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This man is a very weird and sick individual. He is socially inept. Both of my children felt very uneasy with him. They complained that he stared at them for long periods of time.
This man enjoys the power and control afforded to him by the courts. This gives him free rein to say and do what he likes. He is not to be trusted and his diagnoses/conclusions are far fetched to the point of being ridiculous. In my opinion this man is dangerous and should not be allowed to practice.
This guy sounds horrendous,! I have had a very similar experience with a female court opointed physcalogist and a male independent social worker whom was very strange creepy guy whom lied under oath at Cardiff family court. Has anyone ever challenged a physcalogical assesment? If so, how did you do it? And can you recommend any solicitors to help ? Thanks in advance
Having come across several reports by the infamous Dr Hessel Willemsen it goes without saying that extremely concerning and very damaging diagnosis are being made of mothers and children which have no foundation based in reality what so ever. He is making sweeping diagnosis without the experience or credentials to do so.
Many families have now described very creepy, disturbing experiences during his interviews. Every single report seen so far has recommended the removal of children to the abusive father, many mothers have years of document domestic abuse and/or abuse of the child(ren). His reports are littered with inaccuracies, incorrect names, incorrect children, comdenation of previous reports completed by others far more highly qualified than Hessel Willemsem, such as longstanding and highly esteemed psychatrists. This man must be stopped at all costs before further destruction of children and mothers.
Following the release of the UNSRVAWG report – Custody, violence against women and violence against childrenReport of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem
We must never stop trying to force out the debunked pseudoscience of Parental Aliention from our Family Courts. Also, the destruction of motherhood via spurious mental health diagnosis by not only Hessel Willemsen but many others operating within the court expert psychologist arena.
Most concerning is the lecture Dr Hessel Willemsen gave during the event on 27th April 2023 on behalf of Hertfrodshire Family Justice Board.
Dr calame
Thinks that from 3hrs with me whilst in a crisis house after taking overdose she can diagnose me with BPD and knows me like the back of her hand and after spending less time with my children thinks she can read them and make her mind up and determine what my children need and who I am..wro g BPD is a dangerous diagnosis to make and then not make any recommendations or referrals and expect a person to go alone and do!
Dr Hessel Willemsen’s reports are, in my experience, thorough and fair. He has a good eye for detail and while his report wasn’t all we hoped for, he was able to get to the heart of the matter without rising tensions between the parties. I would wholeheartedly jump on the chance of having him as an expert in family cases, particularly those where CAFCASS is involved. He isn’t afraid to go against CAFCASS.
Hi,
A TikTok post has reached around the world of Dr Hessel Willemsen’s face. Locations: Wiltshire, Bedfordshire, New Mexico, South Yorkshire, Luton, Kansas, USA, Florida, Essex, Northern California, Buckinghamshire, Montreal, Manchester, St Louis, London, Midlands, Northeast London, Birmingham, Ireland, Wales, Canada, Derby, New York, Ohio and Australia.
The man is a parasite…child trafficker for 30 pieces of silver, bring back common Law
both these women were diagnosed with mental health conditions by Willemsen (along with many others); these diagnoses are being accepted by Family Court Judges who are fully aware Willemsen is not medically qualified. Both of the above women have been diagnosed with no mental health issues along with my daughter Penny by Doctors/Psychiatrists registered with the G.M.C, Hessel Willemsen is not registered with the G.M.C; these women, along with others are willing to give evidence in ‘open’ Court.
Hessel Willemsen who is currently under investigation by the HCPC regarding ‘Fitness to Practice’ i.e. (making mental health diagnosis on hundreds of women without the appropriate qualifications). To do so, in most cases causing children to be unlawfully removed from good loving families and put into care of the abuser, subjecting children to serious harm.
Hessel Willemsen is a criminal committing fraud upon the court on a daily basis. He openly offers to make these reports without even seeing the child. I challenge him and anyone mentioned in this statement to issue proceedings against me in an ‘open Court’ in front of a Jury if they think they` can prove anything in this statement to be false.
Hessel Willemsen receives hundreds of thousands of pounds a year for his services to CAFCASS. CAFCASS being a profit-making corporation, will elect themselves as Guardian over your child which gives them access to the child’s ‘Trust Fund’. Judges refer to this fund as ‘The child’s public funding certificate’. CAFCASS then has the funding to employ Dr Hessel Willemsen who in return produces the false and misleading reports required by CAFCASS to enable them to remove the said child. WILLEMSEN MUST BE STOPPED!! He should go to prison.
My Daughter, has been missing with her child for some 12 months in order to seek treatment for my grandsons mental health condition which was diagnosed as ‘GENETIC’ by a consultant Neurologist and consultant Psychiatrist. This is the ‘same’ condition clearly displayed by the father : who is in denial and refuses treatment for his own child causing him significant harm.
During my investigations I’ve met many women who have been subjected to interviews with Hessel Willemsen; I will refer to two in particular 1. L J and 2. C H; both these women were diagnosed with mental health conditions by Willemsen (along with many others); these diagnoses are being accepted by Family Court Judges who are fully aware Willemsen is not medically qualified. Both of the above women have been diagnosed with no mental health issues along with my daughter by Doctors/Psychiatrists registered with the G.M.C, Hessel Willemsen is not registered with the G.M.C; these women, along with others are willing to give evidence in ‘open’ Court.
This is no more than a scam by CAFCASS using the heading ‘Parental Alienation’ to get access to the child’s ‘Pubic Funding certificate’.
Judges and Government i.e. The Right Honourable Priti Patel are aware of the fraud in the Family Courts.
