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GETTING STARTED
IN FORENSIC
PSYCHOLOGY
PRACTICE
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GETTING STARTED
IN FORENSIC
PSYCHOLOGY
PRACTICE
How to Create a Forensic
Specialty in Your Mental
Health Practice

Eric G. Mart
Chris E. Stout, Series Editor

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Getting started in forensic psychology practice : how to create a forensic
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To my parents, Clyde and Maureen Mart,

and my other parents, John and Ardis McCallion
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Contents

Series Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv

1. What Is Forensic Psychology? 1

2. Is Forensic Practice for You? 19

3. Preparing for Forensic Psychological Practice 59

4. The Business of Forensic Psychology 95

5. Risk Management in Forensic Practice 137

6. Performing Evaluations 195

7. Testifying in Court and Depositions 227

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CONTENTS

Appendix A. ABPP Work Sample: Competency to

Stand Trial Evaluation 249

Appendix B. Sample Psychological Report: Competency

to Stand Trial Evaluation 261

Appendix C. ABPP Work Sample: Munchausen Syndrome

by Proxy Evaluation 267

Appendix D. Sample Psychological Report: Munchausen

Syndrome by Proxy Evaluation 289

Appendix E. The Concise Child Custody Evaluation 303

Appendix F. The Concise Approach to Child

Custody Assessment 313

Appendix G. The Niche Practice in Forensic Psychology 329

References 337

Index 341

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Series Preface

As the behavioral health care marketplace grows more challenging,

providers are finding it necessary to develop smarter business tactics in
order to be successful. We are faced with shifting payment structures,
increasing competition, complex funding mechanisms, the bankruptcy
of many managed care agencies, and growing malpractice liability
risks, all against a backdrop of layoffs and dwindling economic re-
sources. It is times like these that make Wiley’s Getting Started series of
books all the more important.
Many individuals studying in the mental health professions graduate
with no idea of how to go about starting their own mental health prac-
tice. Alternatively, there are many health practitioners who wish to
shift the focus of their current practice into other areas. The Getting
Started series of books provides the information, ideas, tools, and strate-
gies providers need to enable their practices to evolve and thrive in any
circumstance. This series works to break down the ingredients of a suc-
cessful mental health practice into more manageable components, and
thus more achievable components. It is my goal to bring readers the
best of the best in the Getting Started series in an effort to help them
start, maintain, and expand their successful mental health practice.
The Getting Started series is not discipline specific. It is meant for
all levels of behavioral health care students, as well as providers—

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SERIES PREFACE

undergraduate students, and professionals in all the fields of behav-

ioral health care. Current books include Getting Started in Personal and
Executive Coaching and Getting Started in Private Practice, and now Get-
ting Started in Forensic Psychology Practice. Other titles will focus on
various mental health disciplines including group practice and mar-
riage and family practice, as well as topics such as integrating tech-
nology with your mental health services.
Successful practice in any area or specialty takes work; there are no
overnight successes. But being successful is quite doable. This series
provides the organizing methods most of us never learned in graduate
or medical school training, or that were available only by hiring one’s
own consultant. You will learn what works and what doesn’t work
without having to make costly missteps first.
Is establishing or growing your practice going to be difficult? To a
degree, the likely answer is yes. Of course, it will take some work, but
it will likely be well worth the effort. I hope you find the Getting Started
series to be a helpful set of tools in achieving your professional goals.

Chris E. Stout
Series Editor

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to my colleagues of the Psylaw-L and American Board of

Forensic Psychology Listservs for their comments and the benefit of
their experience. I am also grateful to Chris Stout for his input on this
project. Finally, I wish to thank the baristas at Borders in Concord,
New Hampshire, for keeping me well supplied with espresso during
the writing of this book.

Eric G. Mart

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