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Written by Marvin W. Acklin, Ph.D & Melissa Villalon, Psy.D
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Pacific Forensic Associates Inc.
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Pacific Forensic Associates Inc. provides professional and comprehensive forensic risk assessment services utilizing state-of-the-art technology, behavioral science, and actuarial instruments. Pacific Forensic Associates Inc. specializes in all aspects of risk assessment and consultation.
Pacific Forensic Associates Inc. utilizes actuarial risk assessment methods derived from contemporary forensic behavioral science.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 August 2007 )
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Written by Marvin W. Acklin, Ph.D & Melissa Villalon, Psy.D
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Monday, 09 July 2007 |
MARVIN ACKLIN, PH.D, ABPP - He received B.A. in Psychology from the University of Houston (1972).
- He received a Master of Divinity from the San Francisco Theological Seminary and Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, in 1977.
- He received a Masters of Arts in Psychology from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1980.
- He received my Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from Georgia State University in 1984.
- Took his internship at the Institute of Psychiatry at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois (1983-1984).
- He served as an assistant professor of psychology at Loyola University until 1988 when he relocated to Honolulu.
- He has been licensed to practice psychology in Hawaii since 1989.
- For 23 months, he was the Chief Psychologist at the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu.
- He is Board Certified in Clinical and Forensic Psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology) and Assessment Psychology (American Board of Assessment Psychology).
- He has a full-time independent practice in clinical and forensic psychology in Honolulu.
- He holds the rank of Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the John Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he trains forensic psychiatry fellows.
- He has been a Category I consultant at Tripler Army Medical Center, training psychiatry residents for 14 years.
- He has served on several editorial boards.
- He has published approximately 30 scholarly articles in the psychological assessment area in peer-reviewed journals.
- He has conducted or supervised over 3,000 psychological evaluations.
- He has been qualified as an expert in State, Federal, and Immigration courts in Hawaii.
MELISSA VILLALON, PSY.D - She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1989.
- She obtained her Master’s in Counseling Psychology from Chaminade University in 1999.
- She received her doctorate degree in Psychology from Argosy University-Hawaii in 2005.
- She participated in a doctoral advanced practicum under the supervision of Ray Folen, Ph.D, ABPP conducting incompetent to stand trial evaluations.
- She completed her internship at Atascadero State Hospital (2004-2005).
- She completed her post-doctorate in Hawaii under the supervision of Barry Coyne, Ph.D, conducting approximately 150 pre-treatment and post-treatment sex offender evaluations (2005-2007).
- She has been licensed to practice psychology since 2007.
- She worked as a Social Worker IV for the Department of Human Services/Child Protective Services (1996 - 2000).
- She worked as a Multisystemic Therapist (MST) for Parents and Children Together-PACT (2000 - 2001).
- She worked as an intensive home-based therapist for PACT (2001 – 2002 and 2003 – 2004).
- She worked as a Research Psychologist for Tripler Army Medical Center under the supervision of Susan Emanuel, MD (2002 - 2003).
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