Dr Amanda B BSc. (Hons), MSc. (Distinction) CPsychol, D.Clin.Psy

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1 Dr Amanda B BSc. (Hons), MSc. (Distinction) CPsychol, D.Clin.Psy HCPC Registration No. PYL26754 DBS Registration No PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERTISE Professional Qualification(s) DClinPsyc Doctor of Clinical Psychology MSc Criminological Psychology With Distinction BSc Psychology Areas of Expertise Forensic Risk Assessments in Criminal and Psychiatric cases; HCR-20s for risk of violence (including the FAM, female specific risk assessment) Formulation of offence cycles; understanding contributing factors to offending behaviour Impact and influence of substance misuse and mental health and relapse Assessment of motivation and treatability Assessment of fitness to plead and ability to understand the process Clinical Assessment of: o Abuse and neglect physical, emotional and sexual o PTSD o Depression and Anxiety o Psychosis, paranoia and unusual ideas o Self-harm and suicidal ideation o Sexual deviance o Violence (including assessment of anger and emotional control) o Women s mental health (including post-natal depression, puerperal Psychosis, and female sexual offending) o Personality Disorder o Complex trauma and abuse (including torture and Asylum issues) Integrative formulation of relationship between mental health problems, offending and impact on capacity to change. I undertake assessments in a variety of areas and write reports relating to those involved in the Criminal Justice Pathway and those in low secure psychiatric conditions. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE I currently work for an NHS project providing psychological consultancy to Probation on working with Offenders with Personality Disorder. referrals@carterbrownexperts.co.uk

2 Previously I worked for St Andrew s Healthcare. My focus was predominantly on female patients with a primary diagnosis of Personality Disorder. Many patients have additional psychiatric history, substance addictions, and prior offending behaviour. Prior to this I worked for the NHS on a low secure psychiatric ward. Patients all had enduring mental health needs and / or Personality Disorder complicated by offending behaviour, substance misuse or risky behaviour (towards self or others). I work in assessment and treatment. I provide short and long-term therapies targeting patient s individual needs. I have experience working for the Prison Service, both in research at the Offending Behaviour Programme Unit and in clinical services managing and delivering the CALM (Controlling Anger and Learning to Manage It) programme in the Kent Surrey and Sussex area. During my training (MSc & PhD) my research was focused on adults (male and female) who sexually offend against children. The research explored both assessment and treatment. For full details of work history please refer to the attached Appendix. REPORTS I write bespoke assessment reports answering a variety of diagnostic and treatment questions for a number of sources. I undertake Serious Incident Investigations and Complaint Investigations within the work place. I have experience in contributing to care plan review reports, risk assessments and general assessments, and in writing and editing offending behaviour treatment reports. QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING & RESEARCH Qualifications Doctor of Clinical Psychology University of Birmingham 2011 MSc Criminological Psychology With Distinction University of Birmingham 2004 BSc Psychology University of Warwick 1999 Training Schema Therapy full 7 didactic training PCL-R (psychopathy assessment) RAID (Reinforce Appropriate Implode Destructive) behavioural management training 2015 Advanced CBT training in Addiction (UEA University of East Anglia) 2015 MBT (Mentalisation Based Therapy) 3 day training 2014 DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) 3 day training 2013 Advanced CBT training in Personality Disorder (UEA University of East Anglia) 2013 Research

3 My doctoral thesis addressed the suitability of Compassionate Mind Training suitability for adult females who sexually offend against children My masters dissertation focused on methods of assessment of sexual offenders who offend against children MEMBERSHIPS Professional Memberships Registered Clinical Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION I hold personal professional liability & indemnity insurance I hold a full clean driving licence I am available to travel

4 CHRONOLOGICAL WORK HISTORY Appendix Clinical Psychologist 3 days per week (April 2016 on-going) Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Trust Project lead and Psychological Consultancy to Norfolk and Suffolk probation service staff working with clients with personality disorder. Clinical Psychologist 1 day per week (April 2016 on-going) HMP Wayland, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Trust Assessment service for prisoners suspected to have a personality disorder. Clinical Psychologist part-time (January 2016 April 2016) NHS consultancy to Essex Probation Service Consultancy and training to the probation service staff working with clients with personality disorder. Independent Clinical Psychologist part time (Nov 2015 current) I work part time as an independently psychologist. I am registered with The Roehampton Psychiatric Group and Carter Brown Associates to undertake assessments instructed by solicitors for the purpose of the Courts answering a variety of diagnostic and treatment questions. Clinical Psychologist (April 2015 December 2015) St Andrew s Health, Essex Provision of psychological care over 2 female wards; Low secure Complex Needs and Low Secure Rehabilitation. Overseeing psychological treatment, supervising psychological assistants, CBT therapist and other disciplines involved in psychological therapies. Project lead on scoping and implementing DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) on the wards. Project lead on the alignment of treatment and rehabilitation wards into a new pathway model. Coordinating and contributing to Complex Needs Training. Attending care plan reviews, multi-disciplinary team meetings as required. Participating in the Therapeutic Milieu through Community Meetings and promotion of a therapeutic ethos. Contributing to hospital wide psychology services as required (e.g. complaint investigations, enhanced support reviews). Clinical Psychologist (May 2011 March 2015) - George Mackenzie House, Fulbourn Hospital Cambridge (NHS) Assessment and eclectic therapy in a low secure inpatient setting to forensic and non-forensic patients. Additional services provided on a rehabilitation ward and in the community.

