Daniel B. Pickar, Ph.D.
1212 College Ave., Suite A
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Tel: (707) 566-0296
Fax: (707) 843-5095
Email: dpickar@sbcglobal.net

Education:

1978

Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
B.A. with Honors; Psychology

1982

California School of Professional Psychology
Berkeley, California
M.A. in Clinical Psychology

1984

California School of Professional Psychology
Berkeley, California
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (APA Approved)
 

Licensure and Board Certification:

Licensed by the Board of Psychology of the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance (1986). Psychologist License PSY9317. Diplomate in Clinical Psychology (ABPP), American Board of Professional Psychology (1993).
 

Honors:

2019 Judge Rex Sater Award for Excellence in Family Law by the Sonoma County Bar Association.
 

Present Professional Activities:

1987-
Present

Private Practice of Clinical and Forensic Psychology
Santa Rosa, CA

Forensic Psychology Services: child custody evaluations, sexual abuse evaluations, adoption evaluations, personal injury evaluations, divorce mediation, child custody evaluation work product reviews, and consultation to attorneys regarding child custody issues. Clinical Psychology Services: psychotherapy and psychological assessment with children and adults, psychoeducational testing. Expert Witness Testimony: expert testimony conducted in the following California Jurisdictions: Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Lake County, Marin County, Mendocino County, Napa County, San Francisco County, Solano County, and Sonoma County; expert testimony has also been given in Idaho. Board of Directors, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) - 2021 to present.

Past Professional Experience and Training:

1986-
2017

Staff Psychologist
Child and Family Services, Department of Psychiatry, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Rosa, CA
Responsibilities include individual psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults, family, group, and couples' therapy; psychological assessment, consultation to emergency room and medical departments; supervision and teaching of postdoctoral psychology residents; current Program Director of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program for Suicidal Adolescents.
 

1989-
2011

Division Chief, Child and Family Services
Department of Psychiatry, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Santa Rosa, CA
Responsibilities include overall clinical and administrative supervision of treatment team, case conference leader, program development, liaison to other medical departments regarding child psychiatric services, and overall coordination of children's outpatient services.

1989-
1994

Director of Psychology Training
Department of Psychiatry, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Santa Rosa, CA
Responsibilities include recruitment and overall clinical and administrative supervision of post-doctoral clinical psychology interns.

1991-
1993

Clinical Consultant
Civil Custody Unit, Sonoma County
Department of Probation, Santa Rosa, CA
Responsibilities included clinical group supervision and case consultation to probation officers regarding child custody probation investigations.

1987-
1990

Clinical Consultant
Department of Special Services, Santa Rosa City Schools
Santa Rosa, CA
Responsibilities included bi-monthly clinical group supervision and case consultation to school psychologists.

1984-
1986

Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychology (Full-Time)
The Menninger Foundation
Topeka, Kansas
Responsibilities included individual psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults, inpatient hospital treatment and management, psychological testing, forensic evaluations, group psychotherapy, family therapy, hypnotherapy, clinical research, supervision of psychotherapy and psychological testing with graduate students in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas and Topeka State Hospital, consultation to local school psychologists.

1982-
1984

Predoctoral Intern in Clinical Psychology (Half-Time)
McAuley Neuropsychiatric Institute of St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Responsibilities included individual psychotherapy with adults, adolescents, and children, clinical rotations on children's inpatient unit and adolescent day treatment program, psychological and neuropsychological testing, family therapy, group psychotherapy.

Membership in Professional Societies:

American Psychological Association
Redwood Psychological Association
   (Former Chair - Ethics Committee)
Society for Personality Assessment
American Board of Professional Psychology
Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Psychology
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (currently serving on the Board of Directors)
Sonoma County Bar Association (Family Law Section)
Mental Health Advisory Committee of the Sonoma County
   Bar Association (served as chair for 2015)
 

Editorial Boards:

Current Editorial Board Member, Family Court Review
Former Editorial board member, Journal of Child Custody (2010-2016)
Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice
Ad hoc reviewer, Oxford University Press
 

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