My daughter’s case has been made public by Justice Williams High Court Family Division. See: http://www.transparencyproject.org.uk/alienating-behaviours-and-appealing-about-an-expert-report/
Justice Williams after releasing his ‘so called’ transparency report (some 8 pages), was made aware of a newspaper story printed by Metro News on 6th May 2019 (after having access to ALL Court documents involved in my daughter’s case and studied by their legal team for 8 days). The Metro decided to print the truth: Please view https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/06/family-boy-8-made-live-dad-slam-hateful-feelings-ruling-9418552/
Justice Williams then removed his original 8-page report and replaced it with a 28 page document on 30th April 2019 in an attempt to cover the incompetence and fraudulent activities relating to my daughters case, overseen by Judge Lloyd North of Norwich Family Court, i.e:
· Court audios having complete arguments removed (criminal offence), which confirmed Judge Lloyd North’s decision was wrong
· Justice William’s (High Court Family Division), transcripts incomplete
· False and misleading reports from CAFCASS Siobhan Duffy being deliberately overlooked by Judge Lloyd North (Fraud)
· David Wilson Solicitors i.e. Cathleen O’ Conor concealing evidence (Fraud)
· Barrister/Judge Neil Bullock representing CAFCASS whilst under investigation by Police for domestic abuse (later admitting the offence); also stating he was receiving treatment from a Psychologist whom I believe to be Dr Hessel Willemsen
· Judge Lloyd North attempting to conceal the Father’s mental health issues
· Justice Levine from the High Court, criticising the Right Honourable Priti Patel, with no evidence to do so.
· I paid in excess of £300,000 towards this case – How much was STOLEN by CAFCASS from the child’s public funding certificate?!
Here are the names of 3 CAFCASS officers all from the Chelmsford offices of CAFCASS, all connected to Hessel Willemsen, all guilty of fraud upon the court.
1. Siobhan Duffy
2. Lucy Hopkins
3. Opeoluwa Taiwo
I have sworn witness statements, audio recordings, documented evidence from professionals to prove all of the above. The fraud and corruption surrounding this man, CAFCASS and the Family Courts, must be investigated.
This statement has also been sent to every known law firm/National Newspaper.
This man is a liar and makes up evidence to suit his weird ideology. Dr Willemsen is a stain on the reputation of overseeing bodies such as the HCPC and is an enabler of post-separation domestic abuse. He needs to be brought to justice and all the cases he has been involved in need re-assessing.
Note, the NSPCC do not recognise Parental Alienation as a legitimate psychological process.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jun/12/questions-over-use-of-psychological-experts-in-parental-alienation-cases
Dealt with this so called Doctor regarding my children. I found him to have deep untreated psychological issues. He used to stare for long time into my eyes without blinking in silence. Very weird individual with psychological issues which he portrayed at me. Reminds me of a psychopath. He made up ridiculous reports about me and my children. Horrible cold hearted and disturbed person who should be in psych ward.
My daughter felt very uncomfortable, she said he was staring at her a lot. I cannot believe he is still practising. What a let down.
I agree, I think doctors who look at patients or in your daughter’s words “stare” should have immediately taken their license away. Especially when your precious daughter felt a little uncomfortable. How dare he!!!
This man is a Liar, lied on his report, he lied in the court room under OATH he clearly got annoyed when challenged, when asked by my barrister if he thought I deserved the domestic abuse said yes then had to back track on what he said. Has copied and pasted sections of my report it seems when reading stories of other women online and the wording in their reports. The courts simply agree with what he says because he has a qualification. This man is making thousands, he is dealing with several families at one time, not taking sufficient notes, or if he is he’s lying and making simple and less simple mistakes on a report that has the strong potential of ruining lives. This man must be stopped, the courts need to have a better understanding.
Please do not let this man on your court case. He is on a different planet. The things he came out with were a joke. Luckily the judge laughed at his report and took no notice…not all will be so lucky. AVOID LIKE COVID.
Reading the reviews, this quack should of been investigated a very long time ago. Depending on the outcome I urge everyone who has been failed by this man to appeal and ask for a new hearing and also take him to the cleaners and sue him
Narcissist ! Loves control, corrupt to the core, plays with people’s lives. My daughter called him a creep after the session. He of course never asked any meaningful questions, then accused me of talking derogatory in front of my daughter when I was recalling my abusive marriage. Him being a predictable narcissist with no imagination diagnoses me with some fictitious mental disorder not on the DSM-5. Word salad, knowing that if questioned in court will not stand. Pathetic and cowardly typical narc. Report comes out blaming the break of the relationship with my daughter entirely on me. Recommends daughter lives with her father ?? The day report comes out father batters his new wife/victim over another of her questioning him of his cheating. ‘Dr’ W has to redo report exposing his utter and shameful incompetence. Like every narcissist# absolute loser # own enemy. My Complaint to the governing body is not even responded. Unless we all gather together as collective we will not be heard.
Couldn’t agree more. Is there a way some form of collective action can be undertaken?
I am writing this post to name and shame the following professionals for fabricating evidence against me during family court proceedings in order to ensure the unjust removal of my 5 children for forced adoption
Sharron Simmons
(social worker for lambeth council)
Dionne Williams Frazer
(social worker for lambeth council)
Alan Corbett
(family court psychologist)
Stewart Stevenson
(children’s guardian for lambeth)
Andrew Carter
(manager at lambeth social services)
Judge Nicholas Crichton
Inner London family proceedings court
“The family courts should be open to members of the public as well as journalists and social workers should be cross examined as if they were in a criminal court”.
It’s about time social workers were held accountable for their actions.
I find these reviews shocking that this Man is still involved with child court cases .
