Susan LaFehr Bollinger, Ph.D..

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Ph.D., Human Sexuality                    The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality

            San Francisco, California,       June 2000

M.A., Psychology                               University of South Florida

            Tampa, Florida, 1971

B.A., Psychology                                Oakland University

            Rochester, Michigan, 1969

WORK EXPERIENCE                        

2001 - Present          Adjunct Professor:  Maimonidis Talmudic University, Miami, Florida Graduate Program, Pastoral Counseling--Clinical Sexology

1983 - Present          Owner & Clinical Director:   Mental Health Services, Inc. 

Offender Out-Patient Treatment Programs:  Sex-offender, Mentally Ill, Anger Management, Domestic Violence, Substance-abuse, each approved by the State of Florida Department, of Corrections and Palm Beach County

1983 - Present          Court-approved Mental Health Expert in forensic matters before the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Palm Beach County

Specifically:  Competency to Proceed in the Legal Process,  Sanity at the Time of the Offense,  mitigating Issues, risk to the community for the purposes of bond and sentencing, Phase II, dangerousness, Psycho-sexual Evaluation, child custody, expert testimony, jury selection, treatment, visitation issues, Termination of Parental Rights, Probate and Guardianship

Psychotherapy:  psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, cognitive – behavioral, and crisis management

1983 - 1987             Consultation:  Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Child

Protection Team, Inc., Pre-School Plus Program, Alpha Program, Children's Protective Services (Health and Rehabilitative Services)

                                    Clinical:  individual therapy, crisis intervention,

Sex Offender Treatment Program - Department of Corrections funded

May 1979 –               Forensic Psychological Specialist and Project Administrator:

November 1983        Jail Mental Health Services, Palm Beach County, Florida

Specific Duties:  Court - Evaluations of competency, sanity,

dangerousness and sexual offenders, expert testimony

Jail:  Crisis intervention, counseling, training, administration,

supervision of mental health staff and program, coordination of auxiliary staff

Law Enforcement:  Consultation, investigation, criminal profiling, and training

Teaching:  Corrections’ Officer Academy

Technical Assistance:  Consultation and training for Palm Beach County's detention and penal facilities

June 1974-                Psychological Specialist and Lead Evaluator: 

May 1979                  Forensic Services, Florida State Hospital

                                    Chattahoochee, Florida  32324

Specific Duties:  Competency, sanity, sexual offender evaluations, psychological assessments, therapy, treatment planning, reports and testimony to the courts, supervision and training of technicians and doctoral students

June 1973 -               Psychological Specialist:

June 1974                 Behavior Modification Unit, Florida State University

                                    Chattahoochee, Florida  32324

Specific Duties:  Programming, token economy and individual,

in-service training, psychological assessments

January 1972 -          Psychological Specialist:

June 1973                 Southwestern State Hospital, Thomasville, Georgia

Specific Duties:  Psychological assessment of in-patients and

outpatients for diagnostic and treatment conferences, behavior modification therapy

PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS:

A Comparison of the Human Figure Drawing Test between Male Predatory Child Molesters and Male Situational Child Molesters, San Francisco:  The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality.  2000

Competency to Stand Trail - Mental Health Counselors Association, (1998)

Expert Testimony - Associates in Counseling & Education, (1999)

                                   Florida Mental Health Counselors Association, (2001)

Reduction of Epileptic Seizures by Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviors, British Journal of Psychology (1979) 70, 17-20.

Competency to Stand Trial - Panelist, Southeastern Psychological Association (1979).

Forensic Evaluation and Treatment -Panelist, Southeastern Psychological Association (1977).

Effects of a Token Economy on a Psychiatric Patient's Medication Level, Florida Psychological Association (1974).

Behavior Modification:  Policy and Procedure Manual (Editor). Florida State Hospital, Chattahoochee, Florida (1973).

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA)

Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), Clinical Member

Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA)

American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)

OFFICES HELD:

Secretary/Treasurer, Palm Beach Mental Counselors’ Association, 1999-2001

President, Palm Beach Mental Health Counselors’ Association, 2001-2003

Vice-President, Palm Beach Mental Health Counselors’ Association, 2005-

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES:

State of Florida:  Licensed Mental Health Counselor & Sex Therapist (# M H-402)  

Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Sexologist:  (Board Certified)  

American Board of Sexology:  Diplomate

Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (A.T..S..A..):  Clinical Member