Suzanne Hall - Registered Psychologist, M.A. (Psychology), B.A., MNZPsS
Suzanne worked for Child, Youth and Family services for 14 years prior to Hall McMaster & Associates where she has worked since. Her practice includes:
Provision of psychological assessments and interventions with parents and children where abuse, neglect, trauma, emotional and behavioural adjustment issues are present.
Development and implementation of the “Parentworks” programme. This is an intervention specifically for parents who have had their children removed by child protection services and who are working towards the return of their children.
Cinical Supervision of the joint Police and Child Protection Services Forensic Interviewing Unit for child witnesses. Expert witness in cases of child sexual abuse in both criminal and family courts. Provision of seminars and workshops for undergraduate and post graduate students at the University of Canterbury. These have included the Forensic Psychology and “Children under Stress” papers and the postgraduate Child and Family Psychology course. They have focused on how to obtain accurate reliable information from children in a developmentally appropriate manner. Supervision of psychologists working in the child and family area, based in education, residential and community settings.
In depth assessments of anxiety and depression with children and adolescents on the ‘Friends’ programme. These assessments follow a screening which identifies those showing risk factors after implementation of a cognitive and behavioural intervention programme in schools.