The Forensic Practice

What The Forensic Practice does

The Forensic Practice, legally Pacific Forensic Mental Health Practice Ltd., is a privately held Canadian training company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. It specializes in evidence-based, trauma-informed forensic interviewing training delivered through the proprietary StepWise 360™ methodology — an 11-step semi-structured interviewing framework refined over three decades and approved by the U.S. National Children's Alliance (NCA) for use in child and youth advocacy centers. The firm serves primarily Canadian government bodies, police agencies (including RCMP), child protection services, social services, law firms, healthcare organizations, and insurance companies, and offers an open-enrollment pathway for individual professionals.

The company's product portfolio consists of instructor-led workshops (in-person, virtual via Zoom, and hybrid), self-paced eCourses delivered through the TFP Learning Academy (Docebo LMS), and post-training mentorship (SWIM). Workshops span basic to advanced interviewing of children, adults, trauma survivors, suspects, and reluctant or complex-needs interviewees, plus specialized courses on sexual offence risk assessment. Group sizes are capped at 24 participants with a 12:1 learner-to-trainer ratio, and pricing varies by format, duration, and customization (5-20% frontline and repeat-client discounts offered).

The Forensic Practice operates as a bootstrapped, founder-led professional services firm with a multidisciplinary team of approximately 17 trainers, forensic psychologists, and support staff, generating revenue from workshop fees, eCourse sales, and bespoke training contracts. The co-founders — Dr. Hugues Hervé (Practice Director) and Susan Kim (Operations Director) — remain actively involved in training delivery, and the firm has no disclosed external investment, parent company, or subsidiary structure.

Name

The Forensic Practice

Legal name

Pacific Forensic Mental Health Practice Ltd.

Website

https://theforensicpractice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Forensic Practice is a Canadian forensic interviewing training firm that delivers the proprietary StepWise 360™ methodology through workshops, eCourses, and mentorship to government agencies, law enforcement, child protection services, and healthcare and legal professionals across Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forensic Interviewing Professional Training

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Forensic Science & Crime Laboratories (Justice System Support) (BPAIAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Forensic & Correctional Behavioral Health Services (HLAFACAM), Criminal Investigations & Forensics (Detectives, Crime Labs, CSI) (BPAIAGAI)

Keywords

• Forensic interviewing training
• Trauma-informed practices
• Interview methodology
• Professional training services
• Evidence-based interviewing

Headquarters

HQ city

Port Coquitlam

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Instructor-Led Workshops: In-person and virtual instructor-led training workshops delivered in multiple formats (open online, closed organization-specific, hybrid). Pricing varies by workshop duration, format (online vs in-person), and whether it's exclusive to a team or open enrollment.
2. eCourses: Self-paced, downloadable online courses. The Foundations of Effective Interviewing (FEI) eCourse takes approximately 8-10 hours to complete. Cost-effective alternative for organizations with high staff turnover, remote offices, or diverse educational backgrounds.
3. Post-Training Support: StepWise™ Interview Mentoring (SWIM) sessions available in-person or online via Zoom, MS Teams, or WebEx. Provides ongoing support following workshops to prevent interviewer drift.
4. Customized/Tailored Workshops: Organizations can request customized workshops incorporating their case material, policies, procedures, and custom practical exercises tailored to their specific operational needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Forensic Practice delivers evidence-based forensic interviewing training built on its proprietary StepWise 360™ methodology. Offerings include instructor-led workshops for organizations (online, hybrid, and in-person), open-enrollment workshops for individual practitioners, self-paced eCourses through its TFP Learning Academy LMS, and ongoing post-training mentoring via SWIM (StepWise™ Interview Mentoring) to maintain skill quality over time.

Product overview

The Forensic Practice offers a unified training ecosystem centered on the StepWise 360™ framework—a comprehensive, evidence-based semi-structured forensic interviewing approach with 11 steps, approved by the National Children's Alliance. The portfolio consists of instructor-led workshops (in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats) covering basic to advanced forensic interviewing skills for children, adults, trauma survivors, and suspects; self-paced eCourses (Foundations of Effective Interviewing and Introduction to StepWise 360™); and post-training support services including StepWise™ Interview Mentoring (SWIM). The training approach uses incremental, scaffolded methodology with group sizes capped at 24 participants with two trainers to ensure personalized attention.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• StepWise 360™: A forensic interviewing approach developed through decades of research, experience, and collaboration. The latest iteration of the original StepWise™ methodology.
• TFP Learning Academy

