Dr. E.E. Griffith

PH.D. Licensed Phychologist

Counseling & Education

 

20 SW 6th Street ~ Stuart, Florida 34994 ~ (772) 283-4437

Website: www.drgrif.com and EMail: grif@drgrif.com

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Law Enforcement VITAE
 
LICENSING/CERTIFICATION:
 
Psychologist License Number: PY0003020
Licensed by the State of Florida, Department of Professional Regulation; Board of Psychological Examiners.
  
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Certification # 820 (January 2, 2001 thru present)
Certified by Martin County Sheriffs Office
 
Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff Certification # 395 (1989 thru 1998)
Certified by St. Lucie County Sheriffs Department
 
EDUCATION:
 
Ph.D. Utah State University: Psychology
(Emphasis: Clinical Applied Behavioral Psychology)
 
M.A. Middle Tennessee State University: Clinical Psychology
 
B.S. Middle Tennessee State University: Psychology
 
A.S. Cumberland Junior College, Lebanon, Tennessee
 
POLICE RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
 
1985 – PRESENT  Private Practice in Psychology: Providing specialized services for police
officers and departments including:
1-  police pre-hiring screening program
2-  fitness-for-duty evaluations
3-  post-shooting counseling
4-  marital counseling
5-   family/children counseling
6-  alcohol and drug counseling
7-  correction/police officer motivation
8-  periodic rides with road patrol/SWAT team
9-  post-officer death counseling
10-  department moral evaluations
11-  sergeant evaluations by police officers
 
POLICE/SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE:
December 8, 1992 thru July 31, 2004 Martin County Sheriffs Office
 800 SE Monterey Road
Stuart, Florida 34994
December 11, 1991 thru Present Indian River Community College Police Academy
Criminal Justice Department
 3209 Virginia Avenue
Fort Pierce, Florida 34981
July 11, 1986 thru October 18, 2001 Indian River County Sheriffs Office
4055 41st Avenue
 Vero Beach, Florida 32960
October 29, 1987 thru Present  Port St. Lucie Police Department
 121 SW Port St. Lucie Blvd.
 Port St. Lucie, Florida 34984
   
June 12, 1995 thru May 24, 2000  St. Lucie County Fire District
 PO Box 303
 2400 Rhode Island Avenue
Fort Pierce, Florida 34948
August 8, 1991 thru Present  Fellsmere Police Department
 25 South Cypress Street
 Fellsmere, Florida 32948
July 3, 1991 thru Present  Ellite Protection Service
 355 NE 5th Avenue, Suite 4
 Delray Beach, Florida 33483
June 16, 1992 thru Present  Lake Park Police Department
 700 6th Street
 Lake Park, Florida 33403
June 30, 1990 thru Present  West Melbourne Police Department
 90 East Court Street
 West Melbourne, Florida 32904
February 1, 1995 thru Present Stuart Police Department
 830 East 7th Street
 Stuart, Florida 34994
June 23, 1993 thru Present  Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office
 3228 Gun Club Road
 West Palm Beach, Florida 33406
January 11, 1995 thru Present  Boynton Beach Police Department
 100 East Boynton Beach Blvd.
 Boynton Beach, Florida 33435
January 1, 1994 thru Presen Sewalls Point Police Department
 1 South Sewalls Point Road
Sewalls Point, Florida 34996
September 7, 1990 thru Present Indian River Shores Public Safety Department
 6001 North A1A
Indian River Shores, Florida 32963
February 20, 1992 thru February 28,1992 Vero Beach Police Department
1055 20th Street
 Vero Beach, Florida 32960
February 2, 1998  thru Present Jupiter Island Public Safety Department
 PO Box 7
 Hobe Sound, Florida 33475
August 5, 1985 thru February 1, 1998  St. Lucie County Sheriffs Office
 4700 West Midway Road
 Fort Pierce, Florida 34951
April 1, 2000 thru April 21, 2000  Stuart Fire Rescue
 800 Martin Luthar King Jr. Blvd.
 Stuart, Florida 34994
February 28, 2001 thru Present  Fort Pierce Police Department
 920 South US1
 Fort Pierce, Florida 34954
June 10, 2002 thru Present  Sebastian Police Department
 1225 Main Street
Present Sebastian, Florida 32958
April 3, 2003 thru Present  State of Florida Division of Fraud
200 East Gaines Street
 Tallahassee, Florida 32399
July 16, 2003 thru Present City of Edgewater Police Department
 PO Box 100
 Edgewater, Florida 32132
November 12, 1999 thru Present City of Riviera Beach Police Department
 600 West Blue Heron Blvd.
 Riviera Beach, Florida 33404
August 24, 2002 thru Present  Jupiter Inlet Colony Police Department
 1 Colony Road
 Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida 33469
 