Dr Willemsen was appointed by Cafcass Chelmsford in 2019 to do a report on my family due to the children wanting no contact with their mother after she left them with no contact for several years .She has a history of violence towards them ,witnessing violence towards me and open drug abuse in front of the children .
I was awarded full custody of the children due to police reports regarding domestic violence and failed drug tests in court but “mother” decided a few years later to return to court and seek access.
Cafcass being Cafcass would not accept the children didn’t want to see her and for several years gave her chance after chance despite several drug tests showing positive and persistently hounding the children to see her to no avail …..well it must be the Father influencing the children’s decision.
May I add i recorded all Cafcass interviews and most times they fabricated reports on what was said even though I had video evidence.
In steps Dr Willemsen appointed by Cafcass. Due to having no trust in Cafcass due to fabricated reports I also covertly filmed my meeting twice with Dr Willemsen who with Cafcass conspired to remove both children from my care after 6 years “as a child needs their mother in their lives and the response from the children must be my input ”
Dr Willemsen clearly fabricated a report to the courts stating i’d made various remarks/responses despite what the video i had made argued otherwise.
I included these videos in my final hearing to the district judge and as I was representing myself in court cross examined Dr Willemsen on his reports .
I was reprimanded for “covertly” recording my meeting with Dr Willemsen and the judge stated “he found nothing wrong with his report ”
I have overwhelming evidence including my video and Dr Willemsen’s report that clearly shows he fabricated evidence .
Why would a judge not reprimand this Man ? Because Cafcass are appointed by the courts ,Dr Willemsen is payed by Cafcass.If he was to go against Cafcass I’m pretty sure he would not be raking in the hundreds of thousands he does working for them .Also if Dr Willemsen is found to be fabricating evidence then every case he was involved in would be brought back to court costing millions.
This so called “Dr” is dangerous and ruining families to line his own pocket .
I hope one day it catches up with him and his life is ruined like i guarantee he has done to many others .
The judges on my case; Judge Bell/ Judge Sarah Gibbons / Judge Jakens / Judge Dwyer /Judge Evans-Gordon
After 20 years of being in an abusive relationship with the ex husband, I decided to leave the marriage. I have been separated and divorced since 2015 and I am still in litigation.
As soon as Divorce proceedings were finalised in 2016, the ex husband started childrens proceedings which are still ongoing. We have three children now age 22, 19 and 15.
This decision has been catastrophic for the children, as this has resulted in vexatious litigation slandering and smear campaigns through friends and abuse by proxy using the courts to have Occupancy of my home that was awarded to me by the financial Judge to live in until the sale of the property was achieved and a ‘Residency Order’ of my daughter. Save for the initial two years, the total costs for Child proceedings has costs me over £100K, I have now been a litigant in person for the last year and a half. I have been the victim of Domestic abuse/violence, Economic, Mental abuse and coercive control. Whilst childrens’ proceedings remain ongoing, I have attended Court on more than 20 occasions, this obviously does not include the countless number of times I have been in Court for financial resolution, which has still to be resolved.
I have had the involvement of Cafcass, Social Services, NYAS Court appointed Guardian and NYAS appointed Psychologist Hessel Willemsen to assess and diagnose change of residency with the help of the infamous Karen Woodall.
I am a good mother to my children and that has never been in question throughout our 20 years of marriage, it was only after the divorce which I instigated that the ex husband tried to have my mental health evaluated through the Court Arena. The intervention of professional bodies such as Cafcass, Social Services and NYAS were instructed to assess the family and to write up reports that would determine whether I was a fit and able mother (all these reports are biased). Bearing in mind this is a family assessment, the ex husband was never fully assessed. Social Services report that the children stay with me and keep contact with their father, Cafcass and NYAS reported immediate change of residency, my crime they are stating I committed was based on future ‘Emotional Harm’ which has not been proven. I was subjected to a four day hearing in 2019 on change of residency, cross examined by the perpetrator ex husband and hearsay evidence from ex husband witnesses. I did not have a fair hearing, as my witnesses were not permitted and that my witnesses current position statement was never even considered. However the ex husband was permitted an established unreliable witness. It was later established on the stand that the ex husbands witness was undergoing psychiatric help for depression.
The majority of my evidence was not taken into consideration.
The Court Guardian’s approach was profoundly flawed. (There is now an investigation by HCPC re Jo Masterton-Francis NYAS (Family Need Fathers).
The Court did not follow the required Child Welfare Checklist.
I was wrongfully, abruptly and without due care and consideration removed from my daughter’s life, like I never existed. I have now been rendered homeless as a result of the Residency Change of my daughter. This has caused my daughter and I significant emotional and psychological harm. The ex-husband prevented me from seeing my children for 2 years. It has only been recently that I have been able to reestablish contact due to my persistence. Dr Willemsen has caused massive damage to my family from a 1 hour interview. He received vast amounts of money to report immediate change of residency. His registered address of his practice @ 19-21 St Thomas Road Finsbury Park – the nature of his businesses are other lettings and operating of own or leased real estate. His clinic at the same address is not listed. It has also been proven that Dr Willemsen has lied to Legal Aid by declaring more hours then he reports. I would urge all Victims of Willemsen to apply for their Subject Access Requests immediately.
