Dr Cleo Van Velsen
Dr Van Velsen is a Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy in the Forensic Services of the Hackney and Community NHS Services Trust.
She is medically qualified with post graduate membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She underwent her higher specialist training as a psychotherapist and was Consultant Psychotherapist at the Maudsley Hospital for five years, where she is an Honorary Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
She worked for one year full time with the Medical Foundation for the care of victims of torture, leading to published research on post traumatic stress disorder. She has expertise in the assessment and treatment of disordered personality in the context of forensic psychiatry.
Dr Van Velsen is co-editor of a Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy, Associate Member of the British Institute of Psychoanalysis and on the Register of the British Confederation of Psychotherapists. She is also a member of the Forensic Executive at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
She has a special interest in the representations of psychiatry and violence in film
