FOR KIM E. KENDALL, PH.D.
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| Q: Profession? A: Licensed Psychologist.
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| Q: Professional address? A: 1728 E. Madison St., Seattle, WA.
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| Q: When were you first licensed? A: 1985 in Massachusetts, and 1989 in Washington.
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| Q: Type of practice? A: 80% therapy, 3% supervision of students, 2% teaching, and 15% forensic evaluations.
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| Q: What does your teaching and family matter practice
focus on? A: Adults "&" adolescents, couples and family matters.
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| 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.
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| Q: Major educational background? A: BS Psychology from U.C .Davis, 1979; Ph.D. Clinical Psychology from U. Mass, 1985.
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| Q: Post-doctoral training? A: Post-doctoral Fellow, Dartmouth Medical School, 1984-85.
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| Q: Post-doctoral forensic training? A: I have 153 hours of continuing education in issues related to Forensic Psychology.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Q: About how many psychological evaluations have you
conducted in your years of practice:
A: Over one thousand.
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| Q: About what percent of those evaluations involved assessing
the effects of negative events? A: 90-95%.
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| Q: How many of those evaluations have been forensic evaluations? A: About 5%.
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| Q: How many times have you been deposed or testified? A: 9 times.
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| Q: What percentage of your work is for plaintiffs and
defendants?
A: 75% of my work has been for plaintiffs and 25% for defendants? |