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KARYL MCBRIDE, PH.D., P.C.
LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST

• Sexual Abuse Treatment for Children and Adults, Victimization / Trauma Issues, Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse Evaluations, Treatment of Children Who Sexually Act Out, Child and Adolescent Issues, Children and Adults of Narcissistic Parents.
  
• Specialized trauma treatment in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR).
  
• Conduct Parenting Time evaluations. Serve as Special Advocate and Parent Coordinator.
  
• Marital and Relationship Issues, Co-Dependency, Family Therapy, Divorce Adjustment, StepFamily Dynamics, Family of Origin Treatment.
  
• Individual Adjustment Issues Related to Anxiety, Depression, Life Transitions.
  

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology with Interdisciplinary focus in Law and Child Development. Subspecialty in Child Sexual Abuse Program Development, The Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH, 1995

Ed.S., (Educational Specialist), School Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 1982

M.A., Counseling Psychology, with emphasis in Child & Family Therapy, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 1980

B.A., Elementary Education and Special Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 1973

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, State of Colorado License # 126, 1991

FORENSIC CONSULTING & TRAINING PRACTICE:

• Launched an independent consulting and training practice specifically focused on sex crimes and crimes against children, serving criminal and civil attorneys (prosecution & defense) and practitioners of family law.
  
• Provide overviews of case strengths and weaknesses; advisement on child credibility issues; analysis of false allegations and parent alienation issues.
  
• Analyze law enforcement investigative interviews, including transcripts, audio recordings, and videotapes.
  
• Develop and apply case research. Provide analysis of reports prepared by professionals involved in the case.
  
• Assist in scripting questions for witnesses, defendants, victims, alleged perpetrators, and experts.
  
• Train professionals in child sexual abuse case dynamics and judicial system processes for these types of cases, as well as appropriate and accurate investigative interviewing processes.

LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT:

• Develop and conduct training seminars for law enforcement and social services agencies, teaching appropriate methods in investigative interviewing of child victims of sexual abuse.
  
• Contracted with Arvada and Commerce City Police Departments to assist in the investigative interview process with child victims.
  
• Co-developed an incest treatment model with the Director of Redirecting Sexual Aggression, a sex offender program.
  
• Co-Founder, Arvada Child Advocacy Center, providing joint investigative interview techniques with therapists and detectives in the investigation of alleged child sexual abuse. Conducted pilot project and two research projects prior to the establishment of the center.
  
• Received “Special Service Award” from Commerce City Police Department, 1999.
  
• Invited Presenter at international police conference, Ljublijana, Slovania, 1996.

TEACHER, PARENT, & CHILD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:

• Designed and implemented curriculum for parents of sexually abused children (third-party and incest).
  
• Led treatment programs for children under the age of 12 who act out sexually, including parental instruction and treatment.
  
• Designed and facilitated a child sexual abuse prevention program for Adams County District #12. Provided training for parents, teachers, and administrators.

• “Child Sexual Abuse Investigations: A Joint Investigative Approach Combining the Expertise of Mental Health and Law Enforcement Professionals,” a chapter of Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Comparing First-Hand Knowledge with Experience from the West, Milan Pagon, Ed., 1996.
  
• “Child Sexual Abuse Investigations: A Joint Investigative Approach Combining the Expertise of Mental Health and Law Enforcement Professionals,” (Doctoral Dissertation), 1995.
  
• Child Sexual Abuse Investigations, a training manual for Law Enforcement, 1995.
  
• Currently authoring and compiling research for a self-help book for daughters of narcissistic mothers.
  
• Currently authoring self-help book on tolerance of different personality styles in committed relationships.

• Completed a One-Year Family Therapy Program through the Family Therapy Training Center, University of Denver, 1990.
  
• Marital Relationship Training with Dr. Bruce Fisher (20 Hours), Family Relations Training Center, Boulder, CO, 1986.
  
• Child Abuse and Neglect Training (40 Hours), I-CAN Institute, Greeley, CO, 1983.
  
• Divorce Adjustment Training with Dr. Bruce Fisher (20 Hours), Family Relations Training Center, Boulder, CO, 1981.
  
• Structural Family Therapy Training with Salvador Minuchin (300 Hours), Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, Philadelphia, PA, 1980.
  
• Complete list of workshops, conferences, and seminars attended available upon request.

• American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
  
• American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
  
• Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing International Association