- Professional Services & Areas of Expertise
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Dr. Robert McIntyre, Ph.D. |
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2305 Canyon Blvd.,
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Licensed Psychologist |
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Professional Services & Areas of Expertise
Standard outpatient psychotherapy emphasizing personality development issues; treating individuals, couples, and families for: relational problems, parenting, depression and anxiety, impulse control, anger management, and substance abuse
Group and individual psychotherapy of offenders, particularly including substance abuse involved offenders, offenders with severe mental illness, and individuals with anger management problems
Treatment-oriented Psychological & Neuropsychological Evaluations:
Psycho-diagnostic & neuropsychological evaluations for resolution of diagnostic dilemmas in difficult-to-treat cases
Recovery of function / treatment progress assessment following neurological insult
Assessment of neuropsychological status consequent to disorders of neuro-cognitive degeneration
Criminal Forensic Psychological Evaluations:
Pre-trial criminal case consultant
Evaluation of defendant capacity for knowing and intelligent waiver of rights
Evaluation of defendant capacity for cooperation with counsel and meaningful participation in defense
Evaluation of defendant capacity to know right from wrong and/or capacity to form culpable mental states that are essential elements of crime charged
Evaluation of risk factors for future violence or recidivism, strategies for effectively managing risk factors, and probability of defendant amenability to accepting effective risk factor management
Evaluation of defendant psycho-social history pertinent to mitigation of blameworthiness, and defendant probability for committing future violence inside secure facilities
Evaluation of juvenile defendant competence to proceed, level of maturity for potential transfer to adult court
Rebuttal of behavioral science evidence related to criminal forensic psychology
Parental Capacity Evaluations:
Evaluation of personality characteristics likely to enhance or detract from parenting abilities, such as presence or absence of serious psychological disturbance, adequacy of coping skills, and degree of interpersonal accessibility
Rebuttal of behavioral science evidence related to parental capacity
Evaluation of medical-surgical patient competence to make treatment decisions
Evaluation of psychiatric patient grave disability, and risks to harm self or others
Guardianship and Conservator-ship evaluations
Rebuttal of behavioral science related to civil capacities
Evaluation of psychological or neuropsychological damages
Evaluation of liability for psychological or neuropsychological injuries
Rebuttal of behavioral science evidence related to personal injury litigation
Expert testimony for both prosecution/plaintiff/petitioner or defense/respondent:
In State, Federal, and Military Courts, Administrative Tribunals, and Civil Depositions, Dr. McIntyre has testified about competence to proceed, criminal responsibility, criminal sentencing factors, capital case mitigation, parental access and responsibility, adoption, child protection, civil commitment, security clearance, and personal injury matters.