Expert Psychological Services and their associates provide medicolegal assessments across the UK. Expert Psychological Services are based in East Sussex and provide a nationwide service.
Expert Psychological Services and their associates ensure they engage in defensible and ethical practice, and have a strong commitment to Continuing Professional Development.
We also recognise the importance of sensitivity relating to information and are registered under the Data Protection Act with the Information Commissioners Office.
Associates of Expert Psychological Services are qualified and experienced Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Psychologists, or supervised by Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Psychologists.
Our Services
Expert Psychological Services and their associates provide a range of psychological assessment services including the provision of expert witness services and medicolegal reports to solicitors and their clients for the Criminal Courts, Prison Law and Family Law proceedings, in Asylum and Immigration Law and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Lisa Davies has been a Chartered and Registered Forensic Psychologist since 2004, gaining Consultant status in 2011.
Lisa Davies has been working full time in private practice since 2012, having worked in prisons and secure hospitals.
Ms. Davies has worked in low, medium and secure psychiatric services. She was the treatment manager for a violent treatment programme when working for HM Prison Service and has over twenty years of clinical experience of assessing risk of reoffending and the mental health and treatment needs in offenders.
Ms. Davies has developed specialism in the assessment of risk in individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions and in the assessment of risk in victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.
Ms. Davies is a trained Dialectical Behaviour Therapist and is associated with Phoenix Therapy Practice CIC in Hove, East Sussex and a founding member of DBT Sussex.
Our Team
Lisa Davies
Director, Consultant Forensic Psychologist
Dr Laura West
Forensic Psychologist
Dr Anna Preston
Clinical & Forensic Psychologist
Jane Roberts
HCPC Registered Forensic Psychologist
Amit Jotangia
Forensic Psychologist
Dr. Jack Hollingdale
Clinical Psychologist,
Neurodevelopmental Specialist
Emma Woodhouse
Neurodevelopmental Specialist
Hannah Hayward
Neurodevelopmental Specialist
Professor Clare Allely
Professor of Forensic Psychology
Dr. John Cordwell
BPS Chartered Forensic Psychologist &
HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist
CV available upon request
Dr. Vicky Hoggard
Clinical Psychologist &
HCPC Registered Psychologist
CV available upon request
Rosalie Schulz
HCPC Registered and BPS Chartered Forensic Psychologist
Sosa Henkoma
Expert By Experience, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.
What We do
Medicolegal Reports
- Immigration
- Courts
- Parole Board
- Neurodevelopmental Assessments (Autism and ADHD)
- Trauma Assessments
- Assessment of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
- Risk Assessment
- Psychological Assessments
- Cognitive and Memory Assessments
EPS provide expert witness psychological assessment reports that may be used in:
- Prison Law
- Criminal Law
- Immigration Law
- Mental Health Law
- Family Law
- Disclosure and Barring Service – Appeals
EPS provide evidence based expert witness reports nationwide, predominantly with Legal Aid Authority (LAA) funding but also for privately funded cases (with instructions from the legal representative). Fees charged are determined by rates set by the LAA.
When making a referral you will receive a full estimate of costs, including a breakdown of professional time, travel time, mileage, and expenses for overnight stays if applicable.
Timescales for completion are discussed in advance and the referrer is kept informed regarding progress.
EPS also provide ongoing consultancy regarding cases prior to and following completion of an assessment.
All assessment reports are evidence based, quality assured, and peer reviewed.
Common types of assessments requested, and assessment tools used are detailed below:
Violence Risk – HCR-20V3, SAVRY, FAM
Sexual Violence – RM2000, RSVP, SVR-20V2,
Intimate Partner Violence – SARAV3, B-SAFER
Violent Extremism – VERA-2R
Stalking – SAM
Psychopathy – PCL-R, CAPP
Personality Disorder – IPDE, PAI
Cognitive Ability – WAIS-IV, WMS, MMSE, TOMM
Adaptive Functioning – ABAS, Vineland
Executive Functioning – Hayling and Brixton
Adult ADHD –DIVA-5, ACE+
Autism Spectrum Conditions – ADOS-2, ADI-R, SRS-2, SCQ
Trauma / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex PTSD – TSI, DAPS, CAPS
Emotional wellbeing – Beck Inventories, GAD-7, PHQ-9
Suicide Risk
Malingering
Anger
Protective Factors – SAPROF
Risk of Reoffending – LS-CMI, IORNS
Assessment of Fire Setting Risk
EPS specialise in prison law, and have significant experience in assessing determinate and indeterminate sentenced prisoners providing an opinion on their risk of reoffending, risk of serious harm, suitability for progression, treatment need and suitability for accredited interventions. EPS and their associates also undertake a wide range of psychological assessments to assist with treatment planning and sentence plans, and assessments of suitability for interventions.
EPS and their associates also have considerable experience in immigration law cases providing an opinion on the client’s risk of reoffending and risk of serious harm, and the potential impact of removal from the UK. EPS and their associates assess individuals both in the UK and following removal from the UK. EPS and their associates adhere to British Psychological Society guidelines for working with interpreters in health settings.
Therapy, Training, Consultancy and Supervision
EPS provide clinical supervision to qualified and in-training psychologists, healthcare professionals and individuals working within the Criminal Justice System.
HCPC Registered Forensic Psychologists on the Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS) provide supervision to in-training psychologists working towards being chartered and the British Psychological Society Diploma in Forensic Psychology.
- Working with Individuals with Personality Disorder
- DBT informed interventions
- Trafficking and Modern Slavery – Psychological Trauma
- Autism and Risk in Forensic Contexts
- Autism and Psychopathy – Differential Diagnosis