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Forensic
Our Team have undertaken work with people of all abilities and ages who have offended or are deemed at risk of offending. Settings for work have varied from community, residential and secure facilities.
Studio III offer a range of customised services aimed to help individuals, parents and carers:
- In depth assessments for individuals in forensic settings (including psychological, cognitive, psychiatric and vulnerability aspects)
- Risk assessments
- One to one work and counselling with individuals and within group settings
- Implementation of harm reduction strategies
- Proactive and reactive behaviour management plans, interventions and therapies together with monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness
- Follow up reports and ongoing assessments
- Liaison with outside agencies and professionals
- Staff support and training to help empower carers to make assessments and enhance their counselling skills.
- One to one or group work with staff members to assist them in coping with their work pressures
Please click here to read a case study of the work Studio III does in the area of Mental Health
Contact us on 01225-334111 to arrange a confidential discussion with one of our specialists or use our contact us page
Liam is a 15 year old young person referred for a psychological opinion by his solicitors. At the time of the assessment Liam was on remand at a Young Persons Secure Unit. Liam was charged with a s.18 offence of Wounding with Intent. The advice received from the solicitors asked for opinion on what led him to commit the offence and “how he is functioning” as well as his current mental health state. Liam generally showed difficulties with anger and was prone to aggressive behaviour when angry.
To complete the assessment Liam was interviewed on three separate occasions, these interviews included a number of psychological assessments which looked at constructs such as self esteem, hopelessness and similar.
The results of the interviews showed that Liam was suffering from symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder due to an incident of sexual abuse when he was younger and that these symptoms were affecting him greatly, in particular in relation to his self image and his ability to relate to other people. The results also showed that Liam was suffering from low self esteem, high hopelessness and depressive symptoms.
Recommendations were made for future work to address Liam’s offending behaviour and included regular monitoring of his mental health state and the continuation of therapeutic work around his anger and past experiences. Recommendations regarding the management of Liam’s challenging behaviour, especially his aggressive behaviours, were also given.
