Services
Legal Work
Assessment of Children and Young People
Assessments and reports are offered in private and public family law cases. Instructions are usually accepted for those cases in which assessment of one or more children in a sibling group is required because of concerns regarding the child’s/children’s development, emotional and psychological well-being, impact of trauma, attachment, and the quality of sibling or of other family relationships.
Family assessments
In addition to the assessment of children in public and private family law, I also offer assessment of parents/caregiving adults, when a family assessment is required. Instructions in this regard usually relate to the attributes of the carers in terms of their own personality and functioning, and the impact this has on their parenting, attachment relationships, family relationships and dynamics, potential for effective intervention and facilitating positive changes to parenting.
Assessment and intervention services
Assessment, as well as formulation and treatment proposals are also provided to families who are worried about their child or young person. In addition, this website provides links to other useful organisations with expertise in child mental health issues, adoption and parenting, as well as other resources and information for young people, parents and carers about a range of psychological issues affecting families, children and young people.
Consultation and supervision
This can be offered on a case by case or regular basis. Requests are accepted in areas relating to child and adolescent mental health; communicating effectively with children; working with family and other systems; attachment issues; parenting and trauma. I also offer peer support, supervision and mentoring services to other child clinical psychologists.
Mentoring and teaching
Mentoring can be provided for qualified clinical psychologists with an interest in working inside the family court arena. Within this demanding area, professionals can build their knowledge-base and experience working as an expert witness in family court.
Teaching is also provided for professionals who are looking to strengthen their expertise within certain clinical interests such as domestic abuse, attachment, child exploitation, communicating with children and assessing families for court. Additional to this, I also work with business leaders, teaching how attachment can effect relationships and performance within the workplace.
The IRO said Vicki’s report is one of the best reports she had ever read. It will be invaluable when it comes to family finding for X, and is probably the most important document for her future planning. The guardian totally endorses this feedback and feels it is an absolutely excellent report and an exceptional piece of work. The court expressed its gratitude to Vicki for her report which was extremely thorough and of great assistance.
- Lead Solicitor
