Forensic Services
- Forensic and Court Ordered Mental Health Evaluations
- Disability & Vocational Rehabilitation Evaluations
- Independent Psychological
Evaluations (IMEs) for Worker's Compensation, Personal Injury, Social Security cases
- Chronic Pain, Functional Overlay, Delayed Recovery
Syndrome, and Abnormal Illness Behavior
Robert Coleman, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist
"Positive change. Empowered living."
We offer specialized forensic psychology services including:
Health Psychology - Behavioral Medicine - Forensics
When an individual with a personal, medical or work-related injury fails to respond to standard medical treatment, or when pain becomes chronic and recovery stalls due to unexplained complications apart from obvious medical origins, an expensive and often frustrating process begins. This usually results in increased costs, reduced patient satisfaction, elevated risks, and prolonged case resolution.
Very often in prolonged and complex cases, it becomes difficult to differentiate between biological, psychological, emotional, motivational, and personality factors that account for the patient’s behavior, symptom profile, and functional constraints. That’s where we can help.
Dr. Coleman provides comprehensive psychological assessment services to insurance companies, employers, workers compensation specialists, medical doctors, and attorneys in order to untangle the sticky problems behind puzzling barriers in recovery, regression in functional improvement, and challenging patient behavior.
Our robust and empirically validated assessment methodology provides objective data and analysis on a comprehensive array of interrelated factors including:
We provide a variety of brief and in-depth psychological evaluations including vocational rehabilitation services, court-ordered evaluations, and psychological IMEs for a variety conditions requiring a mental health evaluation or assessment including psychological testing.
Chronic Pain, Functional Overlay, Delayed Recovery Syndrome, and Abnormal Illness Behavior
- Cognitive/Neuropsychological Functioning
- Personality, Intelligence and Socio-cultural Variables
- Mood and Anxiety Factors
- Fear, Helplessness,
and Adjustment Issues
- Conscious and Unconscious Motivations
- Malingering, Factitiousness, Symptom Exaggeration
- Primary/Secondary
Gain Issues
- Stress Management and Adaptive Functioning
- Social and Relationship Problems
- Substance Abuse and Coping Skills
- Vocational
Implications
Our assessment helps explain the patient’s delayed recovery, declines in previous functioning, and offers pragmatic recommendations for getting them back on track. We can also provide vocational assessments in combination with psychological and neuropsychological services that integrate patient data in useful and effective ways without having to use multiple experts and pay for redundant services.
Forensic and Court Ordered Mental Health Evaluations