Civil and Criminal Forensic Psychology

Dr. Alberg offers testimony in three broad areas:
• Civil Commitment
• Risk Assessment
• Emotional Damages
• Fitness for Duty

Risk Assessment

• Violence & Sexual Predators

Emotional Damages (IME)

Emotional damage cases have included sexual harassment in the workplace, wrongful termination, date rape, motor vehicle and other personal injury matters and medical malpractice. Dr. Alberg will ask the attorneys seeking an emotional damages evaluation, “Has the plaintiff been harmed? If so, then what was the cause? If not, why is the plaintiff alleging that harm has occurred?” Three alternatives to the alleged emotional damage claim must always be considered:

• That the harm is real but was caused by factors extraneous to the litigation
• That the harm is real but is the result of chronic emotional problems that predated the events at issue in the litigation
• That the harm is being malingered—falsified or exaggerated

Fitness for Duty

Dr. Alberg is often asked if whether the individual in question is emotionally competent to carry out the duties of the license or position that he or she holds.

Civil Commitment

• Mentally Ill
• Chemically Dependent
• Mentally Ill and Dangerous Person

Expert Testimony Including But Not Limited To:

• Standard of Care in Psychotherapy and
  Healthcare Malpractice
• Litigation
• Ethics
• Boundary Violations
• Abuse of Transference
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment in Employment Settings
• Defense and Plaintiff

Psychological Evaluations for Licensing Board Matters, Including:

• Psychology, Medical, Counseling, Social Work, Nursing, Chiropractic, Dentistry, Attorney etc.
• Evaluation of Claims of Psychological Damages-Written Reports Testimony (IME)
• Objective Assessment of Malingering
• Inappropriate sexual contact in hospital and clinic settings
• Psychotherapist-patient sexual involvement
• Physician-patient sexual involvement
• Clergy/Teacher sexual involvement within trust relationships