Independent social work family assessments, residential & community based • Child protection, including physical, emotional & sexual abuse • Comprehensive risk assessments • Parents with learning difficulties • Parents with mental health problems • Parents with drug or alcohol problems or other addictions • Young parents • Children with special needs • Family mediation • Multi-cultural expertise • Advising on the appropriate use of family assessments • Professional consultancy • Family reunification • Permanency ...

Care proceedings • Professional negligence • Adoption • Social work assessment & care management • Management & delivery of social care services • Community care of adults • Family assessment

30 years' post-qualification experience in child & family assessments • Child protection, including physical, emotional & sexual abuse • Parenting assessments of people with learning difficulties, mental health difficulties & substance misuse problems • Family mediation • Assessment in contact & residence disputes

Undertaking assessments of families & children from Asian & other ethnic backgrounds • Direct work with children • Psychotherapy & counselling in 2005: assessments of children by use of stories stem narratives • Assessments undertaken in the family's first language, especially of Punjabi, Muslim & Gujarati families • Expert in rehabilitation & adoption assessment • Able to understand the cultures, & fluent in English, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Minpuri & Swahili (partial) • Understanding of Bengali ...

I am a paediatrician with expertise in the following areas: • Child abuse in all its forms • Childhood disability • Developmental disorders in childhood • ADHD • Autism • Adoption • Fostering • I have worked in paediatrics for more than 24 years. I have experience in managing all forms of child abuse - physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse & neglect. I have written many reports for the courts, & I have been an expert witness many times. I also have a special interest in child abuse, childhood disability ...

Child psychiatry • Adolescent psychiatry • Family psychiatry • Contact & access disputes • Child residence issues • Adoption disputes • Child abuse • Compensation following abuse, including sexual abuse • Personal injury, psychological impact on children & adolescents • Immigration proceedings, psychological impact on children & adolescents • Care proceedings • Child care proceedings • "Looked after" children • Open adoption • Contact after adoption • Post-adoption contact

Child sexual abuse • Child treatability, in sexual abuse • Child neglect & abuse • Parenting capacity • Family assessment • Psychiatric assessment in adoption • Psychiatric assessment in custody disputes • Psychological effects of injury • Child mental health • Family therapy • Adolescent mental health • Assessment of significant harm • Adolescent sex offending • Dr Bentovim is Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London

I have specialised in the treatment of disturbed adolescents for 29 years • Medical Director of the Regional Adolescent Unit of the North East Thames region from 1975 to 1992 • At St Charles' Youth Treatment Centre for over 18 months as a consultant • Competent to accept instruction on: • Juvenile delinquency • Family disputes & care orders • Marital disputes & custody of children • Parents versus social services • Founder member of the 'Group of Senior Forensic Psychiatrists' at the Portman Clinic • ...

Psychiatric reports for persons detained in secure conditions • Gender-specific (especially female) psychiatric issues • Reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals • Mental Health Act 1983 assessments • Psychiatric reports in criminal & civil cases • Assessment of: fire-setting behaviour, homicide cases, insanity, fitness to plead, sexual offending, violent offending • Assessment for: claims for sexual abuse, child custody cases, testamentary capacity

Mental illness • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Child care • Testamentary capacity • Court of Protection • Forensic psychiatry • Mental Health Act • Psychotherapy • Road traffic accidents • Mental Health Review Tribunals

Matters involving children or adolescents & families, including parental issues • Also, matters involving families & local authorities

I work alongside Dr Ray Roth PhD MSc BA(Hons)Psychol SROT, Clinical Specialist Practitioner, and Maria Farrar RN(LD) BSc(Hons) DipCCEd FTh(Int), Specialist Mental Health Practitioner, as a multidisciplinary team in the medico-legal arena. We write independent expert psychiatric reports on children & give evidence in court as appropriate. Fields of expertise cover both criminal & civil cases, the latter mostly around Children Act legislation & complex child care, placement & abuse issues, with ...

Children & adolescents: • Mental health • Psychological trauma • Sexual abuse • Victims & perpetrators • Refugees • Parenting • Child care • Access & custody • Fitness to plead • Mental health tribunals • Asylum applications • I only undertake work with children & adolescents

Family law • Well-known expert dealing with difficult family cases: private law (contact & residence) & public law (care & carers) • Author of Child Abuse, Psychology & the Law (1997) • Author of Psychotherapists as Expert Witnesses; families at breaking point (2005) • Author of articles in Family Law (September 2001, November 2002, May 2006, May 2010) ...

