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General Specialty Categories

Speciality Focus

Psychiatry/Psychology-Criminal Behavior

Details of Expertise

Forensic Psychology (psychological evaluations for both federal and state criminal cases). Psychological testing (cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and personality & psychopathology). Report writing. Expert witness testimony. Types of evaluations: Competence to stand trial, Not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI), Violent risk assessments, Psychosexual evaluations/sexual risk assessments, Mental health diversion evaluations, WIC §702 evaluations (i.e. Fitness evaluations), Evaluations for sentencing/mitigating purposes, Intellectual disability/cognitive functioning assessments, and Diagnostic clarification evaluations.

Licenses and Certifications

B.A., M.A., M.S., Psy.D. | Licensed Clinical Psychologist (CA) | Certified Paralegal

Education

Years in Practice

Number of Time Deposed/Testified in the Last Four Years

Additional Information

Psy.D. Alliant Int'l Univ., 2015 (Clinical & Forensic Psychology) M.S., San Diego State Univ., 2014 (Criminal Justice & Criminology) M.A., Alliant Int'l Univ., 2013 (Clinical & Forensic Psychology) B.A., UC Santa Barbara, 2002 (Sociology) (2019-present) San Diego Forensic Psychology Corp., Owner/President; (2019-present) California Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation, Mentally Disordered Offender (MDO) Evaluator/Psychologist; (2019-2022) Liberty Healthcare, Psychologist in San Diego County jails; (2014-2016 and 2017) Sharper Future, Inc., Mental Health Clinician (provided individual and group therapy to high risk sex offenders on parole from CDCR); (2002-2019) Paralegal for various law firms (civil litigation).