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

 

S.U.N.Y. AT STONY BROOK             B.A., 1973

 

Licensed in New York State for the practice of Psychology.

 

 

WORK, AFFILIATIONS AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE

 

April 2005-     FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY (Santa Barbara, Ca.)

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-              NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

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         NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

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.

 

Drob, S.  Commentary: Dissociative Identity Disorder and insanity.  Forensic

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.

 

Scroppo, J., Drob, S., Weinberger, J., Eagle, P. (1998).  Identifying Dissociative

Identity Disorder: a self-report and projective study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 107(2), 272-284.

 

Drob, S. (2003).  Fragmentation in psychology: A dialectical solution. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 43(4), 102-123

 

 

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; Dallas,  Texas: February, 1984.

 

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.

 

 

Court Experience

 

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

            Nassau and Broome Counties.

 

New York State Family Court: Kings County

 

United States District Court: Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.