Raymond J. Havlicek, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Diplomate in Clinical Psychology
American Board of Professional Psychology
Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Psychology
Roslyn Heights, NY Office: Lake Placid, NY Office
220 South Service Rd, Suite 23 30 Cayuga Way
Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 Lake Placid, NY 12946
516-484-5388 518-441-9426
516-776-9275 (fax) 516-776-9275 (fax)
Email: RHavlicek@aol.com
Web: www.drhavlicek.com
RESUME: October 1, 2011
Educational Background
B.A., Hofstra University, 1966
M.A., Hofstra University, 1968
Ph.D., Hofstra University, 1972
Two year supervised internship program included the following:
Management of assessment and treatment cases at the Psychological Evaluation and Research Center
Participation at Nassau County Medical Center Psychiatric Facility as a psychological intern
Assessment and referral of children at two Long Island School Districts
Participation at St. Anthony out Patient Mental Health Facility as a Psychological Intern
Presentation of case material to the Clinical Staff for supervision
Professional Experience
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychology, Hofstra University, 1968-1971
School Psychologist, Hempstead Public Schools, 1968-1972
Assistant Professor, Psychology, New York Institute of Technology, 1972-1978
Full-Time Private Practice of Clinical Psychology, 1975-2010
Executive Director, Institute for Psychosomatic Research, 1978-1986: an A.P.A. accredited continuing education program. Program trained Doctoral level health care professionals in the diagnosis, and treatment of stress related emotional and physical disorders.
Licenses and Certifications
New York State, Psychologist, 1975, (#004718)
New York State, Permanent Certificate, School Psychologist, 1968
Diplomate, Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), 1978
Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Psychology (FAACP), 1994
Certificate, Biofeedback Certification Institute of America, 1982
Registered, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, 1976
Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders, American College of Professional Psychology (Certificate Number AD001117)
Listed on the State of New York, First and Second Judicial Departments Panel of Mental Health Professionals providing forensic child custody evaluations, 1/9/2002
Clinical Member, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse
Memberships
American Psychological Association
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Association for the Advancement of Psychology
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse, Clinical Member
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
New York State Psychological Association
Parent Coordination Association of New York State, Founding Member
Academic Appointment:
Clinical Field Supervisor, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology & Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
Current Service Offerings:
Individual Psychotherapy, Children, Adolescents and Adults.
Marriage and Family Therapy, Reconstructive Family Therapy, Therapeutic intervention for problematic visitation; tie-breaking in problematic joint custody cases in conjunction with family treatment and parent coordination.
Parent Coordination and alternative dispute resolution services, for couples attempting to resolve their differences, in order to reduce family distress and avoid litigation.
Consulting Psychologist for the Evaluation and Treatment of High Conflict Divorce Cases.
Forensic Consultant to Courts and Attorneys in Matrimonial, Custody, Problematic/Conflicted Visitation, and Alleged Sexual Abuse Litigation. Recognized as an expert before the NYS Supreme Court.
Consultant to Courts with respect to the evaluation of those litigants alleged to have sexually mistreated children. I provide Abel Screening for Sexual Interest*, a computerized technique measuring visual reaction times to standardized stimuli, and not primarily relying upon litigants’ verbal responses, in order to discriminate those with deviant sexual interest from those with normal sexual interest.
Evaluation and Treatment of Stress Related Emotional and Physical Conditions and Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
Biofeedback, Behavioral Medicine, Stress Management.
Hypnosis, Behavior Therapy, Habit Reversal Treatment.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence Treatment, I earned the Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders, American College of Professional Psychology.
Certified by New York State Department of Motor Vehicles to evaluate, treat, and make
recommendations regarding the restoration of driving privileges for individuals found guilty of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
Consultative and Case Management Services for Mental Health Professionals. Professional consultant to mental health professionals conducting forensic evaluations. I also provide clinical field supervision for graduate (PhD) psychology students. I have served as dissertation supervisor for Ph. D. candidates.
