Dr. Kathy Seifert:
Predicting and Preventing Violence

Youth and family violence expert Dr. Kathy Seifert is one of the world's leading authorities at predicting which people are most likely to commit a future act of violence. She is the author of the CARE (Child & Adolescent Risk Evaluation) screening tool — one of the world's most accurate predictors of future violence in children and the only assessment of its kind to provide a complete intervention plan to counteract violent tendencies before it's too late. Dr. Seifert is also the author of the RME (Risk Management Evaluation) for Women — the only assessment in the world that identifies violence and sexual abuse risk factors written specifically for women. Dr. Seifert is the CEO of Eastern Shore Psychological Services (ESPS), a multidisciplinary private practice that specializes in working with high-risk youth and their families. She has over 30 years experience in mental health, addictions, and criminal justice work. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of attachment disorders, a condition that can make boys three times as likely to become violent later in life.

Credentials:
• Ph.D. Community-Social Psychology University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus
• Diplomate (DABPS) in forensic psychology, American Board of Psychological Specialties
• Fellow, Maryland Psychological Association
• Chair, Maryland Psychological Association Committee on Public Mental Health
• Member of the RISC-TEAM (Risk Institute of Communication: Training, Education, Assessment & Management of Risk), an international group that studies issues dealing with risk and violence.
• Member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders, the Maryland Mental Health Association, and the American College of Forensic Examiners International

Sample Publications:
• "Study Demonstrates Reduced Youth Violence and Improved School Success and Mental Health Through School Based Mental Health Services." Men's Health. 2005
• "Youth Mental and Behavioral Health and Placement Assessment Tools Examined in Groundbreaking New Study." PR News Now. 2005
• "Attachment, family violence, and disorders of childhood and adolescence." Paradigm Magazine. Summer 2003.
• "Childhood Trauma: Its Relationship to Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders." The Forensic Examiner. 2003.
• The CARE: Child and Adolescent Risk Evaluation. Champaigne, IL: Research Press. 2003.
• "The association of family violence with behavior and psychiatric problems in children and teens." The Maryland Psychologist. 2003.
• "Childhood and Adolescence Disorders: Relationships among social, psychiatric and behavioral problems." Paradigm Magazine. 2003.
• "The association of family violence with behavior and psychiatric problems in children and teens." The Maryland Psychologist. 2002.
• "Assessing violent youth." Paradigm Magazine. 2001.
• "Child and adolescent risk for violence (CARV): A tool to assess juvenile risk." Journal of Psychiatry and Law. Fall 2001.
• "Juvenile violence: An overview of risk factors and programs." Reaching Today's Youth. 2000.
• "Assessing and treating violent youth and their families." Horizon Newsletter. 2000.

7 Warning Signs of a Violent Personality
Preventing Youth Violence
Why Children Kill Other Children
Why Mothers Kill Children
Why Teachers Have Sex with Students
The Profile of a Sex Predator
The Profile of a Serial Killer
The Profile of a Terrorist
Preventing School Shootings
Video Games & Violence
Why Kids Join Gangs
Causes of Teen Suicide
Causes of Sexual Addiction
Attachment Disorders
What to Do with an Angry Child
Why Kids Become Bullies
Women Serial Killers
Protecting Kids from Sexual Assault
Domestic Violence & Children
Children of Addicts & Alcoholics
Psychology and Children
Trauma & Family
Protecting Battered Women
And more!

 

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