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Forensic Psychology Services
If you have been told by an attorney, judge, or probation officer that you need a psychological evaluation a part of your legal process, we can assist you at Newark Behavioral Health. We can also provide assistance to police and correctional personnel who need assessment for fitness for duty. Do you need a psychological evaluation for a legal or employment-related issue? We can help! Legal problems can be very serious and daunting. When you are facing a legal issue, a psychologist can be very helpful. Forensic Psychologists specialize in providing psychological evaluation services to clients facing criminal matters, or issues around employment. At Newark Behavioral Health, we offer Forensic Psychology services from a highly qualified expert.
How Can Forensic Psychology Services Help?
Our Forensic Psychology expert, Dr. Robert Thompson, is licensed to practice in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Dr. Thompson has more than 20 years’ experience providing evaluation and expert testimony in court systems across three states. At Newark Behavioral Health, we can help support you in addressing your legal issue with expert services providing timely and thorough evaluations, and expert testimony, should the need arise.
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In addition to his private practice, Dr. Thompson currently serves as the chief competency program executive and Norristown State Hospital Regional Forensic Psychiatric Center. He is an adjunct assistant professor at the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology at Widener University, where he teaches classes in psychological assessment and serves on oral examination committees for students preparing to receive their doctoral degrees. He teaches classes in psychology and forensic psychology at Bay Path University. Dr. Thompson has given presentations on a wide variety of topics at conferences across the United States.
Issues we can address include:
Competency to stand trial
Competency to waive Miranda rights
Criminal responsibility (i.e., mental state at the time of an alleged offense) as it pertains to verdicts of not guilty by reason of insanity, guilty but mentally ill, extreme emotional distress, duress, and self-defense
Violence and sex offender risk assessment
Correctional mental health treatment
Fitness for duty in police, security and correctional personnel
Pre-sentence treatment recommendations
Domestic violence risk assessment
Juvenile offender assessment
Get the help you need today
You deserve dedicated time with a caring mental health professional—we can help.