Dr. Monica Epstein

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

Private Practice, Tampa, FL

PY8327

 

• Adolescent and Adult Forensic Assessment

• Individual Therapy

• Child and Family Therapy

• Marital Therapy

• Child Assessment

• Adult Assessment

• Collaborative Divorce Facilitator

• Certified Family Law Mediator

• Parent Coordinator

• Parenting Plan Evaluator

• Guardian ad Litem

• Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida

 

2011 – Present Child Assessment Supervisor

Clinical Psychology Graduate Program

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

 

2008-2012 Project Manager, NIH Grant-Funded Research

Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

 

2007 – 2011 Assistant Faculty (Courtesy Appointment)

Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

 

2004- 2007 Research Fellow

Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

 

2003-2004 Pre-Doctoral Intern

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

• Family Dependency Court, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit

• Mobile Crisis Stabilization Unit, MHC, Inc.

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 

     University of South Florida Ph.D. 2004 Clinical Psychology / Public Health Minor 

     University of South Florida M.A. 2001 Clinical Psychology

 

     University of South Florida B.A. 1996       Psychology

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

 

2013-Present     Certified Family Court Mediator

 

2012-Present     Member, Hillsborough County Family Law Division Collaborative Pro Bono Committee

 

2012-Present     Volunteer, Guardian ad Litem 

 

2011-Present     International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

 

2011-Present     Tampa Bay Collaborative Divorce Group

 

2011-Present     State Emergency Responders and Volunteers of FL (SERVFL)

 

2007                   Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy

 

2004-present    Association of Family Court Conciliation 

 

2001-present     American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41, American Psychological

                            Association, Associate-at-Large

 

1997-present     American Psychological Association

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR TRAINING 

 

2014         Advanced Parent Coordination

                 Association of Family Court Conciliation, Phillip H. Corboy Law Center, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 

 

2013         Advanced Interdisciplinary Family Collaborative Practice, Florida Collaborative Trainers, Tampa, FL

 

2011          Parenting Coordination, Conflict Resolution Collaborative/USF Health

 

                 Advanced Forensic Interviewing

                 National Child Advocacy Center, Huntsville, AL

 

                 Family Mediation Certification Training

                 Conflict Resolution Collaborative/USF Health

 

                 Forensic Examiner Training

                 University of South Florida

 

2010         Introduction to Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice, Collaborative Training Solutions LLC

 

                Advanced Interdisciplinary Collaborative Law

                Lone Star Collaborative Law

 

2008        Custody Evaluation Standards and Guidelines

                Joint Conference of the ABA Section of Family Law and the American Psychological Association

 

2007        Conducting Psychological Evaluations Within the Child Welfare System

                Florida Psychological Association

 

                Modern Divorce Advocacy

                National Institute of Trial Advocacy

 

2006-07   Trainer: Children, Courts and Custody

                 FMHI/USF, Tampa, FL

 

Mentor:  Summer Research Institute Scholars

   FMHI/USF, Tampa, FL

 

Children, Courts and Custody

   FMHI/USF, Tampa, FL

 

Expert Witnesses, the Adversary System, and the Voice of Reason

   FMHI/USF, Tampa, FL

 

Domestic Violence – Evaluation and Reporting

   FMHI/USF, Tampa, FL

 

Forensic Evaluation and Juvenile Justice

   FMHI/USF, Tampa, FL

 

Forensic Examiner Training

   FMHI/USF, West Palm Beach, FL

 

2002      Contemporary Issues in Forensic Psychology:  A Workshop Series of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Tampa, FL

 

 

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE/SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

 

Hearn, C., Lewis, M., & Epstein, M.  Collaborative Law Panel Discussion.  Presented at the Hillsborough County Family Law, Collaborative Section, luncheon, Ferguson Law Center, Tampa, FL, October, 2014.

Harris, N., Lewis, M., & Epstein, M.  Collaborative Practice: A Better Approach to Conflict Resolution.  Presented at Psychiatric Grand Rounds, USF Health Carol and Frank Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare, Tampa, FL, April, 2012.

Stiles, P., Edens, J., Epstein, M., Poythress, N. G.  Contextual Influences in Prisoner Research.  Presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, PR, March, 2012.

Epstein, M., Edens, J., Stiles, P., Poythress, N. G., Magyar, M.  Prisoners’ Attitudes Toward Research.  Presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, PR, March, 2012.

Poythress, N. G., Epstein, M., Stiles, P. G., Edens, J. F., & Williams, C. L.  Influences of Tuskegee and incentives on research participation.  Presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Miami, FL, March 2011.

Stiles, P. G., Epstein, M.,  Poythress, N. G., Edens, J. F., & Williams, C. L.  Voluntary informed consent and research recruitment in potentially coercive settings.  Symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Miami, FL, March 2011.

Magyar, M. S., Edens, J. F., Poythress, N. G., Stiles, P. G., & Epstein, M.  Offender attitudes concerning research participation.  Symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Miami, FL, March 2011.

Epstein, M., & Kuehnle, K.  Traumatic childhood experiences:  The fate of memories.  Presented at the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 46th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 2009.

