Meet Dr Naomi Budd

Naomi is a BPS Chartered and HCPC-registered Forensic Psychologist, with 26 years of experience working with clients within the prison service. She specialises in the assessment and risk management of serious violent and sexual offenders, and now works in private practice providing risk assessments for parole and court purposes, alongside individual therapy.

  • Chartered & HCPC-Registered Forensic Psychologist

    • HCPC Registered (PYLXXXX)

    • Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)

    • Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPS)

  • Naomi has worked in forensic settings since 1999, gaining chartership with the BPS in 2003. She has extensive experience assessing and managing serious violent and sexual offenders within the prison service and now operates in private practice, completing risk assessments for parole and court purposes and providing individual therapeutic interventions.

  • Naomi specialises in forensic risk assessment and offender management, with expertise in serious violent and sexual offending. She also has experience in individual therapy and working with clients with suspected acquired brain injury (ABI).

    • Risk assessment tools: trained in a variety of structured tools for assessing violence risk, sexual offending, and reoffending potential

    • Structured psychological assessments: experienced in personality and psychological evaluations for forensic populations

    • Cognitive assessments: trained in tools for assessing intellectual and cognitive functioning

    • Neurodevelopmental assessments: experienced in the assessment of neurodevelopmental conditions and acquired brain injury in forensic populations

    • Proficient in supervising and managing accredited offending behaviour programmes

  • Naomi has experience supporting professional development and treatment integrity within forensic services, both in the prison service and private practice.

Dr Naomi Budd is a Forensic Psychologist, Chartered with the BPS and Registered with the HCPC. She has worked in forensic settings since 1999 and was awarded chartership in 2003. In July 2020, she was awarded a Professional Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD) from the University of Leicester for research into indeterminate sentenced prisoners with suspected acquired brain injury. Naomi has extensive experience in the assessment and risk management of serious violent and sexual offenders. She now works in private practice, providing risk assessments for parole and courts, and delivering individual therapy.

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