Provision of Psycho-legal Assessments; Court Reports; Parenting & Mental Health Capacity and Child Focused Counselling.
About Moving Forward Psychology
Moving Forward Psychology is a boutique practice that values a tailored, collaborative approach. Operated by Ms Angela Delle-Vergini, Moving Forward Psychology provides a safe, nurturing environment to not only address areas of concern, but also explore your strengths and positive attributes to develop new strategies.
Angela has been a registered psychologist since 2004 and holds a Master of Psychology (Counselling). With a passion for working with families and children, she has spent nearly 25 years in a variety of roles including counselling, support, and psycho-legal interventions for families with complex needs.
Psycho-Legal Assessments
Angela has conducted hundreds of psycho-legal assessments and reports for the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and for the Children’s Court of Victoria. She believes that a thorough, measured assessment will assist families to resolve their matters thereby reducing the likelihood of further litigation.
Single Expert Witness reports include: comprehensive child custody evaluations (private family reports); short form preliminary custody assessments; private child impact reports; adult psychological assessments; child protection and parenting capacity assessments.
Assessments generally include interviews and observations with parents and children and contact with collateral sources where necessary. Angela has extensive experience utilising empirically sound psychometric testing and assessments for use in psycho-legal assessments, including personality testing; psychological functioning; parenting and risk assessments.
Collaborative Practice
Angela has a keen interest in the area of collaborative professional practice, which is an alternative family dispute resolution process that avoids litigation. She offers expert advice in collaborative law matters as a child specialist. She works with both parents and children and provides non-reportable intervention.
Angela has completed training in Meeting with Children and Meeting with Parents with the International Centre for Children and Family Law. Through her expertise in child development and various play based, child-focused interview techniques and projective techniques, Angela is able to ensure that children have a voice and are recognised as an important part of their family system. In providing feedback to parents, informed decisions can be made about the most suitable arrangements that focus on the child’s best interests and needs.
Counselling
Angela offers counselling and support to adults, children and young people as well as their families. She has been trained in evidence-based practices, including:
– Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
– Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
– Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy
– Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy
– Mindfulness-Based Techniques
– Strengths Based Therapy
– Motivational Interviewing
Angela’s main interests are working with emotion dysregulation; interpersonal difficulties; anxiety and depression; addiction (drug and alcohol and gambling); adjustment difficulties due to changes in life circumstances and parenting challenges.
Appointments for counselling can be conducted face-to-face or via Telehealth
Support for Lawyers:
For mental health support through wellbeing counselling, go to Support for Lawyers www.supportforlawyers.com
Lawyers and legal staff may use this link to book an appointment for mental health support
Membership
Angela holds membership with the following organisations:
– Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA)
– Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
– Australian Psychological Society (APS)
– Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
– Pacifica Congress
– The Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi)
– International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)
Angela Delle-Vergini
Psychologist, MAPS
Location
32 Camberwell Rd, Hawthorn East VIC 3123
(Located within the offices of MELCA)