Wilson, C., Douglas, K. S., Weir, J., Poythress, N., & Epstein, M.  A multisample investigation of the construct validity of the LPS and PPI.  Symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Jacksonville, FL, March 2008.

Drozal, L., Epstein, M., & Kuehnle.  Abuse, Family Violence and Memory in Child Custody Cases.  Seminar presented at the annual conference of the Association of Family and Concilliation Courts, Washington, DC, May 2007.

Epstein, M.  Evaluating allegations of child sexual abuse.  Invited speaker, Saint Leo University, November 2006.

Pinto, A., Epstein, M., Lewis, P., & Whitehead, K.  Exploitation of youth and families: Perspectives on unregulated residential treatment.  Symposium presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, La, August 2006.

Epstein, M. Identifying signs of mental illness in Family Court.  Seminar presented at Family Court Conference, Orlando, FL, August 2006.

Epstein, M., & Otto, R. K.  The utility of the ADI in identifying sophisticated feigners malingering symptoms of depression.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Tampa, FL, March 2006.

Epstein, M., & Otto, R. K.  Utility of MMPI-2 measures of symptom exaggeration.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Tampa, FL, March 2006.

Kuehnle, K., Epstein, M., & Degue, S.  Quality of mental health professionals’ evaluations in child protection and termination of parental rights: Best practice or barely good enough.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Tampa, FL, March 2006.

Douglas, K., Epstein, M., Poythress, N., & Spain, S.  Criminal recidivism among juvenile offenders: Incremental and predictive validity of three measures of psychopathic features.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Tampa, FL, March, 2006.

Boccaccini, M., Epstein, M., Poythress, N., & Douglas, K.  Associations between self-report measures of psychopathy and offending in four juvenile justice samples.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Tampa, FL, March, 2006.

Behar, L., Bush, N., Epstein, M., & Green, A.  Fidelity to core values – easier said than done: Navigating how and when to respond to concerns in the absence of data.  Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health, Tampa, FL, February, 2006.

Epstein, M., Poythress, N., & Spain, S.  Passive avoidance learning and psychopathy: A study of race and gender effects.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, La Jolla, CA, March, 2005.

Spain, S., Poythress, N., & Epstein, M.  Exploring facets of psychopathic personality: Cognitive processing in a probationary sample.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, La Jolla, CA, March, 2005.

Douglas, K. S., Poythress, N. G., Spain, S. E., Epstein, M. K. & Falkenbach, D, M. Reliability and validity of three measures of psychopathy among a sample of juvenile offenders. Paper presented at the Second Annual International Conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Munich, Germany, March, 2002. 

Epstein, M., Douglas, K., Poythress, N., Spain, S., & Falkenbach, D. A discriminant study of juvenile psychopathy and mental disorders.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX, March, 2002.

Spain, S., Douglas, K., Poythress, N., Epstein, M., & Falkenbach, D.  The relationship between psychopathy, violence and treatment outcome: A comparison of three youth psychopathy measures. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX, March, 2002.  

Falkenbach, D., Douglas, K., Poythress, N., Epstein, M., & Spain, S.  The relationship between child psychopathy and program outcome: The assessment of criterion-related validity for two recently developed measures. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX, March, 2002.

Epstein, M. & Brandon, K. O. Parent and teacher behavior ratings in clinically diagnosed adolescents.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 2001.

Epstein, M. & Brandon, K. O. Clinical adolescent cognitive abilities: CBCL and TRF group differences.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 2001.

Epstein, M. & Brandon, K. O.  Clinical child and adolescent intellectual and cognitive abilities: Profiles and deficits.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA, November, 2000. 

Duhig, A. M., Phares, V., & Epstein, M. Adolescents’, mothers’, and fathers’ distress over emotional and behavior problems.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA, November, 2000.

 Renk, K., Duhig, A. M., Epstein, M. K., & Phares, V.  Interparental agreement on internalizing, externalizing, and total behavior problems: a meta-analysis.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, August, 2000. 

Brandon, K. O., Epstein, M. K., Seelig, K., Pidala, J., & Spain, S.  Expectancies, mood, gender, and family history: predicting alcohol use.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, August, 1999.

Brandon, K. O., Epstein, M. K., Spain, S., Seelig, K., Pidala, J., & Sopasakis, M.  Anger expression, alcohol, and depression: testing clinical lore. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, August, 1999.

Epstein, M., Renk, K., Smith, A. M., Bosco, G. L., & Phares, V.  Interparental conflict and adolescent adjustment: covergent and discriminant validity.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1998.

Bosco, G. L., Renk, K., Dinger, T. M., Epstein, M. K., & Phares, V.  Parental psychopathology and adolescents’ perceptions of parents.  Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 1997.

 

 

MANUSCRIPT PUBLICATIONS

 

Book Chapters

Kuehnle, K., Kirkpatrick, H.D., & Epstein, M.  Special issues in forensic assessment of children and adolescents.  In Saklofske, D.H., & Schwean, V.L. (Eds): Oxford handbook of psychological assessment of children and adolescent.  Oxford University Press, 2012.

