Fiona Palmer
Specialist Consultant, Trainer and Independent Review Chair
Thirty years of experience. One consistent focus: helping people and organisations understand what sits beneath behaviour, risk, and repeated system failure.
Fiona Palmer
Specialist Consultant & DHR Chair
Seeing the whole picture across complex services
Fiona’s work has taken her from frontline services to director-level leadership, across domestic abuse, substance use, safeguarding, mental health, homelessness, criminal justice and complex needs. That range is not presented as a list of separate subjects. It is what allows her to see the connections between them.
She understands how trauma affects behaviour, how coercive control creates entrapment, how substance use can become a survival response, and how organisational pressure can narrow professional thinking. She also understands that compassion without boundaries is unsafe, and accountability without context rarely creates change.
How Fiona Works
Verified Accreditations & Appointments
Fiona is an accredited Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Chair and has specialist accreditation in domestic abuse risk assessment and review practice. She has worked with survivors and perpetrators, in community and custodial settings, and alongside organisations responsible for safeguarding children and adults.
Trusted by local authorities, housing associations & health partnerships UK-wide
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