About

Dr Grant Blake is a clinical psychologist and board approved supervisor who provides assessment and treatment for a variety of clinical and forensic presentations.

Grant has a particular interest in the treatment of trauma, grief, anxiety and depression. His therapeutic approach is relaxed and practical. He combines techniques from a variety of therapeutic approaches, and the techniques are always tailored to address the unique symptom profile. He also understands that not every session needs to be intense because sometimes you just need to debrief and figure out what to do next.

Grant undertakes a variety of independent psychological assessments. He continues to work as an expert witness for complex forensic mental health cases. He has a particular interest in criminal law (e.g., fitness to stand trial, unsoundness of mind, risk of reoffending), compensation matters (e.g., diagnosis, symptom validity), and functional capacity. He has a variety of assessment tools available to examine personality, mental health, risk, and cognitive ability (e.g., attention, intelligence). Grant also undertakes adult ADHD assessments.

Grant is actively involved with research and training. He is a co-author of several forensic psychological assessment tools, such as the Australian and New Zealand Evaluation of Fitness to Stand Trial - Revised (ANZ-EFST-R), Financial Capacity Interview, and Testamentary Capacity Interview. He provides mental health and wellbeing training to law firms, hospitals, public and private mental health services, businesses, and psychologist supervision.

Publications

•Leach, C., Blake, G. A., Harden, S., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (2024). Development and content validation of the Youth Australian and New Zealand Evaluation of Fitness to Stand Trial–Revised (Youth ANZ–EFST–R). Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2024.2346740 Click here

•Blake, G. A., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Antolak-Saper, N. (2023). Interpreting R v Presser: A clinician’s guide to contemporary Australian fitness to stand trial case law. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 30(6), 836-862. DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2022.2136278 Click here

•Blake, G. A., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Antolak-Saper, N. (2022). Special considerations to the assessment of fitness to stand trial in Australia. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 30(5), 679-694. DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2022.2100839 Click here

•Blake, G. A., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Fullam, R. (2021). Knowledge and opinions of fitness to stand trial elements in Australia. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 21(3), 241-255. DOI: 10.1080/14999013.2021.1966140 Click here

•Blake, G. A., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (2020). The correlates of unfitness to stand trial in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 20(1), 48-62. DOI: 10.1080/14999013.2020.1812013. Click here

• Blake, G. A., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Chen, W. S. (2019). Meta-analysis of second generation competency to stand trial assessment measures: Preliminary findings. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 64, 238-249. Click here.

•Blake, G. A. (2017). A new protocol to assess the subjective wellbeing of adolescents with intellectual disability. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 14, 298-308. Click here.

•Blake, G. A., Fergusson, S. G., Palmer, M. A., & Shiffman, S. (2016). Development and psychometric properties of the smoking restraint questionnaire.  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30, 238-245. Click here.

•O’Donnell, G., Minehan, D., & Blake. G. A. (2015). Paedophilia and online child exploitation materials: Ethical and practice issues in psychological treatment. InPsych, 37, 14-15. Click here.