Professional Development for Health-Care Providers seeking to incorporate behavioral health treatment methods into their service offerings.
Clinical and Sports Psychological Consultation and Treatment for Elite (USOC level) Athletes.
Diana Screening for pre-employment assessment of job applicants whose positions may involve close contact with children. The Diana Screen for those having no known history of sexual offending is based on the same technology as the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest (AASI); it provides a high or low risk profile for sexual offending against children for job applicants. I received a "Certificate of Achievement" from Gene Abel, MD the inventor and developer of both the AASI and the Diana Screen, in recognition of my knowledge about this important technology.
* Literature regarding court rulings regarding the The Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest (AASI) is available.
Publications (please see website:www.drhavlicek.com)
Havlicek, R.J.; Rosenberg,S.; Stroebel, C., Biofeedback in Clinical Practice: Problems, Procedures and Protocols
Havlicek, R.J., Therapeutic Intervention: A New Approach to Problematic Visitation. Nassau Lawyer the Journal of the Bar Association of Nassau County, N.Y. Inc., March, 1998
Havlicek,R.J.; Vane,J.R., Race, Competency, and level of Achievement: Relationship to modeling in elementary school children. Journal of Psychology, May, 1974, Vol 87(1) 53-58
Havlicek, R.J. Integrating Supervised Visitation with Therapeutic Intervention for Problematic Visitation. Nassau Lawyer The Journal of the Bar Association of Nassau County, N.Y., Inc. December, 1999
Doctoral Thesis Supervision: Three separate dissertation projects for the graduate psychology program, Hofstra University.
Community Service:
Trustee, National Sports Academy, Lake Placid, NY, 1997-1998
Member, New York State Psychological Association, Public Education Committee, Task Force on School Violence. Public presentations for enhancing public sensitivity to detecting the signs of possible violence and implementing programs to reduce violence, 2000-2001.
Education Consultant and Speaker for Schools attempting to address and improve school-community wide interpersonal interactions.
Member, Fraternal Order of Police, Police Surgeon's Lodge SA03
Provider of emergency psychological services, including death and injury notification, consultation to various agencies in disasters, Essex County, NY
Lectures and Presentations:
1976-1982: In my capacity as Executive Director of the Institute for Psychosomatic Research I made dozens of presentations to physicians, and psychologists, on various aspects of the following subjects:
1) Sources of stress: Identifying family, marital, parental and interpersonal dimensions and contributions.
2) Sources of stress: Identifying, psychological, behavioral, interpersonal and intrapsychic dimensions and contributions.
3) How to develop behavioral, emotional and cognitive strategies to reduce identified causes of stress, to improve personal, interpersonal and family health and functioning.
4) I have presented numerous public education offerings with respect to stress management.
5) I have presented to the Nassau County Bar Association with respect to (a) “Therapeutic Intervention for Problematic Visitation” and (b) “Allegations of Sexual Abuse in the Context of Child Custody Conflicts.” Most recently, 9/2003.
6) Presentation to the NYS Matrimonial Commission, April 21, 2005
7) Presentation at New York State Psychological Association Annual Convention, May 21, 2006
“New Ways of Thinking About Matrimonial and Custody Litigation: The Unrecognized Mental Health Dimension of High Conflict Marriages and How the Adversarial Judicial System Should Change to Provide for the Best Interests of our Children.”
8) Regularly provide lectures to mental health professionals seeking to broaden their knowledge and skills to enable them to provide Parenting Coordination sevices.
9)
Workplace Harassment: Impact, Assessment and Change
Partial List of Cases in which I was appointed by a Judge or hired privately to conduct a forensic evaluation and/or testify:
These cases involved some or most of the following: Parental conflict, parenting assessments, alienation assessments, child sexual abuse assessments, substance abuse assessments, neuro-cognitive and intellectual assessments, ADD-ADHD assessments, psychological status assessments, proneness to violence.
