Forensic Services
Carolina Partners Forensics Services offers professional consultation and expert witness services to attorneys handling cases involving both neurological and psychiatric and/or behavioral health issues.
Our clinician/consultants are without exception highly qualified professionals, with a wide range of specific expertise, education, training and experience to help you and your clients with your most difficult cases.
Contact:
Stanley Monroe, JD
Executive Director
Carolina Partners in Mental HealthCare, PLLC
Phone 919-967-9567
Email [email protected]
Website carolinapartners.com
Carolina Partners Forensics Services is pleased to announce the addition of Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD to its Forensics Services Department. Dr. Vaishnavi is available to legal teams as a consultant and/or expert witness in cases involving the evaluation, testing, diagnosis and treatment of neurological and psychiatric brain disorders. These disorders include, but are not limited to:
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Neurodevelopment Disorders including autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability/mental retardation
- Stroke
- Epilepsy
- Brain Tumor
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Movement Disorders
- Dementia
- ADHD (including neurocognitive testing before and after a test dose of stimulant in the clinic to more accurately diagnose ADHD)
- Dr. Vaishnavi is triple board certified, in Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuropsychiatry and in addition to his MD, he has earned a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience.
OTHER AREAS:
Family Court:
- Child Custody Evaluations
- Visitation Risk Assessments
- Grandparent Visitation Evaluations
- Mediation of Parental Conflicts about Children
- Child Abuse Evaluations
- Adoption Readiness Evaluations
- Development of Family Reunification Plans
- Evaluations to Assess Termination of Parental Rights
Psychotherapy and counseling to families referred by the court:
- Parent-child family counseling
- Therapeutic supervised visitation
- Parenting skills training
- Anger management
- Divorce adjustment counseling for children and/or adults
- Parental communication skills training
Civil Court:
- Personal Injury Evaluations\
- IME Second Opinion Evaluations
- Assessment of Emotional Factors in Sexual
- Harassment
- Discrimination, Worker’s Compensation Evaluations
- Civil Competency Evaluations
- Psychological Autopsies
In Civil Court cases, psychologists also provide psychotherapy and counseling to individuals for the following problems:
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Phobias Related to Traumatic Events
- Psychological Factors in Chronic Pain
- Anger Management
- Adjustment Counseling following trauma
- Couple Counseling regarding the impact of the trauma on the relationship
- Desensitization.
- Criminal Court
Evaluations of Juveniles accused of criminal acts:
- Juvenile Pre-sentencing Evaluations
- Juvenile Probation Evaluations
- Juvenile Waiver Evaluations
- Evaluating the Credibility of Child Witnesses
- Assessment of Juvenile and Adult Sexual Offenders
- Competency and Diminished Capacity Evaluations
- Adult Pre-sentencing Evaluations
Psychologists also provide counseling and psychotherapy services to individuals involved with the Criminal Court:
- Counseling of individuals who violate restraining orders
- Counseling juveniles on probation
- Supportive counseling for the victims of crimes
- Counseling of individuals awaiting trial
- Counseling adults on probation
- Anger management skills training for violent offenders
- Counseling and psychotherapy for sexual offenders
Providers:
- Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD
- James Smith, MD
- Yvonne Monroe, MD
- Mary Hartsell, DNP
- Andrea Savage, LCSW
- Lekisha Edwards Alesii, PhD
THE “MAIL TO” ADDRESS FOR EOBS, CHECKS
AND CORRESPONDENCE FOR ALL LOCATIONS IS:
CAROLINA PARTNERS IN MENTAL
HEALTHCARE, PLLC
1502 W. NC HWY 54, STE 103
DURHAM, NC 27707