Hi, Dr LS here. I am a registered and chartered Psychologist (HCPC Reg No PYL34670), having obtained a Doctorate from The University of Wolverhampton. I have worked in the field of mental health and psychology for over nine years, across various clinical areas, and I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Sociology and Psychology, and a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology, thereby meeting the requirements for Chartership of the British Psychological Society.
I currently am self-employed and work with various NHS and private organisations where I am responsible for assessing, intervening and Case Managing children and families with significant emotional, behavioural and psychiatric difficulties and assessing risk.
Part of the service that I offer is specialising in Expert Witness assessments and psychotherapy. I am currently accepting instructions at a rate of over 100 reports per year. I work closely with solicitors and I am also signed up with organisations who manage medico-legal assessments. I conduct Expert Witness Medico Legal Reports in immigration, legal work, personal injury, family disputes, child care proceedings, contact orders and always happy to broaden these expertise.
Expert Witness Work
I have been involved in numerous and varied psychological assessments, incorporating comprehensive psychometric testing and clinical interviewing. These have included:
- Assessment of psychological harm, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, in low value and high value personal injury cases.
- Parenting assessments in criminal and civil proceedings, in which the risk posed to children, by their carers, is assessed.
- In-depth, pre-sentencing assessments for criminal cases, when a better understanding of a defendant’s psychological functioning is required by a Judge in order to determine an appropriate sentence.
- Assessment of a defendant’s capacity to stand trial (fitness to plead) in criminal cases.
- Assessment of aspects of a defendant’s psychological functioning that are pertinent to their case, for example, their memory and intellectual functioning or their susceptibility.
- I provide integrative psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, children and families, informed by evidence based psychological interventions including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and Attachment informed psychotherapy.
- I have a small panel of therapists, psychologists and clinical nurse specialist working across the West Midlands and London who are able to offer flexible appointments at short notice.
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