Paul Cousins
Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist

Areas of Work

Aggression and Self-injury

• Assessment and treatment of aggression or violence, including mitigating factors.
• Assessment and treatment of self-injury, particularly for clients with personality disorders.

Child Protection

• Assessment and treatment of parents involved in non-accidental injury, sexual abuse, emotional abuse or neglect, including assessment of risk and prognosis for treatment.
• Assessment of parenting skills and effect upon children.

Personality

• Assessment of abuse upon personality.
• Assessment of personality disorder, risk of re-offence, mitigating factors and prognosis for treatment under Mental Health Act, 83.
• Assessment of personality in cases of homicide.

Psychological Functioning

• Psychological assessment of intellectual functioning, level of mental impairment.
• Assessment of suggestibility.
• Psychological effects of abuse, including post-traumatic stress.
• Psychological assessment of mental health problems.

Sexual Offending

• Assessment and treatment of sexual offenders against adults or children, in either criminal or care proceedings, including mitigating factors, assessment of risk of re-offence and prognosis for treatment.