Wednesday 12 November 2025, 12-12.30pm
Stalking: a psychological approach to a complex issue
Dr Kirsty Butcher
Kirsty Butcher has worked for over 17 years in NHS forensic settings. She is a Principal Clinical Psychologist with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust and Clinical Lead of the Hampshire based Multi-Agency Stalking Partnership (MASP). She has led the MASP clinical team since its inception seven years ago, during which time they have developed and delivered therapeutic interventions with stalking perpetrators, trained over 2000 Police and Probation staff in how to address stalking and won the British Psychological Society’s Innovation Award and The Alice Ruggles Trust award for contribution towards perpetrator intervention. Dr Butcher is passionate about promoting a psychologically based understanding of, and response to, stalking behaviour within the criminal justice system. Dr Butcher will provide an overview of the psychology of stalking, how the Hampshire based Multi-Agency Stalking Partnership works together to address this, and the psychological interventions delivered by the clinical team with reference to case studies.
UKPTS Bites is a series of short, online seminars on leading topics from the world of traumatic stress and beyond. For more information: www.ukpts.org/bites
