Psychosexual Evaluations in Chicago, Atlanta, and Fort Lauderdale
What Is a Psychosexual Evaluation?
A psychosexual evaluation is a court-ordered or clinical assessment of an individual's sexual development, interests, and behaviors, used to determine the relative risk and absolute risk of sexual reoffending and identify and psychological issues and appropriate treatment needs. Our expert psychosexual evaluations are comprehesive and aim to:
- Assess the presence of paraphilic or deviant sexual interests, as well as paraphilic disorders.
- Evaluate the risk of sexual reoffending using actuarial instruments, measures assessing dynamic risk factors, and utilizing research pertaining to other research-based risk and protective factors.
- Identify treatment needs, as well as treatment recommendations.
- Provide insights for court proceedings, probation, parole, immigration, or sex offender registration.
Components of a Psychosexual Evaluation
Our psychosexual evaluations include typcally 4 to 6 hours across one ot two sessions sessions, combining record review, clinical interview, psychological testing, rearched based risk and needs assessment. Once the interview and testing are complete, a comprehensive report is prepared for the referring court, attorney, or agency, generally within one week.
- Clinical interview to gather comprehensive personal and sexual history.
- Use of empirically validated risk assessment tools (Static-99R, Static-2002R).
- Use of dynamic risk instruments (Stable-2007), as well as research-based risk and protective factors.
- Review of legal documents, including police reports and court records.
- Review of medical records and mental health records.
- Psychometric testing to assess personality traits and behavioral patterns.
- Review of prior psychological evaluations.
Who Can Benefit from a Psychosexual Evaluation?
We conduct psychosexual evaluations for:
- Individuals charged with sexual offenses, including child pornography or child sexual abuse material (CSAM) offenses
- Pre-sentence or pre-plea psychosexual assessments.
- Probation or parole considerations.
- Court-ordered psychosexual evaluations.
- Sex offender registry risk assessment psychosexual evaluations.
- Immigration cases for USCIS under the Adam Walsh Act. In addition, the petitioner must prove they are no risk to their spouse.
- Psychosexual assessments for Sexually Dangerous Person or Sexually Violent Person designations.
Expertise of Dr. Steven Gaskell
Dr. Steven Gaskell specializes in the evaluation of sex offenders and psychosexual evaluations. In addition, Dr. Gaskell brings a wealth of experience, over 25 years, to each psychosexual evaluation:
- Licensed Psychologist in Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Arizona, and Kansas.
- Licensed Sex Offender Evaluator in Illinois.
- Dr. Steven Gaskell is a holder of the PSYPACT Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT) which allows him to provide psychosexual evaluations remotely online by telehealth across 43 States.
- Furthermore, Dr. Gaskell possesses the Temporary Authorization to Practice (TAP) credential which allows him to provide temporary in-person services in any of the 43 PSYPACT states.
- Clinical Member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA).
- Credentialed by the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.
- Dr. Gaskell has testified as an expert witness regarding psychosexual issues on over 125 occasions.
Flexible Psychosexual Evaluation Options
We offer psychosexual evaluations both in-person, as well as via secure online videoconferencing. We offer in-person psychological evaluation services in or offices in:
Chicago, Illinois:
Serving the greater Chicago area and throughout Illinois.
Atlanta, Georgia
Providing services across the Atlanta region and the state of Georgia.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Covering Fort Lauderdale, surrounding areas, as well as the state of Florida.
In addition, Dr. Steven Gaskell is a holder of the PSYPACT Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT) which allows him to provide psychosexual evaluations remotely online by telehealth across 43 States.
Video Conferencing Available!
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Video Conferencing Available!
Psychological evaluations are now able to be completed by HIPAA compliant video conferencing.
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Video Conferencing Available!
Psychological evaluations are now able to be completed by HIPAA compliant video conferencing.
Request more details by filling out the form below.
