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Dr. Chase Espinoza
Dr. Chase Espinoza is a psychologist who specializes in forensic evaluations, neuropsychological examination, clinical assessment, and psychoeducational testing. He has worked with diverse populations in school-based, forensic, substance abuse, residential behavioral health, and county mental health settings. Dr. Chase also has experience in providing neuropsychological services for neurology patients in a hospital outpatient setting. He specializes in thorough and individualized recommendations, as well as follow-up consultations. Dr. Chase is published in multiple subject areas of psychology and presents multiple times a year, often on the topics of co-occurring disorders, male trauma, and intimate partner violence, at conferences and summits. He is an adjunct professor of psychology and research in undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs at three different universities in Southern California and regularly develops courses. A self-described “lifelong learner,” Dr. Chase is passionate about his work constantly aims to expand his expertise.
Dr. Adrienne Pasek
Dr. Adrienne Pasek has extensive experience performing neuropsychological evaluations and cognitive assessments in private practice and for governmental agencies. Dr. Pasek provides trainings and presentations to law enforcement agencies and companies nationwide. Dr. Pasek also has broad experience in conflict resolution as a former Executive Director for a non-profit Mediation Center working for the courts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. She is proficient and skilled in mediation and arbitration for parties seeking alternative solutions to legal disputes. Dr. Pasek is also a former Educational Liaison for several school districts. She has vast knowledge of child development and routinely provides screenings and assessments for children suspected of struggling with learning disabilities.
Dr. Joseph Simpson
Joseph R. Simpson, MD, PhD received his undergraduate degree in biology magna cum laude from Harvard University. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. His thesis work focused on neuroimaging in mood disorders and the functional neuroimaging of cognition-emotion interactions..
After completing his adult psychiatry residency at the University of California Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute/West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, he completed a forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of Southern California. He is board-certified in
psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. He has published several peer-reviewed articles in neuroimaging and in forensic psychiatry. Most recently he edited the book Neuroimaging in Forensic Psychiatry: From the Clinic to the Courtroom, published by Wiley-Blackwell in April 2012.
Dr. Simpson is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine. He is currently a Councilor for the Southern California Psychiatric Society, a District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association, and is also an active member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.
