Offer consultations, evaluations, and expert testimony in family law matters. Conducting parental fitness evaluations and forensic psychological assessments of juveniles and adults. Consultation and evaluations for federal immigration cases, particularly those related to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and asylum evaluations.www.drlisalong.com

Provide forensic and psychological evaluations for juveniles and their families.

We believe in the biopsychosocial model of addiction and use an interdisciplinary approach to enhance client outcomes. Our interdisciplinary team is bridging the gap between the latest addiction treatment research and the status quo treatment offered in the industry today. We regularly consult with treatment centers to provide a redesign of their program to match the Evidence-Based Practices available today.

Provide pre and post hire evaluations for law enforcement and safety sensitive positions including EMS, fire departments, corrections, and DSS. Conduct fitness for duty evaluations and risk assessments. Complete evaluations and offer support for law enforcement involved in officer involved shootings and critical incidents.

Licensed Psychologist Department of Defense: Med Pro Technologies: RAF Alconbury 423 Medical Squadron/RAF Croughton 422 Medical Squadron, United KingdomProvided psychological services as a member of the Department of Defense for service members,dependents, civilians, and contractors. Performed Command Directed Mental Health Evaluations, Fitness for Duty Evaluations, Mental Status and Line of Duty Evaluations, Security Clearance Evaluations and all comprehensive psychological assessments. Served as a liaison for DoD school officials. Provided individual and group therapy, crisis interventions, substance abuse treatment, and stress response interventions. Collaborated with a multidisciplinary treatment team. Provided supervision to Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors and paraprofessionals. Population Served: Active Duty Military, Dependents including families, Reserves, Intelligence Personnel, Civilians.

Department of Defense: George Washington Medical Faculty Associates Department of Emergency Medicine: Area Support Group-Qatar (ASG-QA) Troop Medical Clinic, Camp As-Sayliyah, Doha, QatarActed as the head of psychology for the Troop Medical Clinic. Provided all psychological services as a member of the Department of Defense for all service members, civilians, and contractors of Camp As-Sayliyah. Organized outreach, prevention, and trauma/stress reaction programs. Performed Command Directed Mental Health Evaluations, Fitness for Duty, Mental Status and Line of Duty Evaluations, and all comprehensive psychological assessments. Provided individual and group therapy, crisis interventions, and stress response interventions. Collaborated with physicians for psychotropic interventions. Acted as the primary instructor for mental health courses including : Suicide Prevention, Substance Abuse, Resiliency, and Returning Stateside. Population Served: Active Duty Military, Members of the National Guard, Reserves, Intelligence Personnel, Civilians.

Forensic Services Division: Central State Hospital Acted as the forensic unit psychologist within a maximum security State Forensic Psychiatric Hospital. Performed court-ordered pretrial forensic psychological evaluations of competency to stand trial and/or criminal responsibility in addition to the associated testimony across the State of Georgia. Provided expert testimony for inpatient civil commitment. Completed initial risk assessments (Hare PCL-R), violence risk assessments (HCR-20 and START), personality assessments, forensic tests specific to sex offenders(STATIC-99 & ARMIDILLO-S), and other psychological testing. Supervised and provided clinical support of team leaders, behavior specialists, and mental health counselors. Directed a multi-disciplinary treatment team. Developed individual behavioral plans and facilitated the implementation of these plans with staff training. Population Served: Severely and Persistently mentally ill adults with forensic status, civilly committed incompetent defendants, and Individuals found Not Guilty Reason of Isanity acquittees, pre-trial individuals

Acted as an expert witness for the Mental Inquest Warrant court for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Performed forensic evaluations in order to determine competency and criminal responsibility. Administered and interpreted a variety of assessments to aid in treatment planning. Populations served were individuals with varying levels of severe mental illness within an inpatient setting. Integrated assessment results, behavioral observations, and presenting symptom burden into comprehensive reports. Participated in multidisciplinary treatment planning. Aided in determining the least restrictive placement for individuals approaching discharge.