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AA v AM, Nassau Supreme
BA v AA1, Nassau Supreme
VA v VA2, Nassau Supreme
SA v SA3, Nassau Supreme, Testified
TA v TA4, Nassau Supreme
OA v OA 5, Nassau Supreme
PA v AP6, Nassau Supreme
KA v KA7, Nassau Supreme
MA v MA8, Nassau Supreme, Testified
VA v AV9, Nassau Supreme
CA v CA10, Nassau Supreme
DB v DM, Nassau Supreme
NB v NB1, Nassau Supreme
JB v JB2, Nassau Supreme
LB v LB3, Nassau Supreme
LB v LB4, Nassau Supreme
SB v SB5, Nassau Supreme
NB v NB6, Nassau Supreme
LB v LB7 Nassau County Family Court
PC v PC1, Nassau Supreme
WC v WC2, Nassau Supreme
FC v FC, Essex County, by consent only
LC v LB, Franklin County, NY Family Court (Ordered evaluation, not appointed)
SC v SC3, Nassau Supreme
KC v KC4, Nassau Supreme
KC v KC5, Nassau County Family Court
SC v SM, Nassau Supreme, Testified
WC v WC6, Queens County Supreme, Testified
LC v LC7, Nassau Supreme
KC v KC8, Nassau Supreme
DC v DC9, Nassau Supreme
HC v HC10, Richmond County Supreme
OC c OC10, Staten Island Supreme
DD v DD1, Nassau Supreme
LD v LD2, Nassau Supreme
KD v KD3, Nassau Supreme
WD v WD4, Nassau Supreme (by consent)
LD v LD5, Nassau Supreme
LD v LB, Nassau Supreme
LD v LD6, Nassau Supreme
SD v SM , Essex County Family Court
YE v YE1, Nassau Supreme
RE v RE2, Nassau Supreme
WF v WF1, Nassau Supreme
LF v LF2, Nassau Supreme
LF v LF3, Nassau Supreme, Testified
CF v CF4, Nassau Supreme
MF v MF5, Staten Island Supreme
XG v XG1, Nassau Supreme
KG v KG2, Nassau Supreme
SG v SG3, Nassau Supreme
KG v KG4, Westchester Supreme
KG v KL, Nassau Supreme, Testified
CG v CG5, Nassau Supreme
JG v JG Queens County Family Court
LG v LM, Staten island Supreme
KH v KH1, Nassau Supreme, Testified
SH v SH2, Nassau Supreme
LH v LH3, Nassau County Family Court
SH v SF, Nassau Family Court
LK v LK1, Nassau Supreme
LK v LK2, Nassau Supreme
FK v FS, Nassau Supreme
PK v PK3, Nassau Supreme
WK v WK4, Nassau Supreme
KV v KK5, Probate Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
VL v VL1, Nassau Supreme
CL v CR, Nassau Supreme
ZL v LZ2, Nassau Supreme
ML v ML3, Nassau Supreme
NL v NL4, Nassau Supreme
CM vCM1, Nassau Supreme
CM v CM2, Nassau Supreme
PM v PM3, Nassau Supreme
RM v RM4, Nassau Supreme
LM v LB1, Nassau Supreme
LM v LB2, Nassau Supreme
SM v SM5, Nassau Supreme
PM, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families,
RM v RM6, Nassau Supreme
LM v LM7, Nassau Supreme, Testified
LM v LM8, Staten Island Supreme
FM v FM9, Suffolk County Family Court, for the defendant only
KN v KN, Nassau Supreme
FN v FN, Suffolk Supreme
QO v QO1, Nassau Supreme
PO v PO2, Nassau Family Court
FP v FP1, Nassau Supreme
LP v LP2, Nassau Supreme
KP v KP3, Nassau Supreme
SP v SP4, Nassau Supreme
KP v KP5, Essex County Supreme
DP v DS, Nassau County Family Court
DM v DM, Franklin County
KR v KR1, Nassau Supreme
CR v CR2, Nassau Supreme
BR v BR3, Nassau Supreme
JR v JR4, Nassau Supreme
SR v SR5, Nassau Supreme, Testified
KS v KS1, Nassau Supreme
SS v SS2, Nassau Supreme, Testified
RS v RS3, Nassau Supreme
US v US4, Nassau Supreme
PS v PS5, Nassau Supreme
PS v PS6, Nassau Supreme
