Cogito Forensis LTD
Forensic Psychological Assessment and Opinions in Criminal and Civil Proceedings
CURRICULUM VITAE
HCPC PYL34519
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2016 Doctor of Psychology in Forensic Psychology (ForenPsyD), University of Birmingham
2011 Masters of Science, Psychoanalytic Developmental Psychology, University College London
2010 Bachelor of Science, Psychology, City University London
WORK HISTORY
2020 - Present Private Practice, Cogito Forensis Ltd
2020 - Present Honorary Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences
2020 - present Personal Tutor, King College London
2019 - 2021 Senior Psychologist, Lewisham Community Forensic Team
2019 - 2019 Lead Psychologist, Liaison Psychiatry, University Hospital Lewisham
2016 - 2019 Forensic Psychologist, River House MSU
2015 - 2016 Acting Forensic Psychologist, Personality Disorder and Challenging Behaviour, HMP Wandsworth
2013 - 2015 Trainee Forensic Psychologist, Bethlem Royal Hospital
2012 - 2013 Assistant Psychologist, Bethlem Royal Hospital
2012 - 2012 Psychosocial Therapist, Personality Disorder, Bethlem Royal Hospital
2011 - 2012 Clinical Support Worker, Bethlem Royal Hospital
2010 - 2012 Honorary Assistant Psychologist, CHU Brugmann UVC (Brussels)
SPECIALIST TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2019 ICD-11 Complex PTSD: Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment
2016 HCR20v3 Risk Assessment
2016 Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality
2015 Working with Fire Setters
2014 International Personality Disorder Evaluation
2014 Neurocognitive Assessment Workshop
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Black, F. & Bishopp, D. (in preparation). The continuum of sexual offending: Discriminating sexual murderers and sexual offenders.
Poster presentation & Abstract publication - Research in Forensic Mental Health Services, Institute of Psychiatry, London. Black, F. (2015). Are Firesetters different from other offenders? A systematic review of firesetters' psychological characteristics relative to other offenders.
West London NHS Trust, Internal publication. Pretorius, I. & Chatel, F. (2011)."Audit and evaluation of the Child Psychotherapy Outreach Project at the Randolph Beresford early years centre". West London Mental Health NHS Trust.
Child, F. & Pretorius, I. (2012). "Changing parental perceptions of their child and its impact on the psychotherapy process". Presentation at the CAFS (Child, Adolescent and Family Services), West London NHS Trust (2012).
Poster presentation at the Experimental Psychology Meeting, UCL, London. Tretyak, V., Chatel, F., and Yarrow, K. "Response speeding via trial-to-trial persistence of motor plans in dorsal pre-motor cortex". Poster presented as part of the Experimental Psychology Meeting, London, 06/01/2010.