Personal injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Attachment & care proceedings • Access & custody issues • Parenting & family assessment • Assessment of juvenile offenders • Criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead • Risk assessments • Mental disorder: psychiatric assessment of children & adolescents up to the age of 20 • Medical negligence: children & adolescents up to the age of 20

Disorganised children • Children & adolescents with neuro-developmental processing problems • Children & adolescents who are not fulfilling their potential • Child & adolescent mental health • Family problems & family mediation • Child development • Children & adolescents with educational problems • Care proceedings • Medico-legal report writing • Mediation with schools • Medico-legal mediation

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital since 1992, with teaching, research & administrative responsibilities • Experienced in preparing reports for court as a single joint expert • Instructed by CAFCASS/guardian in child care cases • Complex reports including contact & the effects of abuse • Has acted in cases of medical negligence & is experienced in issues relating to PI claims, e.g. diagnosis & treatment of PTSD

Medico-legal assessments of children & young people & their families in public law (care proceedings - Single Joint Expert) & private law (contact & residence) • Advice to Social Services & courts on placement, residential & fostering • Advice on therapeutic input for successful placement • Youth offending: assessment for ADHD, autism, dangerousness, fitness to plead • Risk assessment, presence of mental disorder & pre-sentencing assessments • Personal injury in children & adolescents

Children & families (local authority child protection & private law) • Mental capacity & competence • Personal injury victims • Criminal justice (including fitness to plead, interview & appear) • Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority • Mental Health Act (including guardianship) • Employment & occupational health (incapacity, Disability Discrimination Act, stress) • Immigration & asylum • Housing (vulnerability) ...

Personal injury • Medical negligence • Family courts proceedings • Criminal & forensic reports • PTSD • Occupational health • Adult ADHD • Drugs & alcohol • Sexual abuse • Personality disorders • Mood disorders & psychoses • I have admitting privileges at the Priory Hospital, Preston • I am the Lead Consultant for the Priory Day Care Services

Personal injury • Psychiatric consequences of road traffic accidents • Psychiatric consequences of work-related accidents • Work-related stress • Psychiatric aspects of stress • Psychiatric aspects of assault • Depression • Bipolar disorder • Anxiety • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Schizophrenia • Adult psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry • Perinatal psychiatry • Psychiatric disorders of pregnancy • Postnatal psychiatric disorders • Postnatal depression • Safeguarding children • Psychiatric aspects of childcare proceedings ...

Child & adult assessment • Head injury • Neuropsychological evaluation • Accident claims • Children Act 1989 work • Adopting & fostering • Learning difficulties & dyslexia • Child mental health • Adolescent mental health • 1981 & 1993 Education Act work • Post-traumatic stress disorder ...

Child & adult assessment • Head injury • Neuropsychological evaluation • Accident claims • Children Act 1989 work • Adopting & fostering • Learning difficulties & dyslexia • Child mental health • Adolescent mental health • 1981 & 1993 Education Act work • Post-traumatic stress disorder ...

As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, I lead a team of psychologists & psychotherapists who provide specialist assessment & expert witness work within their own area of expertise. We provide assessment & therapeutic intervention with a wide variety of cases nationwide. ...

Contact • Residence • Children's panel • Education • Criminal (adolescence & adults) • Reparation • Learning difficulties, including adults • Child abuse • Fostering & adoption • Child & adolescent psychology • Immigration appeals ...

Children: • Psychological issues of attachment • Child protection • Abuse, i.e. emotional, physical, sexual • Behavioural difficulties • Contact • Residence • Fostering & adoption • Cognitive & educational assessments • Therapeutic: • Counselling & therapy with children, particularly adolescent girls • Adults: • Cognitive assessments • Social services: • Child protection issues • Consultancy

Psychological assessment, diagnosis of adults • Mental health status • Psychological trauma, PTSD • Occupational stress • Stress • Parenting capacity • Forensic issues, contributory, mitigating psychological factors • General psychological functioning, profile • Psychological therapies • Also at Cardiff Psychology Consultancy Services

Risk assessment (abuse, sexual abuse) in child care cases • Parenting assessment • Assessment of children & adults for Family Court • All psychological assessment includes extensive psychometric testing • Assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder in civil & criminal cases • Jointly instructed in 80% of cases • Experience giving oral evidence in civil, criminal & family courts • Thorough reports, assessing malingering & quick turn-around are specialities

Psychological assessments of children & families in care proceedings • Private law • Criminal law • Sexual, physical or emotional abuse in children • Trauma in children • Adoption disputes • Custody disputes • Attachment issues in children

Family assessments • Child care • Quality of parenting • Attachments within families • General family matters • Psychometric cognitive assessments • Assessments of learning difficulties • Child, adult & family

Criminal & family assessments • Young, adolescent & adult criminal assessments • Offender assessment of risk & dangerousness • Offenders with learning disabilities • Experience of young offenders & young adults with learning disabilities • Able to engage juries when giving evidence • Parenting assessments • Parenting: contact, access, change & risk • Parenting & risk • Parenting assessment & learning disabilities

Child & adult assessments (educational, paediatric neuro-psychology & occupational/work issues) • Assessments undertaken for care proceedings, cognitive & intellectual ability, social adaptive functioning, family functioning • Parenting assessments • Family & child issues • Learning difficulties - children & adults (school & workplace) • Stress & anxiety • Disability discrimination & reasonable adjustments • Assessments & rehabilitation of children following neurological trauma • Full member of the Expert ...

• Independent practice of 90 registered psychologists • A nationwide practice with over 90 clinical, counselling and forensic psychologists working in the contexts of civil, criminal and child and family law. Founded in 2000 by Dr Sue Candy, the practice places psychologists with extensive experience in a vast array of specialisms, including: ...