VS v VS7, Nassau Supreme, Testified
HS v HS8, Nassau Supreme
KS v KS9, Nassau Supreme
SS v SS10, Nassau Supreme
LS v LS11, Nassau Supreme
LS v LS12, Nassau Supreme
SS v SS13, Nassau Supreme
KS v KS14, Nassau Supreme
DS v DS15, Nassau Supreme
US v US16, Nassau Supreme
IS v IS17, Nassau Supreme
RS v RM, Nassau Supreme
DS v DS17, Nassau Supreme
HS v HS18, Staten Island Supreme
WS v WS19, Staten Island Supreme
LS v LS20, Suffolk County Supreme
SS v SS21, Nassau County Supreme
PT v TT, Nassau County Family Court
PU v PU, Nassau Supreme, Testified
RV v RV, Nassau County Family Court
VW v VW1, Nassau Supreme
MW v NG, Nassau Supreme
NW v NW2, Nassau Supreme
CW v CW3, Nassau Supreme
ZW v ZW4, Nassau Supreme
KW v KW5, Queens County Supreme
LZ v LZ2, Nassau Supreme, Testified
BC v BC, Nassau Supreme
GBD v MB, Brooklyn Family
Partial List of Reunification Cases I was appointed to:
BA v BM Bronx County Family Court
HO v SA, Queens County Supreme
Partial List of Cases in which I provided risk assessments of accused, or convicted sex offenders, or provided assessments to the spouses of accused sex offenders:
These cases involved some or most of the following: Parental conflict, parenting assessments, alienation assessments, child sexual abuse assessments, substance abuse assessments, neuro-cognitive and intellectual assessments, ADD-ADHD assessments, psychological status assessments, proneness to violence.
NYS v JKB
NYS v MLD
NYS v DKJ
NYS v NML1
NYS v JFL2
NYS v DLR
NYS v GD2
NY v PT, by consent
NYS v NCV
NYS v DGH
HMJ, by consent
LLN, by consent
DDR, by consent
NYS v GP
US v KRB
NY v VBM
Partial list of civil cases in which I was hired by one party to provide an evaluation and/or testimony based upon psychological assessment :
These cases involved assessments of clients' bio-psycho-social status; assessment of alleged workplace psychosocial stressors upon client's health due to discrimination, harassment, or a hostile work environment; assessment of damages to clients' psychological well being; assessment of work place related risk factors to future capacity to function adequately at work.
Xgert vs ABC Corp. Case involves allegations regarding hostile work environment, employer sexual misconduct and workplace discrimination.
Xusinski v Harran Transportation Co., Inc. (Longest civil jury trial in Nassau County, re: sexual abuse, allegations of pedophilia and post traumatic stress disorder), Testified for days, Nassau Supreme
Xricson v XYZ University: Involved allegations of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment, Federal Court, Southern District, provided a deposition.
Xstis v Xstis, forensics
Xlatt v Xlatt: Plaintiff alleged psychological disorder stemming from marriage.
Xelli v: This case is currently in the pretrial phase, and it involves allegations of sexual discrimination and harassment
Xassina v XYZ Corp: Plaintiff alleged psychological disability resulting from a car accident.
XYZailey v. LWX Corp. Plaintiff alleged psychological damages resulting from coerced sexual abuse and sexual harassment.
Xverna v Xverna: forensics Case involved sexual abuse allegations against father.
