Family Law
Our expert team is on hand to assist with assessments in a variety of family law cases.
Our work in family law
Evolve Psychology also offers assessments of parents and children in the context of Care Proceedings. Dr Powling works clinically in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Looked After Children’s Services.
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Areas covered in assessments typically include:
- Parents
- Parenting capacity including forensic risk assessments
- Mental health issues
- Adult Attachment
- Impact of histories of abuse (physical, sexual, emotional) on parenting
- Impact of drugs/alcohol/domestic violence on parenting
- Family dynamics
- Ability to protect
- Ability to work with professionals
- Cognitive assessment
- Therapeutic needs and signposting to relevant services
- Children
- Attachment
- Impact of trauma, abuse and neglect on development
- Mental health issues
- Sibling assessments
- Cognitive assessment
- Autism assessments
- Placement planning
- Contact issues and needs
- Therapeutic needs and signposting to relevant services
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