Dr Vicky Wheeler

By Psychology Experts | June 7, 2022

Dr Wheeler is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist providing expert witness evidence to the Courts in criminal, civil and family cases since 2011. Dr Wheeler specialises in working with families, parents and children at risk of harm, with a profound understanding of the contribution of parental risk including mental health and personality problems, substance misuse and forensic risk.  She has a special interest in paediatric psychology, understanding the contribution of parent-child attachment and the impact of developmental trauma.   She also has worked internationally and has a clear knowledge of the psychological impact of immigration and social integration difficulties.

Prior to becoming a Clinical Psychologist, Dr Wheeler was a Probation Officer and has maintained her interest in working with offenders, now providing psychological risk assessments for violence, sexual offending, domestic abuse, trauma, personality disorder, psychopathy, mental health difficulties and substance misuse. Dr Wheeler has worked extensively within the Court system, providing written and verbal reports and participated regularly in multi-agency public protection arrangement panels.

Areas Of Specialism

  • Risk Assessment
  • Domestic Abuse and violence
  • Sexual Offending
  • Addiction
  • Parental Alienation and parental conflict
  • Neglect, loss and separation
  • Trauma and Attachment
  • Immigration and Modern Slavery
  • Mental Health and Psychiatric Illness

Profession: Psychologist

Courts or Tribunals: Clinical Negligence, Criminal and Offending, Family Court, Immigration and Asylum, Occupational Health, Personal Injury

Age groups: Adolescent, Adult, Child, Older Adult

Psychological Specialisms: Adult Mental Health Problems, Anger and Violence, Behavioural Difficulties, Child Mental Health, Domestic Abuse, Forensic, Mental Capacity, Parent-Child Attachment, Parental alienation, Parenting Problems, Personality Disorder, Physical Disabilty, Psychosexual Difficulties, Sexual Offending, Substance Misuse, Trauma and PTSD, Youth Offending

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