Beigi & Chiu Clinical Psychology
Clinical Psychology Expert Witness Service
Dr Mazda Beigi & Dr Kenny Chiu
We have been acting as psychology expert witnesses since 2021, providing medico-legal assessments of young people and adults who are involved in criminal court in the UK. We have experiences of working with various instructing parties from different parts of the UK. We take pride in our abilities to handle complex instructions and our commitment in providing timely, unbiased reports. We have experiences presenting our findings and engaging in cross-examination in Magistrates' Court and Crown Court.
Dr Mazda Beigi, BSc, MRes, PhD, DClinPsy, CPsychol
Languages: English, Farsi, Dari
HCPC Registration: PYL38236
Mazda completed his doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. His clinical experience extends to working with older adults, adults and young people. Mazda has experience of working therapeutically in community and inpatient settings using a range of interventions including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Narrative Exposure Therapy. He is particularly experienced in delivering neuropsychological assessments for clients with a range of neurodegenerative disorders. Mazda's clinical interests also include working with refugees and other marginalised groups. He strongly believes in delivering interventions and assessments that are culturally sensitive and actively works towards modelling therapy to incorporate this where appropriate.
Mazda initially completed a PhD at Brunel University in collaboration with the University College London Institute of Neurology in Queen Square. Mazda's doctoral thesis concentrated on investigating cognitive processes in healthy adults and those with neurodegenerative disorders. His ongoing research activities include publications in high impact factor journals on a wide variety of neurological conditions such as movement disorders (including Parkinson’s disease) and dementia.
As well as clinical and research activities, Mazda is involved in teaching on the King's College London Clinical Psychology training programme were he also supervises trainees. Mazda also works as an associate lecturer at Goldsmiths University and occasionally provides teaching at Middlesex University and the University of Northampton.
Kenny completed his clinical training at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London in 2019. His specialist training included working in a national specialist adolescent forensic service, an adult neuropsychiatry service, and a national specialist service for adults with anxiety and trauma-related disorders. Following his training, he worked in the NHS as a clinical psychologist in a CAMHS neurodevelopmental team and an autism diagnostic service. Kenny currently works as a clinical lecturer and research tutor. He supervises doctoral student research in areas related to childhood maltreatment, antisocial behaviour, social phobia, PTSD and autism. He has examined doctoral theses related to expert witness testimony, fire-setting behaviour, PTSD, Gillick competence, and more. He continue to work clinically with young people and adults in private practice. Kenny works as an expert witness for the criminal court. He completed the Cardiff University Bond Solon Criminal Expert Certificate. He received further training to assess autism, ADHD, suggestibility, compliance, violence risks, and personality disorders.
