Getting Started in Forensic Psychology Practice: How to Create a Forensic Specialty in Your Mental Health Practice

All the tips and tools you need to start, grow, and sustain asuccessful forensic psychology practice

Getting Started in Forensic Psychology Practice is the first bookof its kind aimed at those mental health professionals and recentgraduates interested in entering the growing and lucrative field offorensic psychology. User-friendly and full of helpful tips, thishandy guide provides you with tools and techniques for starting athriving forensic psychology practice, or incorporating a forensicspecialty into your current practice.

This comprehensive resource includes information on:
* The difference between clinical and forensic practice
* Advantages and disadvantages of forensic practice
* Preparing for forensic psychological practice
* Planning a forensic psychology business
* How to market your practice
* What lawyers look for in forensic psychologists as expertwitnesses>
* Ethics, professional competence, and risk management issues
* Performing evaluations
* Testifying in court and depositions


In addition, Getting Started in Forensic Psychology Practice alsofeatures several helpful appendices that include sample evaluationsand reports, as well as detailed discussions of child custodyevaluation and assessment.

Covering everything from advice on how to dress for court to majorconcerns such as the problems of insanity defenses, Getting Startedin Forensic Psychology Practice puts the best solutions andinformation at your fingertips. Whether you're a recent graduate ora seasoned practitioner, this invaluable resource will help youminimize the uncertainty of establishing your forensic practicewhile maximizing the rewards.