At 14 years old I was a child of the system myself, extremely vulnerable and suffered from learning difficulties, whilst under the care of the local authority and living in a children’s home I fell in with a bad crowd, I was then groomed and abused by a network of older men in the area and sold for sex. The local authority were fully aware this was happening however refused to move me from the area despite me begging them to do so. In the midst of this situation I fell pregnant, I tried to move back home with my mother as this was where I felt safer, yet the LA repeatedly called the police and had be escorted back to the Children’s Home although I was only on a voluntary section 20 agreement at the time. The LA seemed to become extremely possessive over me from the minute they realised I was pregnant, So possessive that they served me with court papers to issue care proceedings on my unborn baby in the middle of labour whilst my legs were up on stirrups. I was also told that if I left hospital with the baby that the police would be called immediately, shortly after this I was sent to a parenting assessment unit where the residents were psychologically abused by staff members on a daily basis. This place was run like a military camp and staff would regularly comment on how certain babies were perfect adoption material. This certainly wasn’t a place to provide any kind of support to parents but rather a place to break down their spirits prior to court proceedings, After this arrangement broke down the court were asked to look at alternative carers for my baby, At this point the LA already had 3 sets of prospective adopters lined up to take my child. Three of the viability reports on family members were compiled after just 1 hour long meetings with family members in my eyes this isn’t good enough how can you possibly write up a report on someone who you have never met before after spending just 1 hour with them! Their was at some point during proceedings a psychologists report done on myself which was proven to be flawed. After the LA filed their viability assessments all family members were quickly ruled out and they went full speed ahead to apply for their adoption order which sadly was granted by the judge. I was a child myself when all of this happened and I know that with the right support I would have been a great mum but unfortunately the system is courupt to the core I just didn’t stand a chance. All of this happened under the watch of THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH formerly known as GREENWICH COUNCIL social services departments.
It’s very unhealthy how Chelmsford Cafcass and Anita Garrod refer parents to Dr Willemsen to intimidate and try to cover up their own mistakes. It’s a hugely corrupt process. Psychoanalysis is a talking therapy, with no qualification to diagnose the things Cafcass ask him to. It would be great if more people complain about Garrod and Chelmsford Cafcass to the SRA and Ombudsman. I’m so sorry for all the parents who have suffered.
This Dr has participated in being responsible for my children being given to the abuser within family court his recommendation to a known class A dealer his short poor bias report was non factual failed to see my sons very complex needs very autistic traits. This doctor retraumatised me with comments such as “ you don’t come across as a victim” . My children are severely damaged now . I’m not the only mother from domestic violence relationship this has happened to with this man there is a large collection of us ! I urge you if you are in family court . To fight as much as possible NOT to have this man used .Especially if your trying to protect your children from domestic abuser .
We are approaching a very important point in the journey protecting our children and families from Dr. Willemsen. More and more evidence is coming to light and it is important that the two authorities who have the power to limit Dr. Willemsen’s capacity have the evidence they need.
Can I please request that everyone who has grounds for complaining does so via:
1) Emailing complaints@bps.org.uk [British Psychological Society]
2) Submitting a complaint to the HCPC via http://www.hcpc-uk.org/concerns/raising-concerns/public/ [Health & Care Professions Council]
Please include as much evidence as possible when submitting complaints to the above organisations.
The reports and complaints detailed below all concern similar themes of behaviour and demonstrate a ‘professional’ who should not be practising, and the more evidence we can supply to the HCPC and BPS will help us undertake this important task on behalf of families everywhere.
I’m going to do this right away .
I have overwhelming evidence that he fabricated reports during my family court hearings. I have video evidence of our meetings clearing proving he lied in his statements and evidence to court .
Dr Willemsen swore under oath and quoted me saying things that my video evidence shows otherwise(provided to district judge on final hearing)and it was me reprimanded by the courts for filming without his knowledge and backed his “professional opinion” as he has been doing this for many years!!!!
David
If anyone doubts the authenticity of these reviews on this website please don’t, I can tell you that from personal experience of what our family member has been subjected to by this man Hessel Willemsen, common sense would tell me that most if not all of these accounts have validity and are true experiences of ordinary people who have suffered at the hands of this man, he is clearly a Fake psychologist who is perverting the course of justice in our Family courts, his fabricated evidence is totally misleading our judicial system making it not fit for purpose!
I have one more important evidence that I can quote here for this type of control and coercion and intimidating mentla harassment against mother victims of rape and domestic violence. I had visited Chelmsford County court on 28 May 2019 as applicant (litigant in person) for a Non Molestation Order and my hearing was assigned to HHJ Shanks around 1 pm if I remember right the time. Unfortunately at the same time the child’s father was also there and the application for Non Molestation was to be served upon him and I was not supposed to be seen by him or found by him as I and my son were hiding in a refuge at Chelmsford as previous Council wanted us to stay safe. My son’s dad and his solicitor were talking and too busy to know I was sitting in the chair opposite them and I could overhear their conversation and my son was standing next to me but they did not notice. Their hearing was before me just 5 to 10 minutes gap. My son’s dad was with a lady barrister appointed by his solicitors and my son’d dad was lookign dismayed that they had no evidence of mental health concerns against me as their application of risk to child was made to family court stating I am severely mentally ill and schizoprenic which is totally false and without ANY evidence or even c1A form they made that application for PSO against me and child to live with him. He also accused me of parental alienation of child from his dad when clearly the C&F risk assessment by Council stated that there is danger to child and mother from dad and has clearly stated mother to keep herself and child safe, with evidence that child and mother were assisted into a refuge and refuge will provide both of us support independently to help us understand what happened to us in domestic violence and that social worker educated child about domestic abuse through words and pictures exercise, as child had directly evidence DV against his mother and was hurt by dad. Therefore how can it be parental alienation? His lady barisster was assuring him that – ‘don’t worry, we will get mental health evidence/ parental aleination etc later on by way of assessment’ and egging him on to continue with his application inspite of his doubts. I therefore know that these solicictors KNOW these type of spcyhologists and doctors and try to organize through CAFCASS mental health assessments for parental alienation assessments from these experts who are on the rolls of CAFCASS. They have contacts with CAFCASS appointed solicitors, judges, etc to order such assessments. THIS can be ascertained through CCTV of familuy court waiting area. When I met HHJ Shanks she told me that child’s father and his solicitor were just here and they have just left the building and she approved Non Molestation Order and informed me they had come for a hearing but I had not received a notice and had no idea. I incidentally heard his lady solicitor/barrister talking to him, I did not see his face, just the lady’s. In next hearing on 16 July 2019 same lady solicitor of child’s father was in attendence alongside him so I know it is the same person.
