Curriculum Vitae

JULIE A. ARMSTRONG Psy.D. RNCS QME

Areas of Forensic expertise for the purposes of Civil litigation includes:

  • Independent Medical Evaluations for allegations of Personal Injury Claims, Psychological Disability, and Emotional Distress claims, including Post Traumatic Stress and Catastrophic injury claims.
  • Psychological Evaluations for allegations of personal injury and emotional distress in Labor and Employment Law related issues, including defense against wrongful termination, and claims of sexual and other harassment, and bullying.
  • Expertise in the forensic evaluation of Children and Adolescents in Personal Injury cases, sexual abuse, trauma and catastrophic injury.

Education

  • June 1996 Psy. D. Pepperdine University
    Dissertation: Childhood Abuse in Nurses. Trained in crisis debriefing, treatment of trauma (PTSD, acute and chronic), individual and group psychotherapy.
  • June 1990 M.N. University of California, Los Angeles
  • June 1988 B.S.N. Consortium of California State Colleges and Universities

Clinical Experience

  • 6/96- Present Private Practice, Licensed Psychologist, Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • 8/99-6/2007- Santa Monica College Psychologist, Campus Psychological Svcs.
  • 2/92-6/99 Psychosocial Resource Nurse: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Emergency Room/Trauma Center
  • 4/83- 8/92 Registered Nurse: UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital & Institute.

Teaching Experience

  • 6/94-August 2007 University of Phoenix, Associate Faculty
    Undergraduate and Graduate level nursing courses.
  • 6/90-2002 California State Univ., Dominguez Hills, Assoc. Nursing Faculty

Research/Presentations/Appearances

  • Wicked Attractions the Investigation Discovery (ID) Channel, Expert on camera Psychologist for the episode Blood Brothers (originally aired August 4, 2008), and The Golden Years (originally aired August 16. 2009) M2 Productions.
  • An Overview of the Work of Jacques Lacan: A comparison with the work of Bernard Bail . unpublished, 2006
  • The Irony of Darwin: Infant Personality Development . Presented at the American Psychological Association, Division 39 Annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2003.
  • Identification of Suicidal Fantasies in Virtual Reality Simulation Games 9/21-23 1999, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Va. (Paper published by the FBI in Collected Papers on Suicide and Law Enforcement, 2000.)
  • The More Dead: Investigating the Murders in the Mexican Maquila Int. Association of Forensic Sciences, Aug. 1999. (Co-Presented with Patrick Callahan, Ph.D.)
  • El Depredadors: Murder in Mexico Presented at the 5th Annual International Investigative Psychology Conference, London 9/98 (Abstract published in 5th Annual International Investigative Psychology Conference Proceedings).

    Invited speaker to more than 10 different legal, insurance and nursing organization meetings.

Licensure

  • Licensed Psychologist, California (Ca Psy 16001)
  • Registered Nurse, California (RN363062)
  • Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist California (CNS 004)
  • Public Health Nurse California
  • Qualified Medical Evaluator
  • Content Expert to the California Board of Psychology
  • Expert Witness to the California Board of Registered Nurses
  • Registrant, National Register of Providers in Psychology

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Julie Armstrong Psy.D.
Lic. Psychologist
Forensic and Clinical
RN Clinical Specialist

Ca Psy 16001

152 South Lasky Drive
Penthouse Suite
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Telephone: 310.273.9190
Contact Dr. Armstrong

Additional offices located in Westlake Village, Irvine and Ontario California. Available to travel for cases nationally and internationally.