1996-1997 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychology, Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
1991-1996 PhD, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, CA
1985-1991 BA, Bernard M. Baruch College, New York City, NY
Clinical and Forensic Experience
10/04 – now Forensic and Clinical Practice – Professional Corporation
·Conduct forensic evaluations – adult and juvenile.
oSexual and Non-Sexual offender risk assessments.
oCriminal competency
oCriminal responsibility
oMitigation
·Provide individual therapy for adults, adolescents and children.
·Evaluate persons charged with violent non-sexual and violent sex crime.
·Conduct psychological and forensic testing.
oadult and juvenile
·Assess impaired professionals.
1/03-9/04 Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, New York
Assistant Director of Psychology (1/04-9/04)
·Oversee development of risk assessment and research for Sexual Treatment Offender Program.
·Assess, evaluate and restore individuals found not competent to stand trial.
·Conduct comprehensive risk assessments.
·Conduct sexual offender risk evaluations.
·Testify in New York State Supreme Court
7/01-12/02 Staff Psychologist
Heritage Mental Health Clinic, LLC
·Assess and evaluate impaired professionals.
·Conduct forensic evaluations - related to criminal risk issues.
·Carry out parenting evaluations for the court.
·Conduct psychological testing – approximately 2 batteries per month.
·Assess and treat adults with paraphilic disorders or sexual deviations.
·Conduct brief supportive, psychodynamic, cognitive therapy with adults.
·Evaluate and treat children with mood and anxiety disorders.
·Manage clinic website
2/99–7/01 Staff Psychologist and Principal Investigator for Clinical Protocols and Outcomes
The Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
·Lead, as primary interviewer, multidisciplinary psychiatric team for weeklong outpatient adult and child diagnostic evaluations.
·Conduct psychological testing (e.g., with impaired professionals).
·Conduct brief supportive, psychodynamic, cognitive therapy with adults.
·Assess and treat adults with paraphilic disorders or sexual deviations.
·Assess the presence and severity of psychopathic and antisocial behavior.
·Conduct play therapy with children and adolescents.
·Carry out parenting evaluations for the court.
·Develop, manage, and oversee treatment outcomes studies.
·Develop computerized medical record.
·Teach introductory research and statistics.
·Teach cross-cultural issues in psychological testing.
9/97–3/00 Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychology (two one-year rotations)
The Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
First rotation:
·Served as hospital doctor.
·Admitted, discharged, diagnosed, formulated, and coordinated treatment of patients in the Addiction Recovery Program inpatient and residential units.
·Directed multidisciplinary team (psychiatrist, social worker, addictions counselor, primary nurse, and mental health worker) for dual-diagnosis patients.
Second rotation:
·Fulfilled duties of testing psychologist on multidisciplinary treatment team for weeklong diagnostic evaluations.
·Conducted child play therapy.
Both rotations:
·Completed approximately 40 psychological test batteries.
·Administered, interpreted, and assimilated information from WAIS-III, MMPI-2, MCMI-III, Rorschach, TAT, Word Association Test, and Babcock Story Recall.
·Developed multitrait/multimethod matrix to test validity and reliability of an outcomes measure assessing treatment efficacy.
·Developed automated medical record.
·Completed six hours of training seminars weekly and six hours of supervision per psychological battery.
·Conducted individual supportive and expressive psychotherapy with adults.
·Conducted supportive and psychoeducational group psychotherapy with latency-age boys (ages 6–11) with attention deficit disorder and social skills deficiencies.
10/96–7/97 Postdoctoral Fellow
Behavioral Health Center–Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California
·Served as member of psychiatric evaluation and triage team.
·Conducted assessment and facilitated admission, discharge, or commitment of patients in busy downtown city emergency room.
·Consulted extensively for oncology, trauma, intensive care, and telemetry units.
