Dr Kerensa Hocken is a UK registered forensic psychologist. She has worked with people convicted of serious offences since 2000 and is a principal forensic psychologist in His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. Her areas of interest include Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) in forensic settings, sexual offending and people with learning disabilities who offend. Kerensa is a cofounder of the CFT forensic special interest group within the Compassion Mind Foundation and a lead trainer for forensic CFT. Kerensa is a co-founder and former trustee of the Safer Living Foundation (SLF), a charity to prevent sexual abuse. She is a co-host of The Forensic Psychology Podcast and the BBC Radio 4 series Behind the Crime.