This proves to me that the solicitors such as that firm of my child’s father are confident about experts such as Dr. Willemsen being made available when they have no evidence against the vicitm mothers, to manufacture FALSE evidence against victims of rape and DV who flee from serious dangers. Luckily in my case Dr. Willemsen stated that father has mental or personality disorders and he is manipulative and mother is not lying. However his false risk assessment that child is in no physical danger from father and that mother’s ‘negative feeling’ about father may cause parental alienation leading to child to not want contact with father has led to damage to this case in tremendous way as this presumption (which he states as presumption) was blown out of proportion even after psychiatric risk assessment came out that dad is mentally delusional and a risk to me and my son. So you see, even if there is evidence of danger from dad, CAFCASS and their solicitors/ Guardians Ms. Margaret Obi/ Anita Garrod of Garrods Law and father’s solicitor Marcus Malin and Setfords in my case have all got evidence against father but all are stil harping on about the vague lines written by Dr. Willemsen as presumptions and controlling me, my whereabouts and asking for regular direct contact based on that before fact finding that has caused way too much tension and stress enough to make penalty clause against me to jail me if I disagree with direct contact in a danger zone Chelmlsford from where refuge and IDVA said to flee. They just do not listen to anyone except Dr. Willemsen and that too to only those parts of his reports that go against mothers, no matter how vague or presumptious which is frightening and a clear evidence of corruption. We cannot be safe anywhere if these practices are ongoing at family courts and they accept malefide and UNEVIDENCED applications from fathers afetr mothers flee to a domestic violence refuge and then make CAFCASS hire these experts to maufacture false evidence and vague ones / presumtions and focus irrationally only on those vague things of parental alienation etc, to frighten off the mothers who are trying to protect themselves and the child. It is sad but true.
David.
This psychologist’s Dr Hessel Willemsen’s report has damaged our family beyond belief with his assumptions about our family member, causing her to loose custody of her beloved children.
This Psychologist Dr Willemsen recommended in his report that the children live with their father with a long history of drug abuse and extensive criminal behaviour known to the police and also this father states he has brain damage.
Dr Willemsen was unable to recognise a severe case of Narcissistic personality disorder. We as a family have witnessed over a good number of years the father’s coercive control over the Mother and our grandchildren.
Prior to this report all the social services involved in this case for over a year or so concluded that the Mother of the children was by far the best parent to meet the emotional and practical needs of the children. So in the best interests of the children the Mother was granted main custody of the children.
During this period the Mother found it impossible to co parent with the father as he put his own selfish agenda before the welfare of the children.
Psychologist reports were ordered on the whole family, the time spent with family individually was a very short amount of time slightly over an hour with the mother but far longer with the father and not very long with the children.
Dr Willemsen seemed to take the fathers account of events as truthful without any evidence, Dr Willemsen didn’t seem to want to listen to the Mothers account of events at all, he also appeared to be very disengaged and cold towards her when he interviewed her, this was very upsetting for her.
One of his assumptions was that the mother needed professional help for her underlying mental health issues, as in his view she was carrying a lot of anger towards the father, he also said she was being vindictive and alienating her expartner from the court professionals. The mother had had no mental health issues throughout her life and has always been a very stable individual, in fact she was just telling her truth of how events had taken place over the years with her relationship with the father.
I must add that Cafcass went along with this report totally without question, disregarding the findings of the social services that had been involved for over a year!
This report by this man was quite frankly lacking in evidence, inadequate and very dangerous!
Decent people are suffering and their lives are by being ruined this man with his incompetent assumptions and his equally incompetent recommendations to the family courts. The question has to be asked how many lives is this Dr Willemsen destroying and abusing every year with a mandate to do so by the Family Courts, this is totally unacceptable and outrageous.
Vulnerable children are being placed with abusive parents and in some cases mentally ill parents some being habitual drug users, some of these parents have no concept of the detrimental effects their behaviour has on their children. These people can’t even look after themselves adequately, they are unable to guide and prioritise young children in their care. These children are being abused by our family court system due to them using this man Willemsen whom is clearly has no concern for children’s welfare he is only interested in personal gain.
This is more than just shame full and disgusting, he is the worst kind of criminal using and abusing innocent children along with loving good parents to make a substantial amount of money.
This man should never to be allowed be an expert witness to the family court system or be able to practice psychology ever again!
100 percent true this review is exactly how I have also experienced Dr. Hessel Willemsen, cold to the females and sympathetic towards the male and I also found he reflected the views of a judge of family court one HHJ Turner as he had told Cafcass personnel that he is ‘very sympathetic towards father and wants some sort of direct contact session to be organised by Cafcass before fact finding’ and this is also exactly what Dr. Willemsen wrote in report that some sort of direct contact to be introduced before fact fnding. Unfortunately this direct contact when mother and child are at high risk and danger and not even rehoused and just out of refuge looking for housing and without fact finding is very wrong in domestic abuse cases and children get emotionally aligned with abusive parent and get confused as they have witnessed crime against mother and they were hit by dad and they are getting the message that mothers should not say anything to children and no professional should respect child’s rights to be free of abuse and child should be alright if dad hits mother or hurts child and still meet him and have a positive relationship with the abusive dad. It is a really strange and psychopathic type of court in UK that has such mindsets and such type of professionals. In a good country if child and mother are hit or raped or abused and investigations are pending, no contact is necessary before fact finding and usually no contact ordered on fact finding as victims should first be heard properly in depth. This man does not do that at all and he is considered so important for what reason is unclear. Eveything stated by reviews here seems matching with what I have also felt about this family court system and the unusual Dr. Willemsen factor in it with CAFCASS and Guardians etc ruling our lives. They should be banned.
