Office (by appointment only)

5805 Capistrano Ave. Suite H
Atascadero, CA 93422
Phone: (805) 440-7093
Fax: (805) 461-3687
Email: cmurphyphd@tcsn.net

Mail

PO Box 355
Atascadero, CA 93423

Education
1998	Doctorate in Clinical Psychology California School of Professional Psychology Alameda, California (Degree Requirements Completed in 1998, Diploma Issued in 1/99)
1994	Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology California School of Professional Psychology Alameda, California
1991	Bachelor of Arts in Psychology California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, California
Relevant Professional Experience
2007 – Present	Consultant — Conditional Release Program (CONREP) Los Angeles County
	Duties include: Evaluation of individuals committed to Atascadero State Hospital as Mentally Disordered Offenders pursuant to PC 2962- 2972 or who have been found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity pursuant to PC 1026 to determine suitability for outpatient placement.
2006 – Present	Sexually Violent Predator Evaluator Department of Mental Health
	Duties include: Evaluation of inmates pursuant to W&IC Section 6600 as potential Sexually Violent Predators. Have completed approximately 200 evaluations for the department with associated risk assessments using actuarial instruments such as the Static-99R, MnSost-R, and more recently, the Static-2002R, along with the Hare Psychopathy Checklist- Revised. Have provided expert witness testimony in Superior Court cases across the state.
2004 – Present	Tri Counties Regional Center Consultant Santa Maria and Santa Barbara Counties
	Duties include: Conduct behavioral assessments, risk assessments, psychotherapy, and other services to a population of developmentally disabled consumers, some of whom have been adjudicated as sexual offenders or have difficulty in managing sexual behavior.
2003 – Present	Forensic Psychological Consultant County of San Luis Obispo
	Duties include: Have completed in excess of 300 juvenile and adult forensic evaluations for San Luis Obispo County, for SLO County Superior Court, for the Public Defender's Office, and for private defense counsel. Diagnosis of mental disorders, determining mitigating factors for sentencing, affirmative defense matters, assessing the risk of sexual re- offense for high-risk sexual offenders, suitability for probation for high, medium, and low-risk sexual offenders, competence to stand trial, assessment of dangerousness, detection of malingering, identification of learning and developmental disabilities, and treatment/risk management recommendations for probation are common referral questions. Evaluations for the Department of Social Services regarding parental fitness/treatment recommendations have also been conducted.
2002 – Present	Consulting Psychologist: Casa de Vida San Luis Obispo, CA 2002-2007 CALL Program Atascadero, CA 2002-2007 2009 - Present Normal Life Grover Beach, CA 2002 - 2007
	Duties include: Diagnostic evaluations, behavior plan consultation, staff training, program consultation, and individual therapy with adult developmentally disabled consumers.
1998 – 2006	Clinical Psychologist Atascadero State Hospital Atascadero, CA
	Duties include: Forensic report writing, expert witness testimony, psychopathy evaluation and psychological assessment, sex offender risk assessment, diagnosis of mental disorders, and behavioral treatment planning with a population of mentally ill/disordered adult male offenders who had committed violent offenses as well as sexual offenses. Also served as Chair of the Department of Psychology, 2004-2005, Chair of the Patient Care Monitoring Committee, 2005-2006, and as a certified PCL-R Trainer, 2002-2006. Have completed over 300 Mentally Disordered Offender and Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity evaluations and testified as an expert witness in excess of 150 times.
1997 – 1998	Psychology Intern Atascadero State Hospital Atascadero, CA
	Duties include: Completion of an APA-Accredited internship at a maximum-security forensic hospital. Clinical rotations were completed with individuals committed pursuant to PC Sections 2962-2970 as well as those committed pursuant to W&IC Sections 6600-6604 (Sexually Violent Predator). Duties included individual and group psychotherapy, psychological and neuropsychological assessment, diagnosis of mental disorders, functional analysis of behavior, forensic assessment, and completion of PCL-R training.
1996 – 1997	Psychology Intern DMH Vacaville Psychiatric Program Vacaville, CA
	Duties include: Completion of an APPIC-Accredited part-time predoctoral internship with prison inmates who had varying degrees of psychiatric disability. Duties included group psychotherapy (including sex offender relapse prevention), psychological and neuropsychological assessment, diagnosis of mental disorders, and evaluation of malingering.
1995 – 1996	Graduate Research Assistant DMH Vacaville Psychiatric Program Vacaville, CA
	Duties include: Performed comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological evaluations on a population of psychiatric patients transferred from the Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at the California State Prison at Pelican Bay who had decompensated. Malingering, the neuropsychological correlates of violence, and the neuropsychological and psychological impact of social deprivation were examined.
Publications
Murphy, C. A., & Vess, J., 2003. Subtypes of Psychopathy: Proposed differences between narcissistic, borderline, sadistic, and antisocial psychopaths, Psychiatric Quarterly, 74, 11-29.

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