Domestic Violence, Targeted Violence, And Lethality

We work with clients who are the victims and the perpetrators of domestic violence. Sometimes those situations contain a higher level of lethality both for the victim and the general public.

A clinician’s worst nightmare is the death of a client, especially when we are left with the question “could I have done more?” Knowledge helps us change lives. Meanwhile, the topic of domestic violence and lethality is ignored and seldom taught.

Dr. Leite is an expert in threat assessment and management. In this training, she will share the importance of understanding domestic violence and misogyny as a pre-indicator in planned attacks, the importance of victim safety, perpetrator stressors, stalking behaviors, strangulation, and lethality indicators. Join Dr. Leite in problem solving a few cases.

4 CEs available to NYS LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LMSWs, NYS Licensed Psychologists, NYS LCATs, and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC upon successful completion of this virtual training.

Objectives:

Upon completion of training, participants will be able to:

-use lethality screens

-assess the impact of domestic violence on threat assessment and risk of violence cases

-detail three ways that strangulation can present

-utilize teen stalking resources in their practice

In accordance with the NY State Department of Education guidelines, in order to receive continuing education contact hours, a participant needs to be present for the duration of the workshop/training. Therefore, participants who arrive late or leave the event early will not be granted a certificate of completion.

​Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be provided for cancellations made in writing up to one day prior to the start of the event.

Accommodations and Accessibility: HVPD welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact us at info@hudsonvalleyprofessionaldevelopment.com to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Dr. Stephanie Leite is the principal psychologist at Forensic Intelligence, LLC. She conducts corporate, municipal, and school-based safety assessments, specializing in complex presentations. All threat assessments emphasize the management portion of the process, assisting clients to manage current threats and avoid future threats. She is able to effectively work on a case-by-case basis with extant threat assessment teams requiring a mental health professional.

Dr. Leite received her Psy.D. from the University of Hartford, having previously achieved a Masters from Boston University and a B.A. from Carleton College. She currently practices in the state of Connecticut as a forensic psychologist and in the arena of threat assessment and management.

Dr. Leite held pre-doctoral training positions at Long Lane School and the NW Center for Families and Children, completed her internship at The Village for Families and Children and her postdoctoral studies at the Institute of Living.

Dr. Leite's practice has been devoted to forensic psychology since 2003. In that time, she has evaluated hundreds of people in risk, competency, custody, criminal and threat assessment cases. She is a licensed psychologist in the states of Connecticut and New York, a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the Association of Threat Management Professionals, where she serves as the president of the New England chapter. She is a founding member and president of the Connecticut Psychological Association's Forensic Division and was awarded the 2014 President's award from the CPA.

As an educator, Dr. Leite has been an adjunct professor at the University of Hartford’s doctoral program in psychology since 2015 where she has taught integrated psychological assessment, forensic psychology, and introduction to neuropsychology. She is a forensic field mentor at Columbia University’s Reacher’s college. She has taught ethics at the American International College as well as seminars for lawyers and Guardian Ad Leitems (GALs) through CT's GAL Academy. She has led seminars at the Connecticut Psychological Association's annual conference (2012, 2014, 2107) and the FBI's TarGet and InfraGard programs (2014, 2015). She has spoken numerous times to the Connecticut Psychological Association’s Forensic Division as part of the State of the Science training series and to the New England , NW, and D.C. chapters of ATAP, the Joint Threat Assessment Training in 2018, both National VTACs in 2020-2021, and APATAP’s 2021 conference.