There appears to be a worrying and quite evident similarity in the themes of the cases very sadly summarised here. Unfortunately we are another.
Dr Willemsen was, in recent years, involved with a case regarding my wife and custody of her child from a previous partner.
In summary, Dr Willemsen was actively hostile towards my wife and fabricated inaccurate reports which even included completely inaccurate and wholly inappropriate statements about other family members (whom he’d never met). Dr Willemsen is responsible for misleading court proceedings and his actions have resulted in a child losing his mother and being placed with the abusive former partner, with absolutely no effort made to come to an unbiased and fair conclusion.
There are too many facets to our case to provide in one review. However, I have first hand experience of how distraught my wife was following her first meeting with this so called ‘professional’, who, based on her description, would in my opinion be better described as a bully with the power to destroy children’s (and noticeably and very specifically Mothers) lives.
Following the first meeting (and hearing how Dr Willemsen had been actively hostile towards my wife) it was decided that I would also attend all future meetings. Dr Willemsen objected until it was highlighted by solicitors that there was no legal basis upon which he could refuse to permit my attendance.
Upon arrival, I witnessed first-hand the hostility literally from the moment Dr Willemsen opened his front door and the complete (and I mean complete) lack of acknowledgment to my wife. Dr Willemsen proceeded to shake my hand and greet me quite normally.
The hostility to my wife proceeded throughout the meeting. The purpose of the discussions were regarding the future care of my wife’s child (taken from her during corrupt family court proceedings), who has been placed with her abusive former partner, and the narrative which the child would be told.
The meeting was an unpleasant and uncomfortable ordeal that, even together, was difficult for us to get through.
Dr Willemsen did, at one point, advise that the former partner was struggling to come to terms with some specific ‘allegations’ of abuse in their historic relationship and how these would be explained to the child (not that they would need to be).
It appeared to us both that Dr Willemsen was a conduit for the former partner and this was an attempt to make my wife retract these allegations. It was at this point I had to interject and highlight that we were there to discuss the child and not the former partner and it would be for them to put the child first, set their own emotions and motives to one side for the child’s sake, such matters were not the purpose of the meeting (I was later accused in court of being ‘aggressive’, for this interjection!). The child may not have been placed with the parent who is wholly child focussed it would seem?
Interestingly, the language used by Dr Willemsen throughout was, my wife felt, similar to phraseology used to torment her by her former partner. It appeared that Dr Willemsen had accepted his version of events whole heartily without any evidence or investigation. This was further demonstrated as Dr Willemsen met with my wife’s former partner on more occasions than was ordered by the court and wrote his subsequent addendum reports without even seeking to speak to my wife. When challenged about this at court, he simply stated there was no need to see the mother because he ‘knows she won’t have changed’ (for context this was c.2.5 years after the initial meeting/report).
The child has now been put into a forced state of mourning and is not allowed to see his completely innocent Mother, at all. The child is with the abusive former partner and, based on the narrative developed following the meetings, Dr Willemsen (as stated in court) is very confident the child will ‘never want to seek his mother in the future’.
The above is a very brief summary of the issues we faced and the use of Dr Willemsen in corrupt family court proceedings was very apparent to us long before we discovered this website.
My wife and I are now in a loving relationship, one which we had hoped would include the child. All allegations made by Dr Willemsen regarding my wife were false and wholly unsubstantiated but conveniently guided the family court to the desired conclusion.
The abusive former partner had the same solicitors as referred to in one of these reviews, David Wilson Solicitors.
I am happy to assist in any way possible, including further detail regarding my first hand experience of Dr Willemsen.
We have filed a complaint with the HCPC (including supportive statements from various well respected legal professionals) who, we understand, are working on a case against Dr Willemsen (although it appears so far that the HCPC are less than co-operative – purposely so in this case I feel). We will keep pushing for further action.
It’s shocking to read this as my Child was appointed the same solicitors and Dr Willemsen ,it seems there’s a pattern here
I do not understand why single reports by so called Expert Witnesses like Doctor Willemsen are valued more than family histories gathered by Social Workers and other Agencies including Police and Mental Health Teams over many months and years.
There may be documentation gathered by Mental Health Teams of substance abuse and self harm collated over many years ready to be put forward in evidence, but this is disregarded after a short assessment by Doctor Willemsen where the indivual assures him that they have beaten their addictions. Doctor Willemsen then goes on to reccomend that this person take custody of the children. Does he not understand that these children realise the mental anguish of that parent and are frightened to upset them knowing the consequences, therfore siding with them in interviews. Does he not realise that the same children have learnt to shield that individual, whom even from a young age they perceive as vulnerable.
These children would have witnessed Mental Health Team and Police visits to the home over many years, they have learnt to protect, in this case the father from upset and these same children have learnt to fear for the father, not fear of him, but just as damaging.
On the other hand because the other parent, in this case the mother has over many years tried to keep the family safe and healthy assuming responsibility of both parents. She has taken over the role of presenting normality, taken the children to school, medical appointments, outings, sporting events and much more, while the other parent has time to self indulge doing what pleases him, but being little involved in the day to day care.
