Dr Nixon’s special interests are in trauma therapy, domestic abuse assessment and treatment, prison and court risk assessment and treatment, especially relating to sexual and violent offences. She has worked on various high profile cases and is particularly proud of the rapport and understanding she is able to achieve with those who she is assessing/treating and professionals alike, regardless of outcome of the independent assessment.
Dr Nixon is known for her straight-talking approach and has earned respect for this by professionals from all disciplines and clients she works with. Dr Nixon undertakes assessments in Family Court or care proceedings and this is an area she excels in, due to her extensive knowledge of domestic abuse, child neglect and abuse and trauma.
Information for solicitors
Dr Nixon is an award winning Consultant Forensic Psychologist and Director/Clinical Lead of Nixon Consultants Ltd. (HCPC Registered Forensic Psychologist and BPS Chartered Psychologist). Dr Nixon provides expert witness psychological assessment reports that may be used for criminal proceedings, prison parole hearings, immigration, care proceedings/social services, mental health tribunals and civil cases.
Dr Nixon provides psychological assessments nationwide.
Dr Nixon is friendly and approachable, and so if you have any queries, or the particular issue surrounding your client’s case is not listed in the examples of work Nixon Consultants Ltd. engage in, please click through to the contact page to get in touch via email or phone.
Dr Nixon has undertaken expert witness training from Bond Solon.
Dr Nixon has considerable experience of working as an independent Expert Witness offering expert opinion on a range of matters including:
- Local authorities/Care proceedings
- Assessment of parenting ability/life experiences on psychological, social and emotional development;
- Family assessment;
- Risk assessment;
- Placement and access;
- Assessments of parents in terms of risk, neglect, parent’s ability to put the needs of the child first
- Mental health tribunal independent reports
- Personality Disorder assessment
- Mental health assessment
- Independent prison psychology reports
- Criminal Court reports
- Immigration reports – Dr Nixon has particular expertise in the area of harmful practices (FGM, Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence)
Advice on psychological needs and treatment options.
Examples of assessments used may include:
- HCR-20 – violence risk assessment
- Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol / RSVP /SVR-20 – sexual violence risk assessment
- Spousal Assault Risk Assessment – domestic violence risk assessment
- Milton Clinical Multiaxial Inventory / MCMI-IV – dimensional personality assessment
- International Personality Disorder Examination / IPDE – personality disorder diagnostic assessment
- Psychopathy Checklist-Revised / PCL-R /CAPP – assessment of psychopathy or psychopathic personality disorder
- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale / WAIS-IV / cognitive functioning assessment (part of) learning disability assessment
- Stalking Assessment and Management / SAM – stalking risk assessment
- Trauma assessment
- Fire setting risk assessment
- Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence / WASI-II / cognitive functioning screening assessment
- Wechsler Memory Test (WMS-IV) – memory testing
- Other cognitive and neuropsychological/executive functioning tests e.g. TOMM (malingering)
- SAPROF / SAPROF-Y – protective factors assessment