk of future harm with respect to neglect and/or abuse.
• Assessment of separation and loss and sibling relationships.
• Assessment of the therapeutic and support needs of parents and/or children.
• Assessment of placement needs following a Care Order, including whether siblings should be placed together or separately and the nature and extent of contact with the birth family.

Experience:

Since 2010 has provided regular assessments of children and parents and given formal evidence in both Private and Public Child Court Proceedings.

Personal bio:

As I regularly work with trauma, I recognise the importance of self care.  I am a keen hiker and particularly enjoy coastal walks and hiking in mountain ranges.  In the last 5 years I have completed many challenging hikes for a range of charities.  I regularly practice yoga to de-stress and I love to travel.

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Areas of expertise:

• ASD Clinical Reliability Assessor
• ADHD-CCSP & ADHD Clinical Reliability Assessor
• Educational Psychology
• SENCO
• Analytic Psychology
• Psychoanalyst
• Integrative Therapist
• Academic
• EMDR

Experience:

• Offering families and young people with ASD and ADHD clinical assessments and reports for court evidence, in relation to educational failure or discrimination based on neurodiversity.
• Written Impact Assessment Reports
• Written statements confirming patients are attending private practice for therapy
• Written fit notes for individuals returning to work after psychological ill-health.

Personal bio:

With a compassionate and professional approach, I conduct clinical assessments for individuals (CYP & adults) in need of ADHD and ASD assessments. Being trilingual in English, French, and Comorian (broken Swahili) allows me to connect with a diverse range of clients, making them feel comfortable and understood. My extensive experience as a Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, and Psychotherapist allows me to provide science-evidence-based therapy sessions

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Areas of expertise:

• Child development, and factors affecting development
• Developmental delay and learning disabilities
• Behaviour that challenges
• Autism
• ADHD
• Attachment
• Safeguarding and Looked After Children
• Mental health

Experience:

• Supporting families, children, and young people with a broad range of complex physical and mental health needs, from a variety of backgrounds
• Assessment of child development, and neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism and ADHD.
• Proficient in utilising assessment tools such as SRS2 questionnaires, the Val Cumine School observation profile, AQ-10, Coventry Grid, ASQ-3 and Schedule of Growing Skills ll.
• Providing diagnostic assessments and feedback in a sensitive manner in line with the DSM-5 criteria, with personalised recommendations.
• Providing reports and expert opinion in family court and child protection cases.

Personal bio:

Throughout my career I have supported families, children, and young people with a broad range of complex physical and mental health needs, from a variety of backgrounds. I have experience of family court and child protection, providing reports and expert opinion when appropriate.

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We are recruiting in the following fields. Contact us to apply:

• Clinical Psychologist Expert Witness
• Psychiatrist Expert Witness
• Counsellors
• Forensic Expert Witness
• Autism and ADHD Diagnosticians
• Speech and Language Expert Witness
• Occupational Therapy
• Mental Health
• Cognitive
• Domestic Violence Expert Witness
• Global Family and Attachment Assessors
• Expert Witness for Family Court
• Criminology Expert Witness
• Medical Expert Witness
• Nurse Expert Witness
• Educational Psychologist Expert Witness
• Healthcare Expert Witness
• Autism Expert Witness
• Psychology Expert Witness
• Neuropsychologist Expert Witness
• Drug Expert Witness
• Expert Witnesses for Family Court
• Court Appointed Expert Witness

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