This all changes on a very short assessment of the mother by Doctor Willemsen who decides she is too ‘put together’ hiding something, not realising the gravityof the situation. Of course she realises the gravity but it is a face she has used for many years to keep her children safe. Supplying the childrens daily needs, keeping them happy and safe while holding down a job to provide. She wants to scream she knows the gravity of the situation but doesn’t because this is her role, to protect her children
My main question and worry is, why the evidence of one individual, just because he is deemed ‘Expert Witness’ is valued more than written evidence gathered over many months and years by other agencies including Social Services and Police. After all, it is just his oppinion, is it not.
Added to my concern is that the Family Court is a closed court, the childrens Guardians are appointed by the same Court and the monies supplied for payment of the ‘Expert Witness’ comes from funds controlled by the Court. This means that there are no checks and balances. The court appointed childrens Guardians side with the Expert Witness, not to do so would infer that somehow the Guardian is more expert in the field of Psychology than the Expert
The Court values most the opinion of the CAFCASS Guardian and the Expert Witness, if one will not challenge the other there can never be a balance and a one sided view will be presented.
While I understand the closed court is to protect the children, secrecy can never be healthy, the wider public need to know how they are run in order for us to protect our children. If the placement of a child goes wrong, who is to know about it.
Please, can anyone help. Will someone realise we are doing our nations children harm, harm through a system that does not work. Is too closed and secret in it’s working practice to ever function properly.
I feel that Dr. Hessel Willemsen is not aware of how to handle and assess cases of high risk female mothers and young children sent to refuge as per multi-agency government assessment reports called MARAC and has no idea what is the meaning of fleeing domestic violence and rape. He did not seem to have read the Danger Statement issued by Thurrock council in the Children and Family risk assessment report stating that mother to keep herself and child safe (he was 6 when we fled to refuge forced by Council to flee) and father to reflect upon his behavior as he has hurt the child and abused mother. The council officials already stated that child has evidenced and witnessed domestic violence directly in the clear and comprehensive unbiased assesment report of council with proper fact findings by council on the basis of which mother and child were forced to go homeless, penileness without anything and hide in refuge. The Council stated that mother and child to be helped by refuge professionals to understand domestic violence and what happened to them and they are to be rehoused in a safe location unknown to father on a permanent basis. This is called Fleeing Domestic Violence as a high risk victim. Dr. Willemsen seemed angry about why I was late to his appointment which was because I did not have enough money for train ticket it was end of month, I was in temporary accomodation awaiting final housing and only on universal credit having just left refuge and still struggling with safety without which we cannot settle down, no financial settlement or divorce was initiated either. The case was a clear one. The Council reported father made useless and manipulative allegations against mother as soon as she went to a refuge as is very very commonplace and his actions of making concerns and allegations against mother can be deemed to be controlling, he also was controlling to assessment officer of Council and gave misinformation in every step of the assessment. Instead of reading this concrete report made after police meetings, NHS records, pediatrician, school, interviews of both parents, direct work with child multiple times by Council social workers, MARAC assessments of multiple agencies, all the MASH multi agency safeguarding hub work, refuge experts – Cafcass solicitors of child and family court have simply wasted time in further assessments. Psychiatrist has also stated father is a risk to child and mother both. Autism expert was appointed due to Dr. Willemsen to waste more funds and time when child was already discharged by pediatrician in march 2019 itself and it is clearly written in Thurrock council report too. Letters from GP were also issued to court although unnecessary as Council already in their comprehensive report stated mother and child are safe at a refuge and receiving support from refuge to restablisie again, and mother takes adquate care of child, considers his needs above her own and no professional ever had any issues with mother or her parenting. Dr. Willemsen seemed to have ignored all of this and met witih father two times, and seems to be very very very rigid that there simply has to be DIRECT CONTACT BEFORE SAFE HOUSING OF HIGH RISK VICTIMS. He kept asking why child has not seen dad, since when, and all the above was explained patiently to him. It seems he was clueless and wrote that both parents do not prioritise child’s needs above their own simply because he thinks main thing once a man wants to kill you with knife and strangles your son, is to provide him contact as soon as you go to refuge and that too direct personal contact. If not this man Dr. Willhemsen will be appointed by judges to make ‘parental alienation’ vague statements based on no proof, he handled questions cancelled by HHJ Murfitt in 20 Sep 2019 court order on 1) parental alienation 2) physical rosk assesment 3) whether each parent prioritises child’s needs above their own. The judge stated these are for the court to determine and I was there in the hearing along with Hannah Sutton of child solicitor. I have no clue why he has confused court by handling these cancelled questions without ANY EVIDENCE stating that child has no physical risk in being with his father. What is the meaning of all this noone knows as Cafcass employees just robotically followed his assessment, put a penalty clause to jail me and my son when I said that my location is known to father by mistake of court papers and I do not feel comfortable in direct contact at a city where I can be followed and my hidden place revealed or stalking possible as I already fled twice from one refuge to another due to this. Then the Cafcass solicitor of child put a PSO against me moving to a safe zone again based on his unclear and hypothetical or presumptious assessment and threatened s.37 against me. The s.37 also went in my favour of course but I am seriously so worried that this psychologist has manipulated Anita Garrod of child solicitor hired by Cafcass and she is so misled by this shady assesment that she ignored all the Danger Statement of Thurrock council C&F assessment, the high risk MARAC assessment, the police witness statements of independent witnesses, psychaitric report – everything as if Dr. Willemsen is God. Frankly he is Lucifer who gives false light and misleads others. Due to this and this alone, my case was weakened and I was forced to live in a danger zone against refuge professionals advise and so VERY VERY afraid of family court and Cafcass solicitors and their punitive measures that I am unable to even attend court out of fear, I have agreed to every demand of father, revealed my permanent address, my allottment address, agreed to all possible contact, overnight stays, unsupervised stays, whatever dad says else he will kill me. I have no choice. Also I am unable to safeguard my son now as per Council safety plan and refige advise as court is irresponsible and ignores actual domestic violence assessment in favour of these type of psychologists who specialise in parental alienation and autism false concerns to waste time and money and mislead court and solicitors as clearly mentioned in Ministry of Justice pdf gov.uk report on domestic violence and family court system. I have reported him to PMO, MoJ and various agencies and only hope that other victims will not be made vulnerable and suffer.
