FPP staff offer psychological services to clients irrespective of age, gender, disability, ethnic or religious background. Our quality assurance programme ensures that all reports are scrutinised by a Consultant Psychologist.

The FPP offer the following services

Consultancy

We provide specialist psychological assistance to organisations or other practitioners enabling them to deliver improved services to their clients. These might include:

  1. Case management over the short, medium and long term
  2. Estimating the re-occurrence of risk behaviours
  3. Identification of risk factors and behaviours
  4. Individual or group work with high risk clients
  5. Management of high risk individuals in institutions and the community
  6. Sex and violent offender profiling

Psycho-Legal Work

We provide psychological reports that examine the cognitive, behavioural, emotional, and situational factors, which research has identified as relevant to the developmental pathways for deviant behaviour. These reports utilise data from several sources, including psychometric testing, clinical interview, direct observation, assessment of personal history and other relevant background information. The data are used to establish a psychological profile of the subject, to assist in understanding or explaining aspects of the subject’s behaviour, and to answer specific questions arising in instructions. We provide reports for the following:

  1. Criminal Proceedings
  2. Domestic Violence
  3. Lifer reviews
  4. Mental Health Review Tribunals
  5. NHS Negligence Litigation
  6. Parenting and risk assessments in care proceedings
  7. Parole hearings
  8. Personal injury
  9. Political asylum
  10. Substance Abuse
  11. Trauma

Training

We design and deliver bespoke training events and workshops for organisations and practitioners at all levels in criminal justice, health, education, and social care systems. Our aim is to enhance staff skills in specific areas, including the following:

  1. Cognitive distortions/working with offenders in denial
  2. Multisensory Activity and Snoezelen
  3. Working with people with a learning disability or mental illness
  4. Working with sex offenders
  5. Substance abuse
  6. Cognitive impairment
  7. Domestic Violence: Victims & Perpetrators
  8. Anger Management
  9. Expert Witness Skills

Treatment

Our practitioners are trained to deliver psychological therapies, on a one-to-one basis or in groups, utilising empirically validated procedures such as cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), EMDR; NLP, etc… to address a wide range of clinical problems, including:

  1. Depression & Anxiety
  2. Domestic Violence
  3. Assertiveness & Self-Esteem
  4. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder