that often her being a lioness protecting her children can come across as aggressive (my emphasis)
.”I have no doubt that M may perceive herself as a ‘lioness protecting her children’ but her perception cannot be reconciled with the evidence. She has not been able to protect her children. Indeed, she has caused them significant harm. Reading Dr Hansen’s report as a whole causes me to think that she would agree with this, but passages such as the above confound rather than illuminate understanding. Later in her report, Dr Hansen notes:
- Approved Judgment
- Mr Justice Hayden:
- Interim orders.
- Anankastic (Compulsive) Personality Disorder
- Anxious (Avoidant) Personality Disorder:
- Histrionic Personality Disorder
- IPDE-SQ
- Personality Disorder
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- TSI-II
- that often her being a lioness protecting her children can come across as aggressive (my emphasis)
- “[M] is a sensitive and intuitive person; this has served her well to navigate difficult life experiences and to survive them