Trauma and Offending – The Impact of Gender
- Legal, criminological and forensic
- Sex and gender
- Violence and trauma
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Phil Willmot is a Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist and, since 2015, joint psychology lead for the Men's Personality Disorder Service, Rampton Hospital.
He is also Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the University of Lincoln. He previously worked as a forensic psychologist in HM Prison Service and has completed a PhD on the process of change in men with a diagnosis of personality disorder.
Phil is an advocate for trauma-informed care in forensic services, has conducted research and training in this area and was co-editor of Trauma-Informed Forensic Practice, the first book to comprehensively address this area.
His particular interests at present are on trauma and therapeutic boundaries and on the differential impact of trauma and adversity on diverse groups.
Yasmin Siddall is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist, Lead of the National Women's Outreach Service (NWOS) and Joint Lead Psychologist of the National High Secure Healthcare Service for Women (NHSHSW) at Rampton Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Yasmin has developed her specialist clinical expertise in working with women residing in secure care over the last two decades and has helped shape the NHSHSW to work in a trauma-informed way since its inception in 2007, being one of the original members of Trauma and Self Injury (TASI) service.
She is a certified ISST Advanced Schema Therapist and a strong advocate for compassionate leadership and the value of developing psychologically safe cultures within teams and services.
Yasmin is currently completing a research doctorate at Nottingham Trent University focusing on the treatment of women who are violent.
She has also co-authored a book chapter on Trauma, Violence and Gender and has collaborated and published on various topics including Factitious Disorder (and FD Imposed on Another), Reflective Practice Groups in secure settings and the Characteristics of Women in High Secure care.
Both guests have agreed to join the DFP Reflective Space on 26 January 10am-12pm, to introduce a conversation on the link between Trauma and Offending, considering the specific impact of Gender.
The first part of the session will cover an introduction to the area while the second part will be open for reflective discussion between members.
How to attend
This event will be held online via Zoom (DFP Members only).