Thank you to whoever put this site up. I am about to write to the HCPC myself. My experiences with this quack, mirror those below. He is truly twisted and a con artist. I advise everyone who encounters this man to tape, if not video tape him as he falsely reports. It is telling that he sides with men who are violent towards women and who sexually abuse children. Not only do I strongly feel that this man is a pervert – from a weird comment he made in a report that he did on our family, but that he is also very much in it for the money. He has a network of Cafcass and Counsels for the Guardian that give him work and that he tailors to their wishes. I will report back on what happens. It’s a Racket. Be strong and have the courage of your convictions, People.
I recorded my whole meeting with him and he fabricated a report with me despite my video evidence supplied to the courts contesting his evidence.
I was reprimanded for filming him without his knowledge and they found no wrong doing on his part despite my solid evidence proving he lied and Dr Willemsen had the nerve to state I was more worried about filming him and going against his “professional opinion than my children’s needs ”
The whole system is fraudulent
This man is one evil man. Only Interest is money from the court.
‘This doctor and Chelmsford cafcas should be investigated
DR Hessel Willemsen! Words cannot describe the pain and damage this man has caused myself and my child. He fabricated he reports wrote negative about myself in everyone and praised the father. Makes diagnosis that his not even qualified to. Willemsen lost me my child to the hands of an abuser. He has destroyed our lives. I will fight until I get the justice I deserve. Avoid this so called “professional” at all costs.
Mr Hessel Willemsen took mis-information which was easily disproved and wrote it into his report, the other party’s word was taken as the truth without any questioning, I was vilified, and demonised by the other party, but for my part did not make any negative comments, the other party’s word was taken as truth despite being demonstrable lies, and as a result my children were taken from me. I am still trying to understand why the truth in my statements was ignored, and the lies in his were believed. This man should be struck off! A disgrace to BACPS and BPS. Avoid at all cost
Hessel Willemsen had publicly announced he does about 50 to 60 of these cases for the Local Authorities and Cafcass a year, no doubt he does, at £5,000 to £6,000 a go, and without a doubt, mirroring every single Section 7, and Section 37 Report to enable himself to become their required smoking gun for these so-called professionals requesting him in person.Dr Willemsen can be seen diagnosing out of his expertise and competency whilst he is not registered with the General Medical Council… this man is not impartial and is regularly requested in person by Cafcass and the Local Authority legal teams, requested and unethically rubberstamping their unqualified hypophyses used within this fictional realm of the Family Courts balance of probability. Dr Willemsen is taking funds from our Public Trust Funds for diagnosing out of his expertise.
Something isn’t quite right about this man.
Who in their right mind thinks that a child at the age of 3 is over sexualised? ..makes up lies, falls a sleep while in discussions with him and in all honestly can not write a report with the basic information right as in names
I had my child reassessed by another doctor who had a totally different output to this man and is more experienced and has more of a back ground when it comes to children.
It has taken over 2 years for me to fight for this and now it has been brought to light that my child is suffering with ptsd but yet this man seemed to think that there was nothing wrong with her and pretty much said that all the bad she went through was her own thoughts as she wanted it.
disgusting disgusting disgusting
This man needs to be struck off!!!!
He was yawning on my assessment with my daughter ! He needs to be removed but who dares stand between him and the pound.
I have been following various posts and discussion within social media groups on this man and found that he is currently under investigation by the HCPC. Approach with caution!!!
He has made false allegations by stating that someone has a personality disorder. Without any assessments. A 2 hour conversation resulted in this outcome. Consisting in lies and more lies. He needs to be found as quack.
disgusting experience with Hessel , clearly does kto listen to any domestic violence and its impact left on children and ex partners , corrupt and favours the abuser , causes more harm to the children with the use and abuse of family courts , the poor children are still suffering as a result of his corrupt choices , he dismissed all domestic abuse and encouraged courts to give the children to abuser .
This man is pure evil he need investigating he ruins lives,family’s & children .Please record all sessions with him hopefully he gets his just deserves soon enough.
Beverly this man is a bad man and freaky he’s broken my heart
suggest any parent having to go here through court records all meetings. This man makes lies up about you
I recorded him and clearly proved he lied but was reprimanded by the courts for filming him without his permission.
He made reports to the court and gave evidence in front of a district judge about what i had said during our meetings which were totally fabricated and the video proves this and they found no wrong doing on his part and relied on his evidence in court .
The whole family court system is a farce.Court pays Cafcass, Cafcass uses the same solicitors and psychologist and they all stick together, you bring one down they all go down.
Corrupt organisation all sticking together
I feel this Doctor will delay proceedings by creating more work for himself. He doesn’t understand the situation he causes. When he feels upset, he will simply create false accusations. Try your utmost to avoid this money grabbing monster, who clearly manipulates the situation for his own gain.
feeling disguised. There is clearly a mis-conduct going on here. I urge governing bodies to investigate further.