EDUCATION
- Ph.D. California School of Professional Psychology, 1985
- CA Psychology License No. PSY 10031
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Private Practice 1985 –Present
- Clinical Psychology
- Santa Barbara County Alcohol Drug and Mental Health Services (retired)
- 1988 – 1991 Clinic Coordinator, Adult Services
- 1991 – 2000 Program Manager Children’s Services
- California Institute for Mental Health: 2000 – 2014
- Consultant Children’s Mental Health
- Community Action Commission-Head Start: 2002 – 2006
- Supervising Psychologist-Mental Health Program
- Child Abuse Listening Mediation (CALM) 2012 – 2014
- Program Manager North County-Early Childhood Program
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 2008 –2009
- Contract psychologist-Corcoran State Prison
- Chapman College 1988 – 1999
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Anew Therapeutic Services-Sex Offender Treatment Program (2014 – Present)
- Independent Practitioner
FORENSIC EXPERIENCE
- Board of Parole Hearings: Mentally Disordered Offender Program (PC 2962)
- Contract Evaluator (1993 – 2015, 2020 – present)
- Department of State Hospitals, Sexually Violent Predator Program (WIC 6600)
- Contract Evaluator (1996 – 06/06/20)
- Department of State Hospitals. OMD (MDO) Program (PC2962)
- Contract Evaluator (6/1/2015 – 06/06/20)
- Evaluations/Expert Witness:
- Sex Offender Evaluation
- Juvenile Transfer Hearings
- Franklin Hearings
- Mental Health Diversion
- Competency Evaluation
- Mitigation Reports
- Violence and Recidivism Risk Assessment
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
- Asylum Evaluations
- U Visa
- T. Visa
- Hardship Waiver
- Assessment of Dangerousness and Recidivism
- Adult/Adolescent Risk Assessment
- General Evaluation/Assessment Adults/Adolescents/Children
- Sex Offender Evaluations
- Female Sex Offenders
- Adolescent Sex Offenders
- Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- California Psychological Association (CPA)
- Division 41 – American Psychological Association
- California Coalition on Sexual Offending (CCOSO)
- Forensic Mental Health Association
COMMITTEES/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- California Coalition on Sexual Offending
- Central Coast Representative