Raymond J. Havlicek, Ph.D.

Psychologist

FORENSIC & CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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:

 

Comprehensive Psychological, Interpersonal, and Behavioral Assessment Services, for Individuals, and Families. Psychological assessment methods include the use of psychometrics and projective methods.

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: St. John's University in conjunction with the New York State Psychological Association,  April 16,2010

 

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.

All identity descriptors are encrypted

 

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

KZ v KZ1, Nassau Supreme, Testified

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.

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