Xilano v Xarl: This case involves allegations of sibling sexual abuse, Essex County, NY Family Court
Xolvik v “XYZ, Corp” This case involves allegations of sexual harassment
Xarman v “Stop and Shop” This case involves allegations of false arrest and battery.
Xfani v ABC, Inc, IME for Corporate Defendant, allegations of workplace harassment
Xacobs v XYZ Public School District. Discriminatory termination of employment.
Vermont v Xalicnt, Case involved criminal allegations of assault.
Xlliegro, XXowitz v NYS. Work place harassment, discrimination case.
Xaisely v Work Place Harassment and Sexual Abuse
Xill v Xill
Xris, et al v XXX, LP, Pregnancy Discrimination, Workplace Harassment class action suit
XLS v XPCRS, Workplace Harassment
Partial List of Parent Coordination, Case Management, and Therapeutic Visitation or Treatment by Appointment or Consent:
These cases involved alternative dispute resolution interventions to reduce parental conflict; providing parenting education; assisting some clients negotiate a resolution to their parenting conflicts, and assisting clients civilly implement court ordered parenting plans.
DC v DC, Nassau Supreme
HA v HA, Nassau Supreme
BD v BH, Franklin County Family Court
VU v VU, Nassau Supreme
CG v CG, Nassau Supreme
LK v LK, Nassau Supreme
CK v CK, Essex County Family Court, Testified
BL v BL, Nassau Supreme
SL v SS, Nassau Supreme
FM v FM1, Nassau Supreme
BM v BM2, Nassau Supreme
HN v HN, by consent only
FO v FO, Nassau Supreme
SP v SP, Nassau Supreme
WR v WR, Nassau Supreme
LT v LT, Nassau Supreme
HY v HY, Nassau Supreme
ZO v CA, Queens Supreme
Pre-adoption Psychological Evaluations:
This case involved the assessment of a child being considered for adoption to the perspective adoptive parents and to the Department of Social Services
HS, Essex County, NY Department of Social Services
Termination of Parental Rights:
This case involved the psychological and neuropsychological assessment of the mother, as well as the psychological and neuropsychological assessment of the children.
KMG, County, NY Department of Social Services
Additional Professional Experience:
January 21, 2004: Seminar participant, “The Use of Mental Health Professionals in Contested Child Custody Cases, Seminar Presented by the Law Guardian Program of the NYS, First and Second Judicial Departments.
January/May, 2004: Participated in developing the first “Parent Coordinator” program in New York State, initiated by Nassau County Supreme Court. Received 16 hrs C.E. in Parent Coordination Training through EAC, Nassau County
August, 2005: Completed 21 hours in alternative dispute resolution-mediation training for Parent Coordination.
May 20, 2006: Attended work shop at the NYSPA annual convention regarding the preparation of child custody reports.
June 15, 2006: Attended Parent Coordinator's training entitled: "What Every Parent Coordinator Needs to Know About Domestic Violence," Presented by The Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc.
On-going: 18 CE credit hours every 3 years in substance abuse disorders fro maintenance of APA College of Professional Psychology Certification.
May, 2008: Certificate of Achievement from Gene Abel, MD, regarding the use of the Diana Screen Assessment for pre-employment sexual interest screening.
November, 2008: Certificate of Achievement from Gene Abel, MD, regarding the use of the Abel-Blasingame Assessment System for Sexual Interest with individuals having cognitive impairments.
November, 2008: Seminar participant, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Seminar Presented by the Law Guardian Program of the NYS, First and Second Judicial Departments.
May, 2009: Seminar participant, A Two Part Fundamental Training Series, Seminar Presented by the Law Guardian Program of the NYS, First and Second Judicial Departments. (NYS Courts and Family Law; Historical and Cultural Aspects of Custody Litigation, Cultural Diversity and Custody Litigation, Psychological Aspects of Domestic Violence)
October, 2011: Training in Cogmed, an Evidence Based Treatment for children with attention disorders.