Services
Forensic Psychological Evaluations: I conduct a variety of forensic evaluations for adults and juveniles, including:
- Competency to Stand Trial
- Competency to Proceed
- Criminal Responsibility
- Sentencing Mitigation
- Guardianship
- Court-Ordered Psychological and Mental Health Evaluations
- Educational Law
- Review of Other Mental Health Professionals’ Work
Clinical Psychological Evaluations: Clinical Psychological Assessment is the use of formal, standardized evaluations in order to diagnose and inform treatment. I rely on a strength-based approach that focuses on individual, familial, environmental, and sociocultural factors. Types of testing include:
- Cognitive Assessment
- Personality Assessment
- Rorschach Assessment
- Complex Differential Diagnosis
- Treatment Recommendations
- ADHD
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, including Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (cPTSD)
- Anxiety (e.g., Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia)
- Mood Disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder
- Psychosis
- Personality Disorders
- Adult Autism
- Twice Exceptional (2e)
- Intellectual Disability
- Presurgical Clearance for Spinal Cord Stimulator and Bariatric Surgery
Expert Witness Testimony: I have been qualified as an expert in Forensic Assessment, Forensic Psychology, Child and Adolescent Assessment, Psychological Assessment, and Clinical Psychology. I have testified as an expert in criminal, juvenile, educational, and family law proceedings. I have also testified as an expert in administrative hearings, including appeals for state services and release back into the community after commitment. I have testified as an expert in the following types of hearings:
- Competency to Stand Trial
- Competency to Proceed
- Dangerousness
- Conditional Release
- Sentencing
- Disposition
- Family Law
- Educational Law, including alleged violations of FAPE and Child Find
- Administrative Hearings
Cross-Examination Preparation: I consult with attorneys in order to help them better understand psychological assessment results and help prepare for cross-examination of mental health experts.
Workshops/Training and Education: I have conducted a number of workshops and in-service training for psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, attorneys, teachers, insurance companies, and parents. I also have presented research and workshops at state and national conferences. Workshops have focused on various aspects of psychological assessment, including both cognitive and personality assessment. Prior topics have included:
- Supporting students (and parents) with virtual and hybrid learning: Tips for working with neurodiverse students
- Using the PAI: Focus on interpretation
- Understanding Adolescent Mental Health
- Clinical Work with Individuals with Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Adapting to their Unique Needs
- Using the MCMI-IV
- More than projection: Using the Rorschach in the 21st century
- Using the MMPI in clinical practice: Focus on interpretation
- Developmental Disabilities & DDA
- Going beyond the numbers: The importance of context when evaluating clients/patients.
- The assessment of intellectual disability and borderline intellectual functioning
- Understanding psychological testing
- Introduction to R-PAS
- Advanced Personality Assessment with Self Report Measures.
- Evaluations and Disability Classifications: A psychologists’ view on the special education process
- DSM-5 Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
- WJ-IV: What’s changed?
- Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Assessment in the Current Training Context
- What’s new with the WISC-V?
- Ethical assessment of diverse populations: Recent advances (and setbacks)
- The Numbers Don’t Lie: Practical Tips and Pointers on How to Secure and Ensure the Best Evaluations for Special Education Advocacy
- Depression and anxiety disorders in children
- Psychotherapy outcome: Measurement in the real world
- What to expect from psychoeducational evaluations
- Why all psychologists need to understand mental health law
Please Contact Me if you’re interested in having me develop a workshop for your Group.