TTP #103: Dr. Brenna Tindall – Assessing Intimate Partner Violence & Sexual Violence

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Dr. Brenna Tindall is back to talk with me about her work on assessing and treating intimate partner violence and sexual violence. We dive deep into how these concepts overlap and discuss the relatively small amount of research in this area. For those of you in the forensic arena, and anyone else interested in violent behavior within relationships, this is a must-listen. Here are just a few topics we cover in the episode… * How to assess intimate partner violence and sexual violence* Why it’s important to separate the two* Statistics on incidence and co-occurrence of intimate partner violence and sexual violence* Recommendations for offenders/perpetrators of intimate partner violence and sexual violence Cool Things Mentioned * Merv Davies* Mark Olver’s Violent Risk Scale Sex Offense Version* Colorado DVOMB* Colorado SOMB* Hare Psychopathy Checklist* Sexually Violent Predator Assessment* ATSA in Atlanta conference* DVRNA domestic violence risk assessment The Testing Psychologist podcast is now approved for CEU’s! I’m excited to announce that I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! About Dr. Brenna Tindall Brenna Tindall, Psy.D., CAC III is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified Addiction Counselor III. She has extensive experience evaluating and treating adult and adolescent clients who are involved with the criminal justice system. She is a Full Operating Sex Offender Offender Management Board (SOMB)-approved Adult and Juvenile Evaluator and Therapist.  She is also a Full Operating Evaluator for Offender’s with Intellectual Disabilities. Dr. Tindall is a Certified Trainer for the SOTIPS and VASOR-2 adult sex offender risk assessments as well as a Certified Trainer of the J-SOAP-II for juvenile sex offenders. She is also a Certified Child Contact Assessment (CCA) Evaluator. Dr. Tindall is a full operating evaluator for the Colorado Domestic Violence Offender Management Board (DVOMB). She was recently appointed by the Attorney General in Colorado to a four year position on the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board.  Dr. Tindall specializes in forensic evaluations of individuals in the criminal justice system to include psychological evaluations, insanity evaluations, competency evaluations, sex offense specific evaluations, domestic violence evaluations, dual diagnosis evaluations, substance abuse evaluations, cognitive evaluations, and Child Contact Assessments. Of particular importance to Dr. Tindall is the application of the Risk Need Responsivity Principle as it applies to the assessment and identification of needs of offenders. Dr. Tindall has presented at conferences and trainings for the past nine years on topics...