Child and Family

For many years now, Psychology Associates has had a relationship with the legal profession by way of offering expert witness services in child and family, criminal and civil Court proceedings. Child and family expertise, both within the public and private law arena are well established and the practice has a large number of psychologists working for them and with them who can produce expert witness reports on psychological issues in this field. Psychologists profiles can be viewed here and psychologist’s CVs can be viewed within the secure Legal Profession link. To obtain access to this area please contact us for a login and password.

Child and family expert witness reports can include assessments in the following areas:

• Assessment of parenting capacity
• Attachment assessments
• Contact dispute issues
• Child development assessments
• Assessments around the impact of trauma
• Neuropsychological assessments, cognitive function and vulnerability
• Psychological state assessments
• Capacity assessments
• Assessment of readiness for and prognosis of therapy
• Risk assessment
• Domestic violence
• Sexual offending
• Drugs/alcohol

The Clinical Administration Team will assist you with your initial enquiry and be a central contact point through which all case work can be managed. They will be the conduit for establishing availability for all Clinical Psychologists working with the practice. If your enquiry is complex, then the Clinical Administrator will ask one of the Psychologists to contact you and talk with you more to assist in the formulation of your request from a psychological perspective.

All the Associates are trained in the work processes around care proceedings and private family law, including report writing and court attendance. All the Associates who produce expert witness reports are registered with the Heath Professionals Council (HPC) and are recognised within their field of psychological expertise.

We would be happy to discuss your assessment needs around child and family cases, in the first instance offering advice and consultation.