Dr Kevin Wright
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
I am a Consultant Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, and I am a Chartered Member and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. I have extensive experience of working within both NHS and independent services. Since qualifying as a clinical psychologist, my career has been dedicated to working with adult, learning disability and forensic services, addressing complex and enduring developmental, emotional and mental health difficulties across the life span.
I regularly assess and intervene with complex clinical case presentations and a wide range of risk behaviours. Essentially, this includes a focus on recovery, discharge and relapse prevention. The work involves preparing reports for a range of audiences, including CPA and Mental Health Tribunals. I am part of the senior leadership team and offer advice and consultation to senior colleagues within the forensic care group. I have generated a wealth of experience providing teaching, training, supervision, advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary professionals, local authority services, other NHS and private organisations advising on the psychological, social and behavioural needs of vulnerable adults, within the criminal justice system, or at risk of entering it and I have extensive experience of attending and contributing to CTR’s for those individuals.
I write expert witness reports for criminal courts. I have completed training with Bond Solon in criminal law and procedure. I am a member of the Expert Witness Institute and have competed their core training.
Professional and Expert Witness Experience
Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Psychology for Forensic Inpatients at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (1.0 WTE) / 2021 - Current
o Responsible for the development and delivery of a specialist trauma informed forensic clinical pathway for men and women suffering severe and enduring mental health conditions within the criminal justice system.
o This incorporates specialist assessment of mental health, personality disorder, risk and developmental disorders via neuropsychological assessment, as well as the provision of a range of bespoke psychological therapies.
o I prepare reports for a range of audiences, including CPA and Mental Health Tribunals, in medium and low security settings.
o I hold my own caseload of specialist assessment and treatment cases and provide clinical and management supervision to other psychologists.
o I provide teaching, training, supervision, and consultation to MDT colleagues, and line management a large team of psyhologists.
o I sit within the senior leadership team and offer psychological advice and consultation to senior colleagues within the forensic care group.
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06/2018 - 04/2021 Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Barnsley Community Learning Disability (LD) Service (0.5 WTE).
I led a Tier 1 community service comprising of qualified psychologists, trainees and assistant psychologists to provide high quality care within several pathways.
These were primarily neuropsychological assessments, a behavioural pathway, a dementia pathway and a stepped care model for the provision of psychological therapies.
Interventions were provided directly and indirectly with a focus on systemic working with families, carers, various teams and organisations, as well as multiple stakeholder groups.
In this role, I was responsible for ensuring high professional standards, adherence to trust policy, and governance. I provided consultation on complex cases to the wider locality.
I also formed part of the leadership team for the locality focussing on governance, organisational development and service delivery.
04/2016 – 04/2021 Clinical Lead, Barnsley Intensive Support Service (1.0 WTE, then 0.5 WTE in a split role with the above post).
This role involved holding primary responsibility for the delivery of a high-quality MDT intensive support service to some of the most complex service users in the locality who were at risk of placement breakdown, hospital admission or of taking a forensic route.
My work involved in depth assessment, formulation, intervention and care planning, including risk assessment and risk management interventions.
I led the team in working directly and indirectly with individuals in crisis to prevent an out of area admission or placement, whilst maintaining safety within the community.
04/2014 - 04/2016 Principal Clinical Psychologist, Barnsley Specialist Adult LD Service.
I provided inividual and systemic psychological intervention to adults on the learning disabled and autistic spectrums, across numerous settings.
The role gave me the opportunity to work in-patient settings, and community settings, and with families, carers, social and private care providers.
The work involved in-depth assessment leading to comprehensive assessment culminating in Positive Behavioural Support intervention plans.
This included risk assessment utilising Gold Standard tools such as the HCR-20.
10/2011 – 04/2014 Clinical Psychologist, Barnsley Specialist Aduilt LD Service.
I gained extensive experience of providing individual psychological therapy to clients with Learning Disabilities, and in offering teaching, training, advice and consultation to families, carers, and staff teams.
I regularly completed standardised neuropsychological tests (e.g. WAIS). I carried out Mental Capacity assessments in a range of areas.
10/2010 – 10/2011 Clinical Psychologist, Yorkshire Centre for Forensic Psychiatry, Fieldhead, Wakefield.
I was the allocated psychologist to an acute ward within a medium secure forensic service, providing initial assessment to newly admitted patients.
I worked with ward staff around relational security, team development and developing safe, emotionally contained and consistent environments.
I provided clinical psychology service to men and women with various needs, including complex mental health difficulties, personality disorders and trauma histories.
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BSc (Hons) Psychology
Sheffield Hallam University 09/1999-09/2002
Doctor of Clinical Psychology
Sheffield University 09/2007-09/2010
BPS Accredited Diploma in Compassion Focussed Therapy
09/2025-09/2026