Dr MARK C WESTACOTT
CONSULTANT CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
PRIOR CONSULTING, CAMBRIDGE
THE MALTINGS, HIGH STREET, BURWELL, CAMBRIDGE CB25 0HB
Telephone/Fax: 01638 742165 Email: mwestacott@priorconsulting.co.uk
Website: www.priorconsulting.co.uk
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NAME:
Dr M C Westacott ClinPsyD MPhil (Cantab) MSc BA (Hons) CPsychol AFBPsS
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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
BA(Hons) Psychology. First Class
MSc Research Methods in Psychology
MPhil (Cantab) Psychopathology
ClinPsyD Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Forensic Psychotherapy Diploma
Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Analytic
Therapy
1990
1992
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1995
1997
2000
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Chartered Psychologist (No: 030328)
Health Professions Council (HPC) Practitioner Clinical Psychologist (No: PYL22273)
Member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Honorary Life Member of the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT)
Member of The Expert Witness Institute (MEWI)
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PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Cambridge & Peterborough NHS Trust. Clinical and Forensic Psychologist. Adult Mental Health
and High Dependency Secure Unit.
Kneesworth House Medium Secure Unit, Royston. Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist/
Lead Psychologist Adult Mental Health and Personality Disorder Units.
Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Analytic Therapy Course Director at the
University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Cambridge & Peterborough NHS Trust. Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist. Lead
Psychologist Adult Community Forensic Service.
Chair of the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT)
CURRENT ROLES:
Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Prior Consulting, Cambridge. An independent forensic and
adult mental health service.
Associate Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia.
Trustee of the Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy.
TYPICAL AREAS OF INVOLVEMENT:
1) Medico-Legal Reports in personal injury cases, including injuries sustained at work.
2) Assessment and treatment of trauma, chronic pain, PTSD and other conditions.
3) Assessment in Fitness to Practice cases.
4) Psychological assessment and treatment of offenders, including assessment of intelligence
and suggestibility.
Reports have been provided for both Claimant (60%) and Defendant lawyers and insurers (40%),
and since April 1999, single joint instructions. Clients are typically seen within 2 weeks of
instruction and reports are prepared within 10 days of this. I have given evidence in Court, at
GMC hearings and Mental Health Review Tribunals and have prepared over 300 reports. I have
received training in report writing and have also completed the Bond Solon Certificate in Civil
Procedure Rules for Expert Witnesses. Clients are usually seen at my clinic near Cambridge, but
home visits are also possible.