Dr Dylan Galloghly

Dr Galloghly is a Forensic Psychologist specialising in criminal law assessments and childhood sexual abuse evaluations within a medico-legal and Independent Medical Examination (IME) context. He provides comprehensive, evidence-based psychological assessments for courts, tribunals, legal practitioners, and correctional services.

His expertise covers a wide range of court and criminal assessments, including:

• Mental state at the time of offending
• Sentencing and pre-sentence reports, detailing psychosocial background, offence dynamics, and mitigating or aggravating factors
• Risk assessments for violence, domestic violence, sexual offending, and general offending
• Parole and order suitability evaluations
• Treatment needs, progress, and rehabilitation potential

Dr Galloghly has extensive experience within the correctional and justice systems, where he has provided psychological assessment, consultancy, and treatment services for both offenders and victims.Dr Galloghly’s medico-legal practice is informed by trauma-informed principles, ethical integrity, and a commitment to delivering clear, objective, and defensible expert opinions that assist judicial and legal decision-making.

His broader clinical background includes:

• Community and inpatient psychiatric services
• Substance use and addiction treatment
• Recovery following traumatic injury
• Acute hospital and emergency mental health settings
• Parenting capacity and child risk assessments
• Guardianship and administration evaluations
• Work in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities