Understanding children, when it matters most.
When parents separate, children's needs often go unheard amidst complex and lengthy legal processes. Dr Trea Sanson-Fisher fills this crucial gap, providing independent, evidence-based assessments as a clinical and forensic psychologist. With over twenty years of experience in the family court system, she ensures that children's voices are understood and inform decisions made by parents and courts.
Samara Psychology provides independent, child-focused forensic psychological assessments for families in the family law system. Every engagement is conducted personally by Dr Trea Sanson-Fisher, and every report explains its reasoning.
Child Impact Assessment
A focused assessment used early in proceedings, to help parents and the court make interim decisions about children.
Family Reports
A comprehensive assessment used later in proceedings, ahead of final hearings, when long-term parenting arrangements need to be decided.
Child Consultation
A way to bring children's voices into mediation, so parents and solicitors don't lose sight of what their children actually need.
Specialist Supervision
Clinical and forensic supervision for psychologists who find themselves navigating the family law system.
Rare in the field.
Rarer still in family law.
Few psychologists in Australia hold specialist endorsements in both clinical and forensic psychology. Fewer still have spent over two decades inside the family court system as a Family Consultant and Court Child Expert. Dr Trea Sanson-Fisher has done both, and it shapes everything: assessments grounded in clinical understanding, reports written for how courts actually read them, and a process that treats every family with the same rigour and respect.
Children choose what they share
Children are the focal point of every assessment, and what's asked of them is not small: to speak with a stranger about their family, often against the backdrop of court proceedings.
Coming into that is hard, and Dr Trea Sanson-Fisher doesn't pretend otherwise. What she offers instead is a process built around dignity and respect: honest explanations from the first conversation, reasoning you can follow in every report, and a guarantee that children choose how much or how little to share.