SECURITY GUARD AGENCY PRESENTLY WORKING WITH:
July 3, 1991 thru Present  General Security Agency
 1109 Delaware Avenue
 Fort Pierce, Florida 34954
 
SCHOOLS/EDUCATION PRESENTLY WORKING WITH:
December 4, 1995 thru Present  St. Michael’s School
 1300 SE 10th Street
 Stuart, Florida 34994
 
WORKSHOPS/TRAINING OFFERED
· The Importance of a Deputy/Employee Assistance Program
· The Adolescent and Suicide
· Dealing with the Mentally Retarded and Emotionally Upset People
· Police Officer & Family Survival
· Peace in the Family
· Schizophrenia
· Goal Setting & Self Control
· Psychologist’s Treatment Programs
· Stress Management
· Coping with Stress: Relaxation Techniques
· Phobias
· Substance Abuse
· The Adolescent
· Television Violence & Aggressive Behavior in Children
· Child Development & Behavioral Child Management
 
EDUCATION/TRAINING ATTENDED:
October 26-28, 1987 “Developing and Promoting Comprehensive Mental Health Programs for Law Enforcement Personnel”
National Conference, Miami, Florida
1988 “7th SWAT Team Round-Up”
Orlando, Florida
February 22-23, 1988  “Officer in Trouble”
Orlando, Florida
August 23-25, 1988  “Beretta Auto-Pistol Training”
Indian River County Sheriffs Office, Florida
1989  “8th SWAT Team Round-Up”
Orlando, Florida
March 16-18, 1989  Council on Police Psychological Services, 5th Annual Meeting  Miami, Florida
June 1, 1989  “Law Enforcement Auxiliary”
thru Indian River Community College Criminal Justice Training Center
August 31, 1989  Fort Pierce, Florida (160 hours)
March 29-31, 1990 Council on Police Psychological Services, 6th Annual Meeting Tampa, Florida
October 5-7, 1990  “Treating the Sexually Troubled Individual”
1990 Annual Fall Sex Therapy Training Conference
March 21, 1991 “Police Psychology”
Psychological Seminars, Clearwater, Florida
April 18-19, 1991 Council on Police Psychological Services, 7th Annual Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia
September 20, 1991  “Compulsive Sexual Behaviors” Savannas Hospital
May 14, 1992 1992 Annual Meeting Consortium of Police Psychology Services
(COPPS)
March 25, 1993 28th Annual MMPI-2 Clinical Workshop & Symposia
(recent developments in the use of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A)
St. Petersburg, Florida
May 14, 1993 1993 Annual Meeting Consortium of Police Psychology Services
(COPPS) Workshop; pre-employment testing, ethics & standards, legal issues, police families, ADA and EEOC strategic planning.
July 20, 1993  Stress in Law Enforcement Seminar
Keynote address by James Reese, Ph.D. for FBI
Dade County PBA Bldg., Miami, Florida
September 13, 1993 Critical Incident Debriefers of St. Lucie County
September 20, 1993  C.I.S.D. four part seminar
HCA Lawnwood Earl E. Griffith, Ph.D.
May 11, 1993 Human Diversity Training
Indian River Community College (16 hours)
May 2, 1994 Human Diversity Training
Indian River Community College
May 19, 1994 1994 Annual Meeting Consortium of Police Psychology Services
(COPPS) Lake Buena Vista, Florida
June 1, 1994 Treating the Sexually Trouble Individual
Indian River Community College (42 hours)
October 21, 1994  Stopping the Abuse
The Pelican Yacht Club, Fort Pierce, Florida
April 1995 City of Stuart Citizens Police Academy
Indian River Community College, Fort Pierce, Florida
June 1995 1995 Annual Meeting Consortium of Police Psychology Services
(COPPS) Fort Lauderdale, Florida
May 1996 1996 Annual Meeting Consortium of Police Psychology Services
(COPPS) Pigeon Key, Florida
May 1997 1997 Annual Meeting Consortium of Police Psychology Services
(COPPS) Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
February 1998  “Abused Women & Survivor Therapy: A Practical Guide for the
Psychotherapist”, independent study program sponsored by the
American Psychological Associations CE Committee; Lenore Walker, Ph.D.
February 1998 Domestic Violence Training
Martin County Sheriffs Office
April 1998  Cultural Diversity Training
Martin County Sheriffs Office
