•Conducted individual psychological interviews with inmates and utilized various assessment tools to measure intellectual capacity, personality, special aptitudes, and achievement levels.•Wrote and prepared psychological reports for classification, clinical interview results, parole summaries, psychological updates and evaluations, and other reports as required.•Worked in association with the Licensed Psychologist Manager to develop new departmental education therapeutic programs and provided initial crisis intervention with inmates until additional professional services were coordinated.

•Provided therapeutic support for patients suffering from emotional, cognitive, and behavioral disturbances. •Assisted doctors and nurses with intervention strategies designed to rehabilitate patients. •Maintained a safe environment for both patients and staff within all six mental health units.

•Observed psychiatric evaluations with sexual offenders and domestic violence perpetrators designed to assess for recidivism risk and determine treatment needs. •Assisted with group therapy sessions conducted to address deviant and maladaptive behaviors in sex offenders mandated to treatment by state and federal probation, parole, or judicial systems.

•Involved in investigative work to assist with forensic psychiatric and psychological evaluations for both criminal and civil proceedings regarding criminal responsibility, competency, fitness for duty, sentencing mitigation, psychosexual evaluations, S.A.F.E. Act inquiries, and psychological damages. •Reviewed evidence, legal documents, and medical records.•Conducted research and literature reviews. •Assisted with additional case-related responsibilities.

•Involved in on-going NIMH and foundation grant-funded research program investigating change in attachment representations during a randomized controlled psychotherapy trial.•Assisted with recruiting participants and with transcribing semi-structured participant interviews.•Coded, entered, and edited large data sets, and performed data analysis using SPSS and general lab functions.

•Monitored inmates within Rockview State Prison's Mental Health Unit. •Provided therapeutic support for inmates suffering from severe mental illnesses. •Facilitated programs to ensure safety and well-being of inmates. •Assisted nurses and correctional officers with daily tasks.