Dr. Nicole Graham

2019

Clinical Psychology

John Jay College of Criminal Justice / CUNY Graduate Center

New York, NY

Dissertation: Examining the use of Hebephilia and Paraphilia Non-Consent in Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations

2012

Clinical Psychology

California State University, Fullerton

Fullerton, CA

Thesis: Examining the Effects of Childhood Disorders and Personality Characteristics  on Youth's Legal Competence-Related Abilities

2010

Psychology & Criminology

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

Thesis: Associations among Childhood Abuse and Psychopathy Facets in Male Sexual Offenders

Institute for Behavioral Sciences & the Law

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Conducted forensic evaluations for criminal and civil matters. Criminal evaluations included competency to stand trial, mental state at time of the offense, downward departure, psychosexual evaluations, and violence risk assessments. Civil evaluations included guardianship, and psychological injury. Fellowship also included training in Fitness for Duty and school-based violence assessment. 

Larry Brooks, PhD PA

Hollywood & Miami, FL

Neuropsychological evaluations of a diverse population of adults with a range of presenting neurological concerns. Evaluations included diagnostic clarification, IMEs, NFL Concussion Settlement, and NHL return to play. 

Neuropsychological Associates of Miami

Miami, FL 

Neuropsychological evaluations of teenagers and adults for diagnostic and treatment planning and vocational rehabilitation services. 

Central Regional Hospital

Butner, NC

Conducted forensic evaluations including competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility, and violence risk assessment. Provided individual and group therapy for individuals diagnosed with a severe mental illness and committed to the state hospital

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Conducted comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations in an outpatient rehabilitation center. Assisted the NFL-Players' Association with neuropsychological assessment of retired players. 

Doctoral clinical training also included forensic positions within inpatient psychiatric settings, mental health courts, and state and federal correctional institutions; as well as neuropsychological assessment services within inner-city medical settings, and providing evaluations relevant to civil litigation. 

Prior clinical experience included assisting in psycho-educational assessments for children and adolescents; and providing individual, and group therapy in a public school setting. 

Journal Reviewer

Journal Reviewer

2020: Use of Tele-Psychological Platforms in Forensic Mental Health Evaluations

Broward & Palm Beach Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Chaos, Disruption, and Trauma in the Lives of Juveniles

Broward County Crime Commission

The Collateral Consequences of Covid on Attorneys and their Clients

North Carolina Federal Public Defender's Office

2019: Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Violence

Broward County Crime Commission

2018: The Use of Other Specified Paraphilic Disorder in SVP Evaluations

Florida Department of Children & Families

2018: The Real Forensic Psychology: Not an Episode of Criminal Minds

Psychology Collective of Hunter College

2018: Examining the Use of Hebephilia and Paraphilia Non-Consent in SVP Evaluations

American Psychology & Law Society

2017: Exploring the Reliability of DSM-5 Diagnoses provided in SVP Evaluations

2016: Desistance from Sexual Offending: A Qualitative understanding of Eleven Offenders

Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers

2016: Exploring the Effects of Race/Ethnicity in Juror Decision making in Sexual Assault Cases

American Psychology & Law Society

2010: The Association between Childhood Maltreatment and Dimensions of Psychopathy

American Psychology & Law Society

Deluca, J., Vaccarro, J., Rudnik, A., Graham, N., Giannicchi, A., & Yanos, P. (2017). Sociodemographic predictors of sex offender stigma: How politics impact attitudes, social distance, and perceptions of sex offender recidivism. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 1-18.

Kimonis, E. R., Graham, N., & Cauffman, E. (2017). Aggressive male juvenile offenders with callous-unemotional traits show deficient emotional processing of distress cues. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.

Graham, N., & Calkins, C. (2016). Sexually violent predators. The Sage Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Kimonis, E.R., Branch, J., Hagman, B., Graham, N., & Miller, C. (2013). The psychometric properties of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in an undergraduate sample. Psychological Assessment, 25, 84-93.

Graham, N., Kimonis, E.R., Wasserman, A.L., & Kline, S.M. (2012). Associations among childhood abuse and psychopathy dimensions in male sexual offenders. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 3, 66-75.