Psycho-legal (court reports)
The team has a depth and a breadth of experience in preparing both civil and criminal psycho-legal (court) reports. We have numerous psychologists who are experts that can assist with preparing a forensic report for:
- Risk Assessment (violence, sexual and/or general offending)
- Mental Health Assessment
- Fitness to Stand Trial/Testify
- Pre-sentence Assessments
- Firearms Assessment
- Psychological Injury Assessment
- Workplace Injury
- Mental Health Evaluations
- Substance Abuse Assessment
- National Redress Scheme Eligibility Assessment
- Educational and Developmental Assessment
- Functional Impairement Assessment
- Psychological Assessments for Immigration and Visa Applications
- Character Assessment Reports (for visa applicants with past criminal history)
- Psychological Hardship Reports (for visa cancellations and deportation cases)
- Risk Assessments (evaluating the likelihood of reoffending or potential harm)
- Department of Home Affairs Family Violence Assessment (to establish the presence and impact of domestic violence for visa applications under family violence provisions)
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal Appeal Reports (to provide evidence in visa cancellation or refusal appeals)
- Family Court Assessments
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- Mental Health Assessments (determines if a parent has mental health conditions that could impact their parenting capacity).
- Parenting Capacity Assessments (evaluates a parent’s ability to meet the child’s physical, emotional, and psychological needs).
- Risk Assessment (evaluates protective concerns related to family violence, neglect, substance abuse, or other concerns affecting a child’s safety).
- Substance Abuse and Addiction Assessment (evaluates the impact of a parent’s drug/alcohol use on their ability to care for a child).
- Domestic and Family Violence Assessment (examines the impact of domestic violence on the child and the suitability of contact with the abusive parent).
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Individual Intervention
The team have significant experience providing a wide variety of individual intervention to both victims and offenders (including those with a disability). This encompasses (but is not limited to) treating the following issues: alcohol and other drugs, behavioural management, emotional regulation, relationship difficulties, personality disorders, communication skills, childhood trauma, relationship counselling, violent offending, Depression, Anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The team are trained in and utilise the following modes of treatment in their therapeutic work:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT)
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Solution Focused Therapy (SFT)
- Strength Based Therapy (SBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Schema Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Trauma Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy and Coaching
Group Intervention
Cathartic Consulting’s psychologists are extremely experienced in facilitating offence-specific and offence-related group intervention programs to offenders in custody and in the community. The team have facilitated numerous treatment programs including (but not limited to) Moderate Intensity Violence Intervention Program, Parenting Program, Changeabout – Family Violence Intervention Program, High Intensity Violence Intervention Program, Real Understanding of Self Help, Interpersonal Relationships, Substance Use and Violence, Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Relapse Prevention, Semi Intensive Alcohol and Other Drug Program, Managing Grief and Loss, Managing Sleep, and Making Choices.
A number of the team have provided treatment within inpatient and outpatient forensic and rehabilitation services/hospitals. Additionally, a number of the team have delivered treatment programs in clinical mental health settings including group based schema therapy for trauma survivors, mindfulness, sleep hygiene and a family violence support group.
