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Education, Training, and Clinical Experience
Thomas W. White is a knowledgeable, respected professional with more than 35 years of mental health experience. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas in 1975. As an intern at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, he worked in the Law and Psychiatry Program at the Center for Applied Behavioral Sciences. Dr. White was the recipient of the Bureau of Prison’s Exemplary Research Award, he is past Chair of the Criminal Justice Section of Division 18, of the American Psychological Association, and is affiliated with several professional organizations.
After receiving his degree, he pursued his forensic interests through employment with the Federal Bureau of Prisons where he attained positions as Chief Psychologist at several federal correctional facilities. During that time he provided and supervised a wide range of clinical activities, including individual and group therapy, specialized staff training, and a variety of treatment programs. He conducted forensic evaluations for the Federal Courts and appeared as an expert witness on numerous occasions.
Administrative Experience
After 12 years of providing direct clinical services in several federal prisons, Dr. White became Regional Administrator for Psychology Services, a position he held for 14 years before retiring from the Bureau of Prisons in May of 2001 when established Training and Consulting Services.
As Psychology Services Administrator, Dr. White was responsible for oversight of all psychology services treatment programs in 18 Federal Prisons, including 2 medical referral centers and 5 high security penitentiaries. These treatment programs served the needs of over 20,000 inmates and were provided by 70 doctoral level psychologists and more than 75 specialized treatment staff.
In addition, to his administrative responsibilities over the delivery of direct services, he also coordinated the Bureau of Prisons Suicide Prevention Program for 12 years. In that capacity he was involved in policy development, program oversight, staff training and consultation on a national and international level.
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Consulting and Training Experience
Dr. White is a licensed psychologist who has been in independent clinical practice and now is actively involved in teaching, training, consulting, and litigation support activities in both correctional and community settings.
In corrections, he has provided consultation or training services to more than 20% of state departments of correction, many federal institutions, and local jail facilities. His correctional seminars on suicide risk management and clinical assessment have also been offered to hundreds of mental health professionals from many health care disciplines throughout the United States and internationally. These workshops have been presented for many nationally recognized correctional organizations including the National Institute of Corrections, National Commission on Correctional Health Care, American Correctional Health Services Association, many annual meeting of the Mental Health in Corrections Symposium.
In non-correctional, community venues, Dr. White's workshops have been equally well received. For example, he has provided training seminars at meetings of the American Association of Suicidology, Canadian Psychological Association, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, NOVA University, and he has been a frequent presenter at national conventions of the American Psychological Association. To date, Dr. White has presented more than 75 in-depth, clinical workshops and seminars to clinicians and students from a diverse range of professional disciplines.
In addition, to his work in the United States, he has also been recognized for his expertise internationally as well. He has offered training and consulting services in Canada to a wide range of mental health providers such as the Correctional Services of Canada, community outreach programs, and mental health hospital treatment staff and has offered training in clinical risk assessment to the Neuropsychopharmacology of the Costa Rican Medical College.
Academic and Publishing Experience
Dr. White has also made contributions to the professional psychology community through teaching, lecturing, and writing. Dr. White has over 30 years of college teaching experience, on both the graduate and undergraduate level. He has authored or co-authored book chapters and more than 35 articles in nationally recognized psychological and correctional publications. Most notably, Dr. White is the author of, "How to Identify Suicidal People", a unique book about assessing suicide risk that was voted one of the best 250 books of the year by the highly respected Doody’s Health and Science Book Review Journal when it was published. The material in the book has been used in academic setting, is highly rated by readers, and has been authorized to receive continuing education credits from the American Psychological Association through CE-credit.com.
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