Dr Mark Cheesman

I am an HCPC-registered practitioner psychologist with extensive experience in the fields of Occupational Health, Employment, Neurodiversity (including dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia), and screening for autism and ADHD. I undertake assessments of cognitive and psychological functioning.

In over 29 years of providing reports for courts and tribunals, I have written over 1500 reports. These have been on a claimant, defendant and single joint expert basis. I provide insightful, but impartial, objective and clear opinions based on evidence, including psychometric assessments.

• For the Family Court 400+ cognitive and psychological reports, including assessing capacity
• Anxiety, depression, and PTSD
• Assessment of cognitive and psychological functioning
• Mental health assessment, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety post-trauma
• Neurodiversity assessments for dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, and ADHD
• Screening for Autistic Spectrum
• Assessment of employability, past and future wage loss for clinical negligence, personal injury, matrimony and Race, Sex and Disability Discrimination
• Vocational and functional capacity and capability for work
• Fitness to Practice (NMC)
• Occupational stress and bullying 
• Criminal injury
• Matrimonial and Divorce

In addition, I have completed over 5,000 reports, outside of litigation, in the areas of occupational health, employment and vocational rehabilitation, assessing cognitive and psychological functioning and neurodiversity outside of litigation across various sectors, including education, finance, IT/telecoms, health services and transport, including most of the UK railway companies.  Reports are tailored to the specific needs of the individual, whether Claimant or for Occupational Health, through a tailored assessment that provides practical information to assist the Court or Tribunal.

I am a qualified user of psychometric tests, including ability, aptitude, personality (BPS Level A & B), and cognitive and psychological functioning.

I continue to maintain CPD through membership organisations such as the BPS and the Vocational Rehabilitation Association through attending conferences and training as well as keeping abreast of the literature.

Full Member of the Divisions of Occupational and Health Psychology, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Member of The Academy of Experts, Vocational Rehabilitation Association - Professional Member of the Association of Business Psychologists.

Professional Memberships:
• Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPS) Registration number: 39119
• Full member (Chartered) of the Divisions of Health & Occupational Psychology
• Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) 1997
• Association of Business Psychologists, Principal member
• Professional Member of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association
• Member of the Academy of Experts
• Certified Disability Management Professional (CDMP)