Assessment of children & adults for child care proceedings, contact disputes & child protection issues • Cognitive assessments • Learning disabilities & mental capacity • Personality disorders & mental health • Parenting ability affected by alcohol & drug abuse, domestic violence, abuse of children: emotional, sexual & /or physical • Advising on therapeutic & remedial programmes • Special interest in: • Gypsy & travelling families ...

Education issues, advice & consultation from infant to higher education • Child development from birth • Special needs & additional support needs (SEN & ASN) in education & care • Family mediation, custody, suitability of existing & proposed care & education arrangements • Claims alleging faulty education, negligence in education & /or care • Social work issues • Staff training, development & supervision • Injuries (e.g. RTA) affecting infants', children's & adult's care & /or education • Assessing the ...

Assessment of children & adults for child care proceedings, contact disputes & child protection issues • Cognitive assessments • Learning disabilities & mental capacity • Personality disorders & mental health • Parenting ability affected by alcohol & drug abuse, domestic violence, abuse of children: emotional, sexual & /or physical • Advising on therapeutic & remedial programmes • Special interest in: • Gypsy & travelling families ...

I am a practising Chartered Clinical Psychologist offering assessment and therapeutic intervention primarily to children and adolescents, but also to selected adults. I have expert witness experience specifically in relation to children and adolescents. Prior cases have concerned child development, custody, contact, abuse (including sexual abuse), trauma (including RTA) and adoption. Cases involving adults relating to specific issues of trauma or sexual violence may also be considered.

Assessment of the cognitive capacity of a parent to look after her/his children • Assessment of parents' personality & mental health • Assessment of children's cognitive, emotional, behavioural development • Assessment of parent-child attachment & relationship • Risk assessments pertaining to parental/child or relationship issues • Assessment of the impact of a mother's mental health ability to provide care • Assessment of a child's parental relationships following a divorce • Assessment of a child's mental ...

Dr King specialises both in assessments of adults & children in the context of family proceedings & private law disputes, along with forensic issues (risk assessment, parole board reports, pre-sentencing reports, psychopathy assessments, veracity of evidence, fitness to plead & culpability). She also undertakes personal injury work. Recent instructions have encompassed: ...

PTSD, including RTAs • Stress • Depression • Phobias • Paranoia • Family work • Juvenile delinquency • Risk assessments • Generalised anxiety • Anger management • Violence • Sex offending • Criminal behaviour • Personality disorder • Emotional problems • Substance use

Mental health & family • Parenting & the child • Child protection & psychology of the family • Psychological treatment for accident victims • PTSD & treatment • Stress, anxiety, depression - causes & treatment

Risk assessments of perpetrators of sexual abuse or rape with learning disabilities • Investigative assessments of children & adults with learning disabilities where sexual abuse is suspected but not known • Parenting assessments of parents with learning disabilities who are in proceedings or in danger of having their children removed • Family assessments where parents & /or children have learning disabilities • Prognosis reports for children & adults who have experienced sexual or domestic abuse • ...

Family proceedings: assessment of adults & children, including domestic violence, substance abuse, non-accidental injury, cognitive functioning & capacity, personality, mental health issues, propensity for violence • I also write reports for criminal court & civil court & have completed the Bond Solon Cardiff University Law School Training for these, in addition to family court • I assess complex cases, PTSD & related disorders • I can offer opinion on therapeutic input & prognosis

I have extensive experience of assisting in family law and criminal cases, providing expert reports and witness testimony in relation to children, adolescents & adults. I undertake over 160 assessments each year for adults with specific learning difficulties and am frequently asked to assess adults by professional bodies or employers to determine potential underlying difficulties that may impact upon their ability to carry out their work effectively. This includes providing advice on reasonable ...

Clinical psychology as it applies to the following areas: • Child development & parenting • Family dynamics • Child & adolescent mental health • Adult mental health • Criminality & offending • Trauma • As such, I am able to accept instructions for family law cases, criminal cases & personal injury

Childcare proceedings: • Cognitive function & vulnerability assessments • Attachment assessments • Contact dispute issues • Child development assessments • Neuropsychological assessments • Psychological state assessments • Criminal proceedings: • Fitness to plead • Witness reliability • Psychological state assessments • Cognitive function & vulnerability assessments • Neuropsychological assessments • Pre-sentencing reports • Civil/personal injury: • Road traffic accidents • Impact of trauma

Personal injury • Post-traumatic stress • Adjustment disorders • Medical negligence • Family cases • Fitness for work • Body image

Clinical psychology as it applies to the following areas: • Child development & parenting • Family dynamics & attachment issues • Trauma & dissociation • Adolescent self-harm • Criminality & offending • As such, I am able to accept instructions for family law work, criminal, personal injury & private law cases

Clinical psychology as it applies to the following areas: • Child development • Family dynamics & attachment issues • Trauma & dissociation • Adolescent & child mental health • Cognitive behavioural therapy • Family attachment narrative therapy • Criminality & offending • As such, I am able to accept instructions for family law work, criminal, personal injury & private law areas