Forensic Psychology Expert Witnesses in New York

Forensic Psychology, Psychology - Damage assessment, mental health, trauma, therapy, prognosis, diagnosis, evaluation, personality cognitive testing, first responders, sexual abuse, sexual offenders, severe mental illness, psychosis, schizophrenia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, depression, suicidal, homicidal, self-harm

The primary focus of my practice is to evaluate individuals who are struggling with negative emotions or cognitions after a traumatic incident (i.e., sexual assault, car accident, physician abuse, neglect). If appropriate, I will complete a report to include diagnosis, prognosis, and a monetary damage amount for future mental health care. I require a retainer prior to beginning documentation review, evaluation, report writing, deposition or trial. Prior Experience: Criminal: Expert Testimony Cases: 4; Mentally Disordered Offenders Consultation with attorneys: Over 65 cases from Department of State Hospitals Violence Risk Assessments: Over 1000 Short Term Risk Assessments, <50 Long Term Violence Risk Assessments, > 20 Sexual Violence Risk Assessments Main Disorders Assessed and/or Treated: Schizophrenia, Psychopathy, Bipolar, Depression, OCD, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder Familiarity with Penal Codes: Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity, Incompe...

Brooklyn, New York

Psychology, Forensic Psychology - Memory, Eyewitness Testimony, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Learning, Decision Making, Habits, Behavioral Science, Episodic Memory, False Memory, Memory Reconstruction, Memory Bias, Misinformation Effect, Memory Confidence, Source Misattribution, Jury Misconceptions

Dr. Braun is a Cognitive Neuroscientist specializing in memory, learning, and decision making. She provides expert witness testimony on the complexities of eyewitness testimony, including issues related to false memories, the misattribution effect, memory reconstruction, and the inherent susceptibility of normal memory recall to error. Dr. Braun earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University and has published in leading scientific journals such as Nature Neuroscience and Nature Communications. Her dissertation focused on the retroactive modulation of memory, exploring how memories are altered by subsequent events. Extensive research has demonstrated that when an episode is recalled, the memory is not replayed perfectly like a video recording. Instead, the brain reconstructs the memory each time it is remembered, utilizing associative processes. This reconstruction renders memory, and consequently eyewitness testimony, vulnerable to errors and biases. Despite compelling sc...

New York

Psychology, Forensic Psychology - Forensic, Testing, Consult, Risk, Mitigation, Personal injury, Testify, Sexual, Violent, Criminal, Diagnosis, Civil commitment, Psychological, Trial consulting, Civil, Jury selection, Murder, Treatment, Therapy, Trauma

Dr. Winsmann is a Harvard Medical School-affiliated, licensed psychologist in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of New York, the State of Florida, and the state of Iowa. Dr. Winsmann is Board-Certified in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Psychology, and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. For more information about ABPP Board-certification as a forensic psychologist, please visit: https://wwabfp.com/about/ Dr. Winsmann completed a fellowship in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Psychoanalytic Studies as a Harvard Medical School Clinical Fellow, where he subsequently served as a Faculty Member. Dr. Winsmann serves as the Moderator of PsyLaw List, which is an international email list comprised of approximately 1000 members involved in forensic psychology. He is also the Director of the Boston Symposium on Psychology...