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QUALIFYING QUESTIONS
FOR KIM E. KENDALL, PH.D.

 

Q: Profession? 

A: Licensed Psychologist. 

 

Q: Professional address? 

A: 1728 E. Madison St., Seattle, WA. 

 

Q: When were you first licensed?

A: 1985 in Massachusetts, and 1989 in Washington. 

 

Q: Type of practice?

A: 80% therapy, 3% supervision of students, 2% teaching, and 15% forensic evaluations. 

 

Q: What does your teaching and family matter practice focus on?

A: Adults "&" adolescents, couples and family matters. 

 

Q: What is Forensic Psychology? What is your focus in forensic work? 

A: It is the overlap between psychology and legal matters. In my case, I use psychological procedures to inform the court about how and whether someone has suffered emotionally from an event. Sometimes I am asked to assess the care provided by other mental health counselors. 

 

Q: Major educational background?

A: BS Psychology from U.C .Davis, 1979; Ph.D. Clinical Psychology from U. Mass, 1985. 

 

Q: Post-doctoral training?

A: Post-doctoral Fellow, Dartmouth Medical School, 1984-85. 

 

Q: Post-doctoral forensic training?

A: I have 153 hours of continuing education in issues related to Forensic Psychology. 

 

Q: Professional affiliations?

A: I am an Adjunct Associate Professor in both the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington Medical School. 

 

Q: Member of professional organizations?

A: I am a member of the American Psychological Association, the Washington State PsychologicalAssociation, the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, and the Seattle Forensic lnstitute. 

 

Q: Do you provide training for students? 

A: Yes, I provide case supervision to graduate students and periodically lecture to psychology and psychiatry residents in the area of adolescence and families. 

 

Q: Have you published in Psychology?

A: I have published three chapters and one article on adolescent depression and health and nutritional factors that can affect emotional well being. 

 

Q: About how many psychological evaluations have you conducted in your years of practice

A: Over one thousand. 

 

Q: About what percent of those evaluations involved assessing the effects of negative events?

A: 90-95%. 

 

Q: How many of those evaluations have been forensic evaluations?

A: About 5%. 

 

Q: How many times have you been deposed or testified?

A: 9 times. 

 

Q: What percentage of your work is for plaintiffs and defendants

A: 75% of my work has been for plaintiffs and 25% for defendants?