Dr. Ferrell's CV

 

 

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION  

 

EDUCATION  

§         B.A. in Psychology, University of Southwestern Louisiana.

§         M.S. in Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi. 

§         Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi.                   

(Clinical Residency, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX)        

 
            PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

                        Psychological Service Provider:      1970 - Present 

                      Private Practice:                                  1972- Present                Clinical and Forensic Psychology,  San Antonio, Texas
                                           
§         Consultant to area school districts and Bexar County Judicial System

§        Provides expert testimony in State, Military and Federal Court System

§         Member of Supreme Court Advisory Committee to Texas Legislature on Texas Family Code 

            Participant and invited speaker, area and statewide Bar Association meetings/seminars/conventions for State Bar of Texas to include: 

§         Trial Lawyers Association,

§          Texas Faculty Advanced Family Law Course (From 1989; Multiple Presentations)

§         USAF Central Circuit Area Defense Counsel Regional Meetings

§         Texas State Bar Convention speaker

§         TexasAcademy of Family Law Specialists, Trial Institute Series (1994)

§         State Bar of Texas Family Law Section , Contributors “Expert Witness Manuel” (1999) 

§         Texas State Bar, Contributor,  Jury Persuasion Seminar

§         Texas Bar Foundation, Presenter Poverty 2000 Conference – “Representing Battered Spouses in Custody and Visitation Matters, (2000)

§         The American Board of Trial Advocates – Civil Litigation Trial Demonstration (2002)

§         Continuing Education Seminar for BexarCounty Judiciary on Domestic Violence. (2003)

§         University  Health Science Forensic Training Seminar  (NGRI) and Future Dangerousness (2003)

§         The Trial of a Family Law Jury Case – Invited Presentation to Jefferson County Bar Association, Beaumont, Texas (2006)

MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS                 (1973 – 1976)   

§         Chief Clinical Psychologist, Bexar County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, (SE) San Antonio, Texas 

§         Developed Crisis Intervention Unit, San AntonioStateHospital

§         Developed and Authored Grant for AdolescentRespiteCenter 

§         Prepared SoutheastBexarCounty Mental Health Grant for Comprehensive Community Services

§         Provided Inpatient, Outpatient and Consultative Services

§         Clinical Supervisor Mental Health Personnel 

§         Supervisor Creative Arts Program,

§         Texas MHMR Clinical Records Review-Standards Committee


  MILITARY PROGRAMS                       (1969 – 1973)  

§         ResidentWilfordHallMedicalCenter,            

§         StaffPsychologistChanuteRegionalHospital,           

§         Chief Clinical Psychologist, USAFSpecialTreatmentCenter, Lackland AFB, TX  


§         Psychiatric Evaluation and Testing, Branch Clinical Coordinator of Psychological Services. Lackland AFB, TX.  


§         Director of Research and Clinical Consultant, Special Actions Branch, USAF (Alcohol, Drugs and Race Relations), Lackland AFB, TX.  

  PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS  

§         American Psychological Association

§         Texas Psychological Association

§         BexarCounty Psychological Association

§         Licensed by the TSBEP as Psychologist and Health Care Provider.