Sanford L. Drob, Ph.D.
Clinical and Forensic Psychology
Tel: 347 497 5740
Email: Forensicdx@aol.com
sdrob@fielding.edu
EDUCATION
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, June, 1987
MA in Clinical Psychology, February, 1981
BOSTON UNIVERSITY Ph.D. in Philosophy, June, 1981
Major area: Philosophy of Psychology
Licensed in
WORK, AFFILIATIONS
AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE
April 2005- FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY (
Present Core Faculty, New York Region: Teach and supervise doctoral candidates in combined local and distance-learning APA-approved clinical psychology doctoral program. Areas of specialization include: psychological assessment, forensic psychology, humanistic and existential psychology.
1981-
Present Current Title: Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry: Provide lectures on psychological assessment, forensic psychology, philosophical bases of psychiatry, to psychology interns, medical students and psychiatry residents. Provide consultation, lectures and seminars to psychologists and psychiatrists on Bellevue Prison Ward.
1987- PRIVATE PRACTICE: CLINICAL AND FORENSIC PSCHOLOGY
Present Psychological and neuropsychological evaluations in clinical and forensic settings, the latter including criminal, civil, and family court matters: competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, waiver of rights, psychological damages in civil actions, parenting capacity, child custody, etc.
1990-2003 BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
Director of Psychological Assessment: Responsible for psychological assessment services throughout Bellevue Hospital. Oversee assignment, supervision and implementation of psychological testing services; set standards for assessment and testing, and implement staff training. Conduct psychology readings and assessment seminars.
1984-2003 BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, DIVISION OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
Senior Psychologist: Conduct competency and other forensic psychological examinations, administer and supervise psychological assessments, and conduct group and individual psychotherapy on Bellevue’s prison ward. Responsible for therapeutic milieu.
1997-99
Principal Investigator: Dissociative Symptoms In a Male Forensic Population. Supervised and administered research on two studies, the first on the diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder using projective and other techniques, the second on the prevalence of dissociative symptoms in a male forensic population and the characteristics of individuals experiencing such symptoms.
1987- JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
2003 Clinical Supervisor: Supervise practicum program on Bellevue Prison Ward. From 1990-93 taught projective and
objective psychological testing courses in Masters Program in Forensic Psychology.
1986-90 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY
Faculty Member: Taught courses in psychoanalytic theory in post-graduate training program in psychotherapy.
1981-83 NYU-BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTER
Psychology
Intern, Chief Psychology Intern
MANUSCRIPTS
PUBLISHED, ACCEPTED AND SUBMITTED
Forensic
Psychology
Drob, S., Berger, R. and Weinstein, H. (1987). Competency to stand trial: A
conceptual model for its proper assessment. Bulletin of the American
Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 15,
85-94.
Kermani, E. J. and Drob, S. (1987). Tarasoff decision: A decade later, dilemma
still faces psychotherapists. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 41, 271-
285.
Kermani, E. J. and Drob, S.
(1988). Psychiatry and the death
penalty: A dilemma for the medical
profession. Psychiatric Quarterly,
193-212.
Drob, S., Weinstein, H., and Berger, R. (1987). The determination of
malingering:
A comprehensive clinical-forensic approach. The Journal of Psychiatry and Law,
519-538.
Echo, January, 1998.
Drob, S. and Meehan, K. (2000). The diagnosis of Ganser
Syndrome in the
practice of forensic psychology. In press: American Journal of Forensic
Psychology.
Clinical Psychology/Psychiatry
Drob, S., Stewart, S., and Bernard, H.S. (1982). The problem of “reinterpretive
distortion” in group psychotherapy with borderline patients. Group 6,
14-22.
Bernard, H. and Drob, S. (1985). The experience of patients in conjoint
individual and group psychotherapy. International Journal of Group
Psychotherapy,
35, 129-146.
Bernard, H., Drob, S. and Lifshutz, H. (1987). Compatibility between cotherapists: An empirical report. Psychotherapy, 24. 96-104.
Drob, S. and Bernard, H. (1988). The bored patient: A developmental existential
perspective. The Psychotherapy Patient, 3, 63-73.
Bernard, H. and Drob, S. (1989). Afterwork: A clinical-phenomenological report.
Psychiatric Quarterly, 60, 359-369.
Drob, S. (1989). The dilemma of contemporary
psychiatry. American Journal
of
Psychotherapy,
43, 54-67.
Health Psychology
Kermani, E.J., Drob, S. and Alpert, M. (1984). Organic brain syndrome in three
cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 25, 294-297.
Drob, S. (1985). Psychotherapy with patients suffering from genital herpes.
Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 3, 129-137.
Drob, S., Loemer,
M. and Lifshutz, H. (1985). Genital herpes: The psychological consequences. British Journal of Medical Psychology,
58, 307-315.
Drob, S., and Bernard, H. (1985). Two models of brief group psychotherapy for
herpes sufferers. Group, 9. 14-20.
Drob, S., and Bernard, H. (1985). Herpes in dyadic relationships: Patients and
treatment. Journal
of Marital and Family Therapy, 4, 391-397.
National Presentations
Drob, S. Psychotherapist self-disclosure as a technique in dynamic psychotherapy. Presented at American Psychological Association Annual
Convention; Anaheim, California: August, 1983.
Bernard, H., and Drob, S. Concurrent individual and group psychotherapy: A
clinical/phenomenological report. Presented at American Psychological
Association Annual Convention; Anaheim, California: August, 1993.
Also presented at the following:
Bernard, H.S. and Drob, S. The experience of patients in conjoint individual and
group psychotherapy.
American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting;
Drob, S. Psychotherapy with patients suffering from genital herpes. Presented at American Psychological Association Annual Convention; Toronto, Canada: August, 1984.
Drob, S., and Bernard, H.S. Time-limited group treatment of genital herpes
sufferers. Presented at American Group Psychotherapy Association
Annual Meeting; New York, New York: February, 1985.
Bernard, HS, Drob, S. and Lifshutz, H. The co-therapy relationship: What
makes it work? Presented at American Psychological Association
Annual Convention; Los Angeles, California: August, 1985.
Bernard, H.S., and Drob, S. Afterwork: Psychotherapeutic process after
termination. Presented at American Psychological Association
Annual Convention: August, 1986.
Bernard, H.S., and Drob, S. Afterwork: Psychotherapeutic process after
termination. Presented at the American Society for Psychoanalysis
Annual Meeting: New York, January, 1987.
Dr. Drob has been qualified as an expert witness in Clinical and Forensic Psychology in the following jurisdictions:
New York State Supreme Court: New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, Richmond
New York State Family Court: Kings County
United States District Court: Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.