Seven Counties Services. Inc. Provided psychotherapeutic services while collaborating and consulting with community agencies. Individuals served included a diverse community mental health population. Participated in multidisciplinary treatment planning. Conducted and interpreted a variety of assessments while assisting other professionals in differential diagnosis. Administered batteries of psychological assessment for the Jefferson County Public School system. Pre-Doctoral Psychology InternKentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center Conducted and interpreted a variety of assessments and assisted in all aspects of the competency evaluation. Populations served were adult forensic psychiatric inpatients and outpatients. Integrated assessment results, behavioral observations, and presenting symptom burden into comprehensive reports. Assisted with forensic clinical interviews and assessment in Spanish. Pre-Doctoral Psychology InternCentral State Hospital Administered and interpreted a variety of psychological tests including suicide/homicide risk assessments. Populations served were individuals with varying levels of severe mental illness within an inpatient setting. Integrated assessment results, behavioral observations, and presenting symptom burden into comprehensive reports. Participated in multidisciplinary treatment planning. Aided in determining the least restrictive placement for individuals approaching discharge.

Constructed integrated reports and treatment plans with recommendations which were provided to the court system, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Department of Juvenile Justice and ChildNet family services. Conducted psychosocial, psychosexual, competency, dependency, intellectual, and substance abuse evaluations. Administered full battery intelligence tests to diagnose mental retardation and Autism using Autism Diagnosis Observation Schedule (ADOS). Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of case-workers, social workers, and probation officers. In some cases, interview and therapy was conducted in Spanish. Provided outpatient individual and family therapy to an adolescent and adult forensic population. Facilitated multiple outpatient group therapy sessions on a weekly basis with adolescent sex offenders and sex offending diverted youth. Provided weekly parent psychoeducational groups and family therapy as part of the G.A.T.E. program for the Department of Juvenile Justice.Conducted initial intakes and assessments and interpretation of results for new members of the program.

Provide services to adult and geriatric veterans with a wide variety of neurological conditions and varying levels of severity, in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Conducting an initial biopsychosocial interview with the patient and caregiver when warranted, reviewing medical records, conducting an 8-hour testing battery over the course of two sessions, scoring data, interpret/conceptualizing the results during supervision, and offering feedback to patients with recommendations. Co-Facilitated weekly PTSD process support group for Veterans.Attended training sessions including individual and group supervision. Weekly didactics seminars include: Neurology Grand Rounds in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of medical and other health professionals, neuroanatomical brain cuttings held at Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital, and psychiatry rounds.

Assisted in the research and development of a new confrontational naming test for use with Spanish-English bilinguals and English- monolingual populations. Project was presented at the annual American Psychological Association Convention and manuscript is currently under preparation for publication.Assisted in the research and development of a study on gender stereotypes in science. The project investigated the biased perception of women as primary investigators in scientific research. This project was presented at the annual American Psychological Association conference. Participated in a research project investigating psychologists’ bias against the LGBT population. Currently leading the team in preparing the manuscript for publication. This project was presented at the annual American Psychological Association conference.Assisted in a research project investigating the effects of bilingualism on cognitive abilities. Specifically, the study investigated the effect of Russian-English bilinguals’ language ability on visual spatial tasks such as Hooper Visual Organization Test and Porteus Maze Test. This project was presented at the annual American Psychological Association conference. The abstract of the study was published in The Clinical Neuropsychologist.Assisted in data input and analysis of several grant projects from Shake-A-Leg Miami. The grant projects consisted of after-school programs and summer programs for at risk children. Data was part of a program evaluation and analyzed using SPSS.

Substitute teaching graduate level pre-practicum classes and assisted students with clinical skills training. Graded weekly assignments, clinical reports, and clinical skills training. Taught SPSS lab for doctoral level statistics course and served as a tutor for students in the course.Assisted students in the development of skills related to the use of statistical methods and statistical software in the field of psychology.Served as an assistant in doctoral level Quantitative Methods courseTutored students on research design issuesAssisted students in obtaining the requisite skills to critically evaluate research and to devise appropriate research designs for specific problems.Compiled research to be presented in the Compulsive and Addictive course, assisted in training students with interviewing skills

Conducted intakes, interviews, and mental status examinations in English and Spanish and developed individualized treatment plans for a low income and culturally and ethnically diverse child and adult population