Otto, R. K., Borum, R., & Epstein, M.  Evaluation of children in the juvenile justice system.  In Faust, D. (Ed) Coping with psychiatric and psychological testimony – 6th Edition.  Oxford University Press, 2012.

Murrie, D., Martindale, D. A., & Epstein, M.  Unsupported assessment techniques in child sexual abuse evaluations.  In Kuehnle, K., & Connell, M. (Eds): The evaluation of child sexual abuse allegations:  A comprehensive guide to assessment and testimony.  Hoboken, NJ:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2012.

 

 

 

Peer-Reviewed Journals

Edens, J. F., Epstein, M., Stiles, P. G., & Poythress, N. G. (2012). Voluntary consent in correctional settings: Do offenders feel coerced to participate in research? Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 29 (6), 771-795. 

Poythress, N. G., Epstein, M., Stiles, P. G., & Edens, J. F. (2102). Awareness of the Tuskegee syphilis study: Impact on offenders' decisions to decline research participation. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 29 (6), 821-828. 

Magyar, M. S., Edens, J. F., Epstein, M. Stiles, & Poythress, N. G. (2012). Examining attitudes about and influences on research participation among forensic psychiatric inpatients. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 30(1), 69-86. 

Smith, S. T., Edens, J. F., Epstein, M., Stiles, P. G., & Poythress, N. G. (in press). Do the psychopathic personality traits of Fearless Dominance and Self-Centered Impulsivity predict attitudes about and influences on research participation? Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 30(1), 1-15.

Stiles, P.J., Epstein, M., Poythress, N.G., & Edens, J.F. (2011).  Formal Assessment of voluntariness using a three-part consent process.  Psychiatric Services, 62, 887-89.

Stiles, P.J., Epstein, M., Poythress, N.G., & Edens, J.F. (2011).  Protecting people who decline research participation.  IRB: Ethics and Human Behavior.

Poythress, N.G., Edens, J.F., Skeem, J.L., Lilienfeld, S.O., Douglas, K.S., Frick, P.J., Patrick, C.J., Epstein, M., & Wang, T. (2010).  Identifying subtypes among offenders with antisocial personality disorder: A cluster-analytic study.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119 (2), 389-400.

Poythress, N.G., Lilienfeld, S.O., Skeem, J.L., Douglas, K.S., Edens, J.F., Epstein, M., & Patrick, C.J. (2010) Using the PCL-R to help estimate the validity of two-self-report measures of psychopathy with offenders.  Assessment, 17 (2), 206-219.

Douglas, K., Epstein, M., & Poythress, N. (2008).  Criminal recidivism among juvenile offenders: Testing the incremental and predictive validity of three measures of psychopathic features.  Law and Mental Health, 32 (5), 423-438.

Boccaccini, M. T., Epstein, M., Poythress, N., Douglas, K. S., Campbell, J., Gardner, G., & Falkenbach, D. (2007).  Self-report measures of child and adolescent psychopathy as predictors of offending in four samples of justice-involved youths.  Assessment, 14, 347-361.

Friedman, R.M., Pinto, A., Behar, L., Bush, N., Chirolla, A., Epstein, M., Green, A., Hawkins, P., Huff, B., Huffine, C., McGinnis, L., Mohr, W., Seltzer, T., Vaughn, C., Whitehead, K., & Young, C.K. (2006). Unlicensed residential programs:  The next challenge in protecting youth. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76, 295-303. 

Epstein, M., Poythress, N., & Brandon, K. O. (2006).  The Self-Report Psychopathy Scale and passive avoidance learning: A validation study of race and gender effects.  Assessment. 13, 197-207.

Spain, S., Douglas, K., Poythress, N, & Epstein, M. (2004).  The relationship between psychopathy, violence and treatment outcome: A comparison of three youth psychopathy measures. Law and Human Behavior.

Epstein, M., Renk, K., Duhig, A. M., Bosco, G., & Phares, V. (2004).  Interparental conflict, adolescent behavioral problems, and adolescent competence: Convergent and discriminant validity.  Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64, 475-495. 

Bosco, G. L., Renk, K., Dinger, T. M., Epstein, M., & Phares, V.(2003). The connections among adolescents’ perception of parents, parental psychological symptoms, and adolescent functioning.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24, 179-200.   

Duhig, A. M., Renk, K., Epstein, M. K., & Phares, V. (2000). Interparental agreement on internalizing, externalizing, and total behavior problems: a meta-analysis.  Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. 

 Santa Lucia, R. D., Gesten, E., Rendina-Gobiof, Epstein, M., Kaufman, D., Salcedo, O., & Gadd, R. (2000).  Children’s school adjustment: a developmental transactional systems perspective.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 21, 429-446.

 

 

 AWARDS AND HONORS

 

2002 American Psychological  Association – Science Directorate Dissertation Research Award

2002 American Psychological-Law Society Grants-in-Aid Award

2002 American Psychological Association Science Directorate Student Travel Award, U.S.F.