Curriculum Vitae
 Julie A. Armstrong Psy.D. RNCS QME
Education June 1996
Pepperdine University, Degree awarded: Psychology Doctorate Dissertation: Childhood Abuse in Nurses. Childhood Abuse in Nurses. Trained in crisis debriefing, treatment of trauma (PTSD: acute and chronic), psychoanalytic psychotherapy, psychological testing, basic forensic psychology, and individual and group psychological treatment.
June 1990
University of California, Los Angeles, Master in Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing. June 1988
Consortium of California State Colleges and Universities. Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
Clinical Experience 2004- Present
Content Expert to the Board of Psychology, State of California 2004- Present
Evaluator, Board of Registered Nursing, State of California 6/90- Present
Licensed Psychologist (Private Forensic and Clinical Practice)
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy for children and adults, Forensic evaluations, Independent & Agreed Medical Examinations, and expert witness consultations for nursing, psychological and medical litigation. 2/82-6/99
Psychosocial Resource Nurse: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Emergency Room/Trauma Center. Liaison and resource between Emergency Room/Trauma Center and patients and their families. Assisted nursing and medical staff with trauma/crisis debriefing, interpersonal conflict and communication skills and educated ER Residents about communicating in traumatic situations. Additionally has been trained or served in varying capacities at The Wright Institute, Los Angeles, The Maple Counselling Center, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hosptital.
Presentations
The Irony of Darwin (Infant personality development)
Presented at the APA Division 39 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. April 2003. 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) The More Dead: Investigating the Murders in the Mexican Maquila
Presented at the Int. Association of Forensic Sciences, Aug. 1999. (Co-Presented with Patrick Callahan, Ph.D.) Identification of Suicidal Fantasies in Virtual Reality Simulation Games
Presented at the 9/21-23 1999, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Va. (Paper published by the FBI in Collected Papers on Suicide and Law Enforcement, 1/2002.)
Licensure - Licensed Psychologist, California (Ca Psy 16001)
- Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME 934042)
- California Registered Nurse (RN363062)
- California RN Clinical Nurse Specialist (004)
Professional Organizations - American Psychological Association
- California Psychological Association
- Los Angeles County Psychological Association
- American College of Forensic Examiners (inactive)
- Sigma Theta Tau (International Nursing Honor Society) (inactive)
- Psi Chi (International Psychology Honor Society)
- International Association of Forensic Nurses (inactive)
- Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Nursing
She is a quick thinker, able to clearly articulate her ideas to a professional or lay audience. Click here to download a complete copy of Dr. Armstrong's C.V.
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