About Dr. Altman
With over 20 years of experience practicing psychology in various forensic contexts, Dr. Altman offers services as an expert witness and psychological consultant in either criminal or civil matters with the goal of providing consultation and opinions grounded in empirical research as a psychological expert.
Background
Dr. Altman communicates psychological ideas simply and effectively. Dr. Altman meets the legal requirements as a forensic examiner for the state of Texas and has experience evaluating competence to stand trial, fitness to proceed, waiver to criminal court, mental state at the time of the offense, sex offender risk, and violence risk.
Also, Dr. Altman performs pre-employment and fitness-for-duty evaluations for various high-risk occupations (e.g, police, personal security, and fire-fighters). He also performs fitness-for-duty evaluations for various corporations. He assists with debriefing to help individuals in professions with high exposure to trauma (e.g., first responders) process their emotional reactions and cope with the psychological impact of a critical incident.
Dr. Altman has performed hundreds of treatment evaluations for children in CPS custody and has experience in individual counseling, group counseling, and program development.
Expertise
Pre-trial and Mitigation Forensic Evaluations
Evaluate competence/fitness to proceed, mental state at the time of the crime, risk of violence (sexual and other), and more.
Pre-employment, Special Unit, and Fitness-for-duty Evaluations
For high-risk (e.g, law enforcement, fire-fighters, dispatchers, and security) and other occupations, including corporate.
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing for high-risk occupations
To help individuals in professions with high exposure to trauma process their emotional reactions and cope with the psychological impact of a critical incident.
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