“Psychology can be complicated, our role is to make it easy to understand and use”

Beth’s Therapy CV

Academic Qualifications:

  • Qualification in Forensic Psychology (Stage 2) BPS – July 2025

  • Trainee of the year, national HMPPS Psychology Awards – 2021

  • Nominee for trainee of the year, national HMPPS Psychology Awards – 2020

  • MSc Forensic Psychology, Birmingham City university – 2013

  • BSc Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University – 2012

Employment History:

  • Conducted psychological risk assessments for adults convicted of violent and sexual offences using HCR-20v3, SARA-V3, SAPROF, and RSVP.

  • Provided expert witness evidence at parole hearings to inform risk and progression decisions.

  • Delivered consultancy and risk management guidance on complex and high-risk cases.

  • Delivered offence-focused therapeutic interventions to reduce risk and support rehabilitation.

  • Assessed and managed high-risk prisoners, developing formulation-led recommendations for progression, intervention, and risk management.

  • Provided supervision and peer consultation on risk assessment, formulation, and case management.

Forensic Psychologist

NHS

June 2026 to present day

Subscriptions and Memberships of Professional Bodies:

  • Practitioner Psychologist – HCPC (PYL045993)

  • Chartered Psychologist – BPS (421465)

  • Full member of the Division of Forensic Psychology – BPS

Forensic Psychologist in Training

HMPPS

September 2018 to July 2025

  • Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and individual therapeutic intervention for adults with complex mental health, personality, cognitive, and neuro-developmental needs using an integrative approach.

  • Provide expert advice to multidisciplinary teams on risk assessment, risk management, safety planning, and care planning.

  • Contribute to the senior leadership team to support a psychologically informed, patient-centred service.

  • Lead multidisciplinary formulation meetings and facilitate reflective practice groups to enhance staff understanding of complex presentations and risk.

  • Provide consultation to staff working with individuals presenting with personality difficulties, co-morbid mental health conditions, cognitive impairments, autism, and ADHD.

  • Design and deliver training on psychological practice, formulation, and risk management.

  • Conduct specialist psychological, autism, and ADHD assessments, producing clear formulations and recommendations to inform intervention and care planning.

  • Promote consideration of risks to self and others within clinical decision-making and support evidence-based risk management strategies.

  • Worked within a specialist progression regime for high-risk prisoners serving indeterminate sentences, supporting risk reduction, rehabilitation, and progression.

  • Led service development initiatives, redesigning policies to strengthen psychological safety, person-centred practice, and effective risk management.

  • Designed, delivered, and evaluated policy implementation, collaborating with staff to embed sustainable practice improvements.

  • Established staff support forums and prisoner drop-in sessions to enhance wellbeing, engagement, and relational security.

  • Assessed suitability for the progression regime, making recommendations regarding risk, treatment needs, progression, and future goals.

  • Provided consultancy and training to prison staff on psychologically informed approaches to managing complex and high-risk prisoners; personality difficulties training was subsequently adopted nationally.

  • Conducted psychological risk assessments using structured professional judgement tools (HCR-20v3, SARA-V3, SAPROF, RSVP) and provided expert witness evidence at Parole Board hearings.

  • Delivered individual offence-focused interventions using integrative, evidence-based approaches including CBT, DBT, and Schema Therapy.

  • Conducted qualitative research on the experiences of individuals serving IPP sentences, informing service development, policy discussions, and national-level practice.

  • Collaborated with psychologists and multidisciplinary professionals to develop formulation-led recommendations for risk management, intervention planning, and progression.

Forensic Psychologist

HMPPS

July 2025 to June 2026

Prior to training as a Forensic Psychologist, I spent over four years working with children, young people, and families within Youth Justice Services. I assessed and managed risk, delivered offence-focused interventions, prepared reports for multi-agency processes including MAPPA, and managed court and community orders. This experience developed strong skills in risk assessment, safeguarding, and trauma-informed practice