H.D. KIRKPATRICK, PH.D., ABPP
Diplomat in Forensic Psychology

Curriculum Vitae

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Forensic Psychology | Clinical Psychology | Employment History | Education I Licenses & Memberships I Publications

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

# Lectured in criminal psychology, Law Enforcement Training Center, Los Medanos College, Antioch, CA
# Trained law enforcement personnel, California Youth Authority, Sacramento, CA
# Consulted and/or testified as qualified expert in various child abuse, criminal assault, child custody, personal injury, and sex offense cases, North Carolina, Virginia, Texas and California
# Lectured for California state-mandated course for mental health professionals in child abuse treatment and assessment
# Child Forensic Mental Health Examiner, Child Medical Examiners Program, UNC Department of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, NC
# "Willie M." Certification Committee, NC Department of Human Resources, Raleigh, NC
# Lectured on child abuse assessment and treatment: North Carolina, California, Texas, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Toronto, Canada
# Past Chairman, Subcommittee on “Child Custody Guidelines,” Legislative Committee, North Carolina Psychological Association
# Court-appointed arbitration panel member: "Little Rascals" class action suit (1994)
# Diplomate in Forensic Psychology, the American Board of Professional Psychology (Diploma # 4563)
# Senior Partner, Kirkpatrick & Hadler, Forensic Evaluation Services, Chapel Hill and Charlotte, NC
# Lectured on the “North Carolina Child Custody Guidelines” for the North Carolina Psychological Association and before the North Carolina Bar Association
# Presenter, National Association of Counsel for Children National Conference 1998, 1999 & 2001
# Past Chairman, Ad hoc Subcommittee on Sex Abuse Allegations in Divorce and Separation, Mecklenburg County
# Presenter, American Academy of Forensic Psychology, “Forensic Evaluation of Child Sex Abuse Allegations”
# Presenter, American Psychological Association, “Conducting Child Custody Evaluations,” San Francisco, 1999 & 2001
# Consulted with the NC Attorney General’s Office & NC Psychology Licensing Board (Twice)
# Editorial Board, Journal of Child Custody, published by Haworth Press
# Founding Member, Child Custody Consultants, Charlotte, NC top

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

# Private practice in analytical psychotherapy for twenty-five years
# Attended various professional seminars, C.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco, CA
# Wrote doctoral dissertation on the relationship between Jungian and humanistic psychologies
# Supervised graduate and post-graduate interns in analytical psychology
# Post-doctoral clinical internship (1981), Westside Lodge, Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
# Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist –California (1976)
# Lectured in psychopathology; law and ethics; psychological assessment; analytical psychology: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Consciousness Studies, John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA
# Created and directed clinical and administrative programs for three (3) youth and family agencies (1970-78) – two in Charlotte, North Carolina, one in San Leandro, CA top

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1976 - present Private practice in marriage & family counseling (1976-83), clinical and forensic psychology, Oakland, CA (1983-1987), Chapel Hill and Charlotte, NC (1987- present)
1983 - 1987 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Consciousness Studies, John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA
1974 - 1978 Project Director, The Ombudsman Project, San Leandro, CA
1972 - 1974 Assistant Director, Charlotte Drug Education Center, Charlotte, NC
1970 - 1971 Crisis Center Director, Open House Counseling Center, Charlotte, NC top

EDUCATION

# B.A. cum laude in Fine Arts, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 1970
# M.Ed. in Guidance & Counseling, College of Human Development & Learning University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 1974
# Ph.D. in Psychology, The Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco, CA, 1978
# Certification in Forensic Psychology (2 years, 550 hours), The Forensic Psychology Institute, The California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley, CA, 1985 top

LICENSES & MEMBERSHIPS

# Licensed Psychologist, North Carolina (#1309) and Licensed Clinical Psychologist, California (Psy 8013)
# American Psychological Association (APA) - Member
# North Carolina Psychological Association - Member
# North Carolina Psychological Association (NCPA) Past Chair and Co-Chairman, Legislative Committee
# Member & past Chairman- Board of Directors - McLeod Treatment Center - Charlotte, NC
# Past Chairman, Subcommittee on Child Custody Guidelines, NCPA (1994 & 1998)
# American Psychology-Law Society/Division 41 of the American Psychological Association - Member
# Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology
# Psychology-Law Committee, North Carolina Psychological Association - Member
# Association of Family & Conciliation Courts – Member
# National Association of Counsel for Children --Member top

PUBLICATIONS

Kirkpatrick, H.D. (Ed.) (1994). Child custody guidelines. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Psychological Association.

Kirkpatrick, H.D. (1997). Commentary: A response to Everson’s “Understanding bizarre, improbable, and fantastic elements in children’s accounts of abuse. Child Maltreatment. 2, 4, Nov. 97. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Periodicals Press.

Kirkpatrick, H.D. (1998). Psychiatric testimony & mental status exam: Competency issues. 235-246. Children’s Law Manual Series. Denver, CO: National Association of Counsel for Children.

Kirkpatrick, H.D. (1999). The American psychological association guidelines for child custody evaluations in divorce proceedings: Their psycholegal applications. 57-64. Children’s Law Manual Series. Denver, CO: National Association of Counsel for Children.

Gould, J. & Kirkpatrick, H.D. (2001). Relevancy analysis in child custody evaluations. Children’s Law Manual Series. Denver, CO: National Association of Counsel for Children.

Kirkpatrick, H.D. (2004). A floor, not a ceiling: Beyond guidelines–an argument for minimum standards of practice in conducting child custody and visitation evaluations. Journal of Child Custody: Research, Issues, and Practices, 61-75, 1, 1, 2004. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.

Austin, W.G. & Kirkpatrick, H.D. (In press). The investigation component in forensic mental health evaluations: Consideration for parenting time assessments. Journal of Child Custody. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.

Gould, J. W., Kirkpatrick, H.D., Austin, W.G., & Martindale, D.A. (2004). Critiquing a colleague’s forensic work product: A suggested protocol for application to child custody evaluation. Journal of Child Custody: Research, Issues, and Practices (in press).

Kuehnle K., Kirkpatrick, H.D., & Sachsenmaier, S. Complex custody evaluations: Conducting child custody evaluations with allegations of parent-child incest (in preparation). top