Psychology

Our staff have specialized knowledge, skill, experience, training, and education in many areas, including the following:

  • Forensic Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Severe Mental Illnesses
  • Inpatient Treatment and Evaluations
  • Personality Disorders
  • Substance Abuse Disorders
  • Disability Determination and Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Psychology and Deafness
  • Educational Assessments
  • Child, Adolescent, Adults, and Geriatrics
  • Professional Training / Seminars (e.g., Continuing Education Workshops)

Our staff have experience completing various types of evaluations, including the following:

Competency

  • To Stand Trial (Juvenile and Adult)
  • To Waive Miranda Rights
  • To Consent to a Search
  • To Waive the Right to an Attorney and to Proceed Pro Se
  • To Proceed With Appeals
  • To Waive Appeals
  • To Make Treatment Decisions
  • To Manage Finances
  • To Execute a Will
  • Need for Guardianship

Sanity Evaluations / Mental State at the Time of the Offense(s) Charged

Risk Assessments

  • Violence Risk Assessment / Recidivism Risk
  • Sex Offense Risk Assessments
  • Suicide Risk Assessments
  • Workplace and School Threat Assessments
  • Serious Youthful Offender Evaluations
  • Stalking Risk Assessments

Treatment Amenability

  • Need for Inpatient Hospitalization
  • Evaluation of Least Restrictive Treatment Alternative
  • Juvenile Bindover Evaluations

Death Penalty

  • Mitigation Evaluations
  • Atkins (Mental Retardation) Evaluations
  • Post Conviction Evaluations
  • Clemency Evaluations

Psychological Testing

  • Intelligence Testing
  • Mental Retardation Evaluations
  • Psychoeducational Evaluations (including CD, SLD, ED, MD, ADHD, and giftedness)
  • Memory Testing
  • Personality Assessments
  • Assessment for Psychopathology
  • Cognitive Evaluations (e.g., Assessment of Dementia)
  • Special Accommodation Evaluations (e.g., for the GED Test and the LSAT)
  • Neuropsychological Screenings

Disability

  • Disability Determination (Social Security and otherwise)
  • Long Term Disability
  • Insurance Claims Review
  • Fitness For Duty
  • Return to Work

Personal Injury/Liability / Emotional Damages

Substance Abuse

  • Substance Abuse Treatment In Lieu of Conviction Evaluations

Pervasive Developmental Disorder Evaluations (e.g., Asperger's, Autism)

Assessment of Malingering, Feigning, and Defensiveness