Products and services

• StepWise 360™: Interviewing Children and Youth Foundational StepWise 360™ workshop training professionals in trauma-informed forensic interviewing techniques for children and youth, including eliciting reliable information while minimizing re-traumatization, suitable for child protection, law enforcement, social services, and healthcare interviewers.
• StepWise 360™: Interviewing Adults Workshop applying the StepWise 360™ methodology to interviewing adult witnesses and complainants for investigators, social workers, healthcare, and legal professionals.
• StepWise 360™: Interviewing Trauma Survivors Specialized workshop building interviewer capability to engage trauma survivors using adapted StepWise 360™ techniques, targeted at clinicians, social workers, and investigators.
• StepWise 360™: Interviewing Suspects Workshop teaching law enforcement and investigative personnel how to apply StepWise 360™ for ethically and effectively interviewing suspects.
• StepWise 360™: Tailoring for Complex Needs Advanced workshop enabling interviewers to adapt StepWise 360™ techniques for individuals with complex developmental, cognitive, or communication needs.
• StepWise 360™: Tailoring for Complex Cases Advanced workshop supporting interviewers in adapting StepWise 360™ to particularly complex case scenarios that require nuanced application of the methodology.
• StepWise 360™: Update and Practice Refresher workshop allowing previously trained practitioners to update their StepWise 360™ knowledge and re-practice techniques to maintain skill quality.
• StepWise 360™: Effective Interviewing Workshop covering the core effective interviewing principles within the StepWise 360™ framework for cross-sector professional audiences.
• StepWise 360™: Interviewing Reluctant Adults Specialized StepWise 360™ workshop building capability to interview reluctant or uncooperative adults in investigative and legal contexts.
• Sexual Offence Risk for Child Protection Workshop for child protection and clinical professionals covering assessment of sexual offence risk within child protection casework.
• Skillful Exchanges Workshop developing conversational skill and skillful exchange techniques for forensic and investigative interview practice.
• Introduction to Trauma Informed Practices for Forensic Interviewers Foundational workshop introducing trauma-informed practices to forensic interviewers across social, healthcare, and law enforcement settings.
• Foundations of Effective Interviewing (FEI) Self-paced eCourse delivered via the TFP Learning Academy LMS covering the foundations of effective interviewing for individual professionals and organizations.
• Introduction to StepWise 360™ Self-paced eCourse introducing individual learners to the StepWise 360™ methodology via the TFP Learning Academy LMS.
• StepWise™ Interview Mentoring (SWIM) Post-training mentoring subscription that supports practitioners in maintaining and developing their StepWise 360™ interviewing skills following workshop completion.

Quantifiable outcome

• NCA accreditation: 36+ hours of instruction exceeds minimum 32-hour requirement
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Toba Centre – Helping Hounds ProgramminorOthersThe Forensic Practice supported the Toba Centre's Helping Hounds Program (Manitoba) in 2021-2022 through community donations, aligning with their commitment to organizations that serve children and families.
• Umingmak Centre – Arctic Children and Youth FoundationminorOthersThe Forensic Practice supported the Umingmak Centre in Nunavut (2020-2021), an Arctic child advocacy centre, through community donations as part of their commitment to improving lives of children.
• Voices – Manitoba Youth in Care NetworkminorOthersCurrently supported organization providing advocacy and support to children in care in Manitoba, including visiting youth at placements and gathering donations of teddy bears and gifts.
• Up With WomenminorOthersCurrently supported registered charity helping marginalized and low-income women and gender diverse individuals build sustainable careers, currently serving clients in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and BC.
• Mawi Ta'mk SocietyminorOthersCurrently supported non-profit in Nova Scotia providing services and support for people with disabilities and youth within their cultural community, including work programs and assisted living.
• Hyde Creek Watershed SocietyminorOthersCurrently supported volunteer-run organization preserving and enhancing the Hyde Creek Watershed's natural salmon and wildlife habitats in British Columbia.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Praesidium: Praesidium is a privately-held abuse prevention training and consulting firm serving organizations that work with vulnerable populations, including youth-serving nonprofits and child protection agencies. While broader in scope than The Forensic Practice, both sell proprietary, evidence-based training content to similar government and institutional customers.
• Zero Abuse Project: Zero Abuse Project is a US-based non-profit offering forensic interview training and child abuse prevention programs for investigators, social workers, and prosecutors. Its training catalog parallels The Forensic Practice's suite of forensic interviewing workshops and trauma-informed content for CACs and law enforcement.
• CornerHouse: CornerHouse, a pioneering child advocacy center in Minneapolis, provides forensic interview training and consultation similar to The Forensic Practice's StepWise 360™ workshops. Both organizations train multidisciplinary practitioners in child and adult forensic interviewing for CAC, law enforcement, and social service audiences across North America.
• Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center: Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center, housed within the Gundersen Health System, provides child forensic interview training and CAC practitioner development for the same child protection, social work, and law enforcement audiences as The Forensic Practice. Their instructor-led curriculum and faculty-driven delivery model are closely comparable to StepWise 360™ workshops.
• National Children's Advocacy Center: The National Children's Advocacy Center (NCAC) is a US non-profit that delivers forensic interview training, CAC accreditation support, and technical assistance across the same child-protection professional audience. It competes with StepWise 360™ at the curriculum level and is a peer in trauma-informed interviewing methodology training for child advocacy centers.

Broad incumbents

• Lexipol: Lexipol provides policy, training, and consulting content for law enforcement, fire, EMS, and government agencies — sharing The Forensic Practice's police and public-sector buyer base. While not focused on forensic interviewing, Lexipol is a comparable scaled training content company with similar go-to-market motion into government agencies.
• Police1 / Praetorian Digital: Police1 (part of Praetorian Digital) is an established law enforcement media and training platform serving police agencies with online courses, articles, and Academy training. It competes in adjacent training content categories to The Forensic Practice and addresses an overlapping North American law enforcement audience.

Emerging players

• International Association of Forensic Nurses: The International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) is a member organization providing forensic nursing training and certification. It shares The Forensic Practice's trauma-informed interviewing target audience (healthcare and forensic professionals), but specializes in clinical forensic examination rather than investigative interviewing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/theforensicpractice

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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