Expert Details
Forensic and Clinical Psychology
ID: 737665
Illinois, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2006 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Clinical Psychology | Institution: Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Year: 1998 | Degree: M.A. | Subject: Psychology | Institution: Pepperdine University |
| Year: 1996 | Degree: B.A. | Subject: Liberal Arts | Institution: Colorado State University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2021 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Clinical Director | Department: Psychology |
Responsibilities:Supervise 20 clinicians; provide individual psychotherapy to adolescents and adults; provide group psychotherapy for anger management |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2020 to 2021 | Employer: Self Employed | Title: Owner; Psychotherapist | Department: Psychology |
Responsibilities:Provided individual psychotherapy; completed forensic assessments |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2017 to 2019 | Employer: Corizon | Title: Lead Psychologist | Department: Correctional Psychology |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the provision of all mental health services at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence, AZ. Oversaw 20 clinicians; completed suicide risk assessments; crisis intervention; individual psychotherapy. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2013 to 2016 | Employer: Cermak Health Services at Cook County Jail | Title: Unit Director | Department: Psychiatry |
Responsibilities:Responsible for all mental health services in special housing units, psychological evaluations; crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, supervised 15 clinicians. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2020 | Employer: Isaac Ray Forensic Group | Title: Director of Sexual Behaviors Clinic; forensic psychologist | Department: Forensic Psychology |
Responsibilities:Completed Competency to Stand Trial, Insanity, Diminished Capacity, and Sexual Offender Risk evaluations. Worked full-time from 2009- 2013, and as a consultant from 2019 - 2020. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2009 | Employer: Massachusetts Mental Health Center | Title: Staff Psychologist | Department: Psychiatry |
Responsibilities:Completed sex offender evaluations for the Mentally Ill with Sexually Problematic Behavior program. Provided individual and group psychotherapy to severely mentally ill sex offenders. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2007 | Employer: Boston University Center for the Multicultural Training in Psychology | Title: Post-doctoral Fellow | Department: Psychiatry |
Responsibilities:Worked in an inpatient forensic unit providing forensic assessments and competency restoration groups. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2006 | Employer: Bureau of Prisons | Title: Pre-doctoral Intern | Department: Psychology |
Responsibilities:Provided individual and group psychotherapy to inmates; completed Competency to Stand Trial evaluations; suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention; attended a psychology and law weekly seminar |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2019 to 2019 | Employer: Wexford | Title: Unit Director | Department: Psychology |
Responsibilities:Unit director for Illinois Department of Corrections facility for inmates with mental health disorders. Suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention; individual psychotherapy. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| American Psychological Association (APA) Illinois Psychological Association (IPA) American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41 of APA) |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology - 2006 CCHP - MH - 2018 - 2019 |
| Professional Appointments |
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| 2011-2013 Association For the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), Illinois Chapter, Board Member |
| Medical / Professional |
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| EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE - 2006-2007 Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Multicultural Mental Health; Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology - 2005-2006 Federal Correctional Complex, Butner, NC (APA Approved); Predoctoral Internship in Forensic Psychology - 1999-2006 Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Clinical Psychology - 1997-1998 Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA; M.A., Psychology - 1994-1996 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; B.A., Psychology - 1991-1994 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Psychology Major |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Publications: 5 Invited Lecturer: 4 |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| History of testifying in State, Federal, and County courts. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| 2020 Trauma Treatment Certification Course; Robert Lusk, Ph.D. 2019 Intensive Dialectal Behavior Therapy Course; Lane Pederson, Psy.D. 2016 Legal and Ethical Issues in Behavioral Health in Illinois; Lois Fenner, R.N., M.S., JD Assessing Psychopathy with the PCL-R; Reid Meloy, Ph.D. Using the Personality Assessment Inventory; Leslie Morey, Ph.D. 2010 Penile Plethysmograph Training Seminar; Monarch 21 Technician and Clinician Training; Peter Byrne, Ph.D., Behavior Technology, Inc. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| 2012-2014 Northwestern University, Division of Psychiatry; Instructor of Psychology 2008-2009 Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry; Teaching Appointment 2006-2007 University of Boston School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry; Teaching Fellow 2000 University of Illinois – Chicago; Teaching Assistant 1998 Pepperdine University; Teaching Assistant 1995 Colorado State University; Teaching Assistant |