Commencement ETC, P.C.
Commencement Forensic Psychology Evaluation, Treatment, & Consultation, P.C.
Specialized Training
forensic
forensis
“forum”
The first “forensic psychologists” were nine medical experts invited to the court to testify during Daniel M’Naghten’s 1843 trial. They opined M’Naghten was experiencing paranoid delusions, the jury provided a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict, and M’Naghten spent the rest of his life in an institution.
Formal training programs for forensic psychologists did not emerge until not much more than 50 years ago.
Dr. Sy Hudgins’ forensic psychology training began almost 20 years go. It has been extensive, to include master and doctoral degrees that addressed a wide range of topics (see Specialized Training list below), plus numerous case conferences, workshops, and seminars.
Dr. Hudgins’ Selected Professional Presentations:
Georgia Psychological Association Virtual CE February 19, 2021 from 1pm-4pm: Am I Being Finessed? Issues of Therapeutic Rapport, Malingering, & Feigning With African-American Clients.
American Psychological Association Convention: Poster presentation on An Examination of Race-Based Criminal Justice System Experiences and Legitimacy Among Incarcerated Persons, Washington, DC, 2020 (Accepted).
Southeastern Psychological Association 66th Annual Meeting: Early Career presenter on Criminal Justice System Legitimacy Scale: Attempt at Operationalization, New Orleans, LA, 2020 (Accepted).
Dr. Hudgins’ Selected Attended Professional Trainings:
Assessing Risk for Violence in Clinical Practice, Elisha Agee PsyD, Brett Gardner PhD, and Daniel Murrie PhD. Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, September 29, 2020.
Online Evaluations: Video-Conference Forensic Evaluations, Michael Guyton PhD ABPP, and Alexander Millkey PsyD. Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, September 3, 2020.
Assessing Individuals Charged With Sexual Crimes, Daniel Murrie PhD, Jill Ryan Esq., Eric Madsen MA CSOTP, and Mario Dennis PhD. Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, April 26-27, 2017.
Specialized Training
- Anger Interventions
- Child Custody
- Civil Competency/Capacity
- Conflict Resolution
- Criminal Competency/Capacity
- Criminal Responsibility/Mental Status at Time of Offence
- Evaluation and Treatment of Adult Offenders
- Evaluation and Treatment of Juvenile Offenders
- Evaluation of Addictions
- Family Law
- Fitness for Duty
- Forensic Neuropsychology
- Malingering & Deception
- Mental Health Law
- Mitigation
- Parental Fitness/Capacity
- Sex Addiction
- Sex Offenders
- Violence Risk Assessment
“Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling from others.”
Albert Bandura, “Greatest Living Psychologist,” Died July 26, 2021 at 95 Years Young