5 Working with varied presentations; depression, anxiety, drug and alcohol addiction, personality disorder, schizophrenia, bi-polar etc. Working with offence cycles and relapse prevention. Using a range of psychological assessment tools; MCMI, WAIS IV, WASI, BADS, Weschler memory scale; structured risk assessments HCR-20, SARN, VRS Using a range of therapy approaches; CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), DBT (Dialectic Behaviour Therapy), MBT (Mentalisation Based Therapy), Mindfulness, Solution Focused, Supportive Counselling, Motivational Interviewing, and longterm therapy. Offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. Serious Incident Investigations Project coordination for external research Clinical Psychologist in Training (employed by the National Health Service) ( ) - The University of Birmingham Academic Work: Thesis includes an empirical piece of research, a literature review, and 5 smaller pieces of work including a service evaluation project, a case study, a single-case Placement 1: Solihull Approach Child and Adolescent Community Mental Health Team, Solihull, Birmingham - Working therapeutically with children and their parents with a wide range of difficulties including; anxiety, depression, attachment disorders, adapting to foster care, behavioural problems, school refusal. Placement 2: Community Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities, Knowle, Birmingham - Working with children and adults with Learning Disabilities to improve their quality of life. Working with a range of difficulties including; anxiety, depression, challenging behaviour, adapting to autism and Asperger s, and working with staff groups to improve care Placement 3: Adult Mental Health; George Mackenzie House Low Secure Ward, Fulbourn Hospital Cambridge - Working with adults with enduring mental health needs including; Schizophrenia, Bi-polar, Psychotic Depression, Anxiety, Asperger s and Personality Disorders. Placement 4: Older Adult Community Mental Health Team, Cambridge Working with older adults to assess and treat conditions such as dementia, neurological disease, depression, anxiety, and manage mental health conditions. Placement 5: Specialist Forensic Placement, George Mackenzie House Low Secure Ward, Fulbourn Hospital Cambridge Working with adults transferred via the criminal justice service. Working with offence cycles and mental health conditions (often co-morbidity) Smoking Cessation Advisor (Senior Manager) (Dec ) - The Homerton Hospital, Hackney, London & St Mary and Westfield College, London - Qualification: Level III trained advisor. Providing Stop Smoking advice to patients and staff on an individual and group basis. Promoting the smoking cessation service within the hospital. Contributing to research into Stopping Smoking Assistant Clinical Psychologist (2004) - The Lucy Faithful Foundation Charity for Treatment of Sexual Offenders

6 Assisting the Clinical Psychologist as appropriate. Providing interventions face-toface or via anonymous telephone contact. Analysing data collected by the organisation and writing this up for publication Treatment Manager ( ) - HM Prison Service Management and facilitation of CALM (Controlling Anger and Learning to Manage it), an accredited treatment programme for violent offenders convicted of offences committed as a result of loss of emotional control, in the Kent Surrey and Sussex Area. Responsibilities: tutoring group programmes, supervision of staff delivering group programmes, staff training, promoting psychological services, selection and assessment of offenders for treatment, managing local programme effectiveness evaluation project, & liaison with senior managers. Assistant Psychologist ( ) - HM Prison Service - London Headquarters Clinical, research and administrative support for Psychologists developing Offending Behaviour Treatment Programmes. Clinical: Facilitating living skills group programmes with offenders in local prisons, assessing need for treatment in offenders. Research: Investigating the impact of diversity on responsiveness to treatment. Administration: Handling telephone queries and general office management, introduction of systems to monitor trainers of rehabilitation programmes (using Access, Excel and paper filing systems). Rehabilitation/Psychology Assistant (2001) - The Homerton NHS Trust - Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit To support a neuro-psychologist, an occupational therapist and a physiotherapist in the rehabilitation of patients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury.

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