Professional Teaching
9/04-present Assistant Professor and Adjunct Professor
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, New York
Graduate Courses in Forensic Criminal Testing, Personality Assessment, Psychology of Criminal
Behavior and Psychology and the Law; Undergraduate Courses in Psychology and the Law, Advanced Seminar in Youth, Family and the Criminal Justice System, Seminar in Psychological Analysis of Criminal Behavior and the Criminal Justice System.
8/00–9/00 The Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas
Introduction to Research
3/97–5/97 Chapman University, San Diego, California
Research and Bibliographic Methods
1/96–6/96 California Polytechnic State Univ., Dept. of Statistics, San Luis Obispo, California
Introductory and Intermediate Statistics
9/92–6/95 California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, California
Statistics for Graduate Level Psychology Students
Research Activities
2/03-9/04 Program Evaluation for Sexual Offender Treatment Program
Developed comprehensive risk assessment process with goal of evaluating patient’s progress in sexual offender treatment program.
3/03-6/04 Inter-rater reliability for Rorschach protocol administered in Greek language
Applying the Exner Scoring System to a series of Rorschach protocols administered in the Greek population.
3/98–3/00 Projective Testing with Bilingual Patients
Conducted a cross-cultural study to analyze narrative content and process differences among bilingual individuals who are given the Thematic Apperception Test in their mother tongue versus in an acquired language.
Clifford, P., Katsavdakis, K.A., Lyle, J.L., Fultz, J. Allen & Graham, P. (2002). How Are You? Further development of a generic quality of life outcome measure. Journal of Mental Health, 11(4), 289-404.
Katsavdakis, K.A., Clifford, P.I., Evans, R., Graham, P., Allen, J.G., Sargent, J., Lyle, J., & Frager, D. (1999). The How Are You? A quality-of-life outcomes measure for routine practice. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic,63(3), 366-387.
Book Reviews
Katsavdakis, K.A. (2001). Book review of Personality and culture: Clinical and conceptual interactions by R.D. Alcaron, E.F. Foulks, & M. Vakkur (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic.
Katsavdakis, K.A. (1999). Book review of Altering fate: Why the past does not predicts the future by M. Lewis (New York: Guilford Press). Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 63(2), 255-258.
Menninger Research Department Technical Reports
Katsavdakis, K.A., Barber, C.C., Target, M., Fonagy, P., Clifford, P., Lyle, J.L., Frager, D., Fultz, J. Allen, J.G., & Graham, P. (2001). Development of Adult and Child Psychosocial Assessments for the Menninger Clinic. Technical Report No. 01-0046.) Topeka, KS: Menninger Clinic, Research Department.
Barber, C.C., Target, M., Fonagy, P., Katsavdakis, K.A., & Clifford, P. (2001) Children’s FACE: A Comprehensive Developmentally-tailored Rating System for Children and Adolescents. (Technical Report No. 01-0047.) Topeka, KS: Menninger Clinic, Research Department.
Katsavdakis, K.A., Clifford, P., Lyle, J.L., Fultz, J. Allen & Graham, P. (2001) The Revised How Are You? Scale.(Technical Report No. 00-0038.) Topeka, KS: Menninger Clinic, Research Department.
Katsavdakis, K.A., Lyle, J.L., Allen, J.G., Fultz, J. & Graham, P. (2001) Treatment Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction in The Menninger Clinic Adult Services: Results of Patient Self-Assessment from April 2000 to September 2000. (Technical Report No. 00-0039.) Topeka, KS: Menninger Clinic, Research Department.
Allen, J.G. Lyle, J.L., Graham, P., Fultz, J. & Katsavdakis, K.A. (2000). Treatment Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction in The Menninger Clinic Adult Services: Results of Patient Self-Assessment from October 1999 to March 2000. (Technical Report No. 00-0020.) Topeka, KS: The Menninger Clinic, Research Department.
Allen, J.G. Graham, P., Katsavdakis, K.A., Lyle, J.L. & Richard B. Evans, PhD. (1999). Protocol for Assessing Treatment Outcomes in The Menninger Clinic Adult Services. (Technical Report No. 99-0011.) Topeka, KS: Menninger Clinic, Research Department.
Holigrocki, R. J., Frieswyk, S. H., Kaminski, P. T., Betan, E., Katsavdakis, K. & Fantz, C. M. (1999). PAS: Parental Attunement Scale. (Tech. Rep. No. 99-1047). Topeka, KS: Child and Family Center, The Menninger Clinic, Research Department.
Continuing Education
Sex Offender Assessment, June 12th, 2010, Presented by Philip Witt, PhD, ABPP and Sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 7 Hours/Credits.
The Defendant: Impact of Mental Disability in the Criminal Law Process, September 25th, 2009, Presented by Michael Perlin, JD, and Sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Sarasota, Florida, 7 Hours/Credits.
Ethics in Forensic Practice, September 24th, 2009, Presented by Gerry Koocher, PhD, and Sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Sarasota, Florida, 7 Hours/Credits.
Stalking: The State of Science, March 28th, 2009, Presented by J. Reid Meloy, PhD, ABPP, and Sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Montreal, Canada, 7 Hours/Credits.
The MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form): An Introduction for Forensic Psychologists, March 27th, 2009, Presented by Yossef S. Ben-Porath, PhD, and Sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Montreal, Canada, 7 Hours/Credits.
Assessing Psychopathy with the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), August 23and 24, 2008. Presented by J. Reid Meloy, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by Specialized Training Services, San Diego, California, 14 Hours/Credits.
Excusing and the New Excuses, October 26, 2007, Presented by Stephen Morse, JD, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, St. Louis, Missouri, 7 Hours/Credits.
Psycho-Legal Issues in Criminal Cases, October 25, 2007, Presented by Christopher Slobogin, JD, LLM, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, St. Louis, Missouri, 7 Hours/Credits.
Violence Risk and Threat Assessment, March 8th – 9th 2007, Presented by Reid Meloy, PhD, ABPP, and Sponsored by Specialized Training Services, Manchester – New Hampshire, 14 Hours/Credits.
Testifying in Court, March 6th – 7th, 2007, Presented by Stanley Brodsky, PhD, and sponsored by Specialized Training Services, Manchester – New Hampshire, 14 Hours/Credits.
Use of the Personality Assessment Inventory in Forensic & Correctional Settings, October 14, 2006, Presented by John Edens, PhD, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
When Parents Kill: Neonaticide, Infanticide & Filicide, October 13, 2006, Presented by Geoffrey R. McKee, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
Ethical Issues for the Forensic Practioner, October 12, 2006, Presented by Donald Bersoff, PhD, JD, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
Advanced Topics in Expert Testimony: The Presentation, September 23, 2005, Presented by Randy Otto, PhD, ABPP, and Stuart Greenberg, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
Advanced Topics in Expert Testimony: The Evidence, September 22, 2005, Presented by Randy Otto, PhD, ABPP, and Stuart Greenberg, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
Threat Assessment: A Practical Approach to Prevent Targeted Violence, September 21, 2005, Presented by Harley V. Stock, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
The Role of the Forensic Psychologist in Death Penalty Litigation, March 6, 2005, Presented by Mark D. Cunningham, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
Handling Cross-Examination: Maintaining Credibility, Handling Attacks, and Answering the Critics, March 5, 2005, Presented by Diane R. Follingstad, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
Developmental Pathways to Severe Antisocial and Aggressive Behavior, March 4 2005, Presented by Paul J. Frick, PhD, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
Violence Risk Assessment and Management Using Structured Professional Judgment, October 2, 2004, Presented by Kevin Douglas, LL.B., PhD, and sponsored by American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
Legal Research Techniques, October 1, 2004, Presented by Alexander Greer, PhD, JD, and sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 7 Hours/Credits.
Clinical Supervision Skills in Behavioral Health: Ethical and Best Practices Issues, May 5th, 2004, Sponsored by Cross County University, Paramus, New Jersey, 6 Hours/Credits.
Assessing Response Style in the Context of Forensic Evaluation, March 10th, 2004, Presented by Randy Otto and Sponsored by Society for Personality Assessment, Miami, Florida, 7 Hours/Credits.
Using the MMP1–2 with Criminal Offenders, March 10th, 2004, Sponsored by Society for Personality Assessment, Miami, Florida, 3.5 Hours/Credits.
Beyond Risk Management: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical and Personality Assessment Under the 2002 Ethics Code and the HIPAA Privacy Rule, March 11th, 2004. Sponsored by Society for Personality Assessment, Miami, Florida, 4 ours/Credits.
Advanced Forensic Psychology Practice: Issues and Applications, October 23rd – 25th, 2003, Sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Denver, Colorado, 24 Hours/Credits.
Diplomate Preparation Workshop, October 26th, 2003, Presented by Alan Goldstein, PhD, ABPP, and Sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Denver, Colorado, 6 Hours.
Assessing Risk of Juvenile Violence, April 28th and 29th, 2003, Presented by Randy Borum, PsyD, ABPP, and Sponsored by Specialized Training Services, Manchester, New Hampshire, 14 Hours/Credits.
Personal Injury Examinations, February 23, 2003, Presented by Stuart Greenberg, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Charleston - South Carolina, 7 CE Hours/Credits.
Psychological Issues in Criminal Cases, February 22, 2003, Presented by Michael Perlin, JD and sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Charleston - South Carolina, 7 CE Hours/Credits.
Assessing Juvenile Violent Offenders, February 21, 2003, Presented by Thomas Grisso, PhD, ABPP, and Sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Charleston - South Carolina, 7 CE Hours/Credits.
The Sexually Violent Offender, December 5th – 6th, 2002, Presented by Roy Hazelwood, MS and sponsored by Specialized Training Services, Baltimore – Maryland, 14 Hours/Credits.
Sex Offenders; New Methods of Evaluation and Treatment, December 3rd – 4th, 2002, Presented by Anna Salter, PhD and sponsored by Specialized Training Services, Baltimore – Maryland, 14 Hours/Credits.
Current Controversies in Forensic Psychology, October 25, 2002, Presented by David Shapiro, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Kansas City – Missouri, 7 CE Hours/Credits.
Ethical Issues for the Forensic Practitioner, October 24, 2002, Presented by Donald Bersoff, JD, PhD and sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Kansas City – Missouri, 7 CE Hours/Credits.
Violence Risk and Threat Assessment, June 20th – 21st, 2002, Presented by Reid Meloy, PhD, ABPP, and Sponsored by Specialized Training Services, Manchester – New Hampshire, 14 Hours/Credits.
Testifying in Court, June 18th – 19th, 2002, Presented by Stanley Brodsky, PhD, and sponsored by Specialized Training Services, Manchester – New Hampshire, 14 Hours/Credits.
Comprehensive Examination of Malingering in Forensic Settings, February 9, 2002, Presented by Richard Frederick, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, San Diego – California, 7 CE Hours/Credits.
Psychological Issues in Criminal Cases, February 8, 2002, Presented by Christopher Slobogin, JD and sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, San Diego – California, 7 CE Hours/Credits.
Evaluating Parenting Capacity and Allegations of Child Maltreatment, February 7, 2002, Presented by Lois B. Oberlander, PhD, ABPP, and sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, San Diego – California, 7 CE Hours/Credits.
Assessing Psychopathy: Using the PCL-R/SV, June 20th – 21st, 2000, Presented by Robert Hare, PhD and Adelle Forth, PhD, Kansas City – Missouri, 14 CE Hours/Credits.
Assessing Psychopathy: Using the PCL-R/SV, June 20th – 21st, 2000, Presented by Robert Hare, PhD and Adelle Forth, PhD, Kansas City – Missouri, 14 CE Hours/Credits.
