Danial is a Doctoral trained and fully registered psychologist with 18 years clinical experience. He has spent the majority of his professional career working in acute and complex clinical and forensic environments, with clients from all different cultural backgrounds.
Danial is an Authorised Mental Health Practitioner with the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist in Western Australia.
Danial developed a special interest in the psycho-legal assessment of individuals who have suffered psychological harm during his doctoral studies. Danial's thesis 'A Tool for Evaluating the Quality of Psychological Reports on Personal Injury Claimants' involved establishing best practice guidelines for mental health professionals who complete assessments for courts on those who have suffered psychological harm.
Doctoral Dissertation
"A Tool for Evaluating the Quality of Psychological Reports on Personal Injury Claimants"
Member Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Australia and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL)(WA)
Solution Focused Brief Therapy - Centrecare Training Services
Helpful Conversations: Narrative Solutions Approach - Centrecare Training Services
Gatekeeper Training (Suicide Recognition and Intervention) - Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention
Loss and Grief - Shine Counselling & Consultancy Services
Solution Focused Brief Therapy - Centrecare Training Services
Introduction to the Alcohol and Other Drugs Field - Centrecare Training Services
Group Work Training - Department of Justice (Offender Services Branch)
Ethical Dilemmas Workshop - Department of Justice (Offender Services Branch)
How to Take the Worry Out of Subpoenas - APS/DIPP Forensic College
Gatekeeper Training (Advanced) - Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention
Gatekeeper (Train the Trainer) - Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention
Motivational Interviewing Workshop - Dr Bill Saunders
Working With Indigenous Clients - Indigenous Psychological Services
Interventions with Clients with Depression - Dr John Manners
Interventions with Clients with Borderline PD - Dr John Manners
Becoming an Effective Supervisor - Michael Carroll (Australian Psychological Society)
Forensic Psychological Interviewing - Dr Martine Powell (ANZAPPL)
Authorised Mental Health Practitioner Training - Office of the Chief Psychiatrist
Assessing Psychopathy (PCL-R) - Dr James Ogloff (Australian Psychological Society)
Psychopharmacology for Psychologists - Dr Mark Boschen
Responding to Concerning Sexualised Behaviour in Children - Mr Brent Munroe (Parkerville Child & Youth Inc)
Trauma Focused CBT - Medical University of South Carolina (Online)
Court Report Writing and Appearing in Court - Professor Stephen Woods & Kerrie Wilson (APS)
The Assessment of Sexual Deviance - Dr Michael Davis (APS)
Historical Clinical Risk Management 20 (HCR-20) (v3) (Structured Professional Judgement Risk Assessment Tool) - Dr Sarah Brown
Static-99R, Stable 2002R & Acute (Structured Professional Judgement Risk Assessment Tool) - Mr David Summerton, Ms Sarah Ballantyne and Ms Catherine Korda, Department of Corrective Services (WA)
Violence Risk Scale - Ms Menna Gower, Department of Corrective Services (WA)
Radicalisation and Violent Extremism Disengagement - Dr Kate Barelle
Countering Violent Extremism - Dr Kate Barelle & Shandon Harris-Hogan.
Disengagement from Outlaw Motor Cycle Gangs - Dr Kirra Harris
International Conference on Women & Jihad: Radicalisation, De-radicalisation & Human Rights - Centre for Muslim States and Societies (University of WA)
Psycholinguistics - New Intelligence
Development into Delinquency: Neuropsychological Pathways to Jail or Freedom - Dr Warwick Brewer, ANZAPPL (WA)
Fixation & Grievance Fuelled Violence - Dr Michele Pathe
Threat Management and Lone Actor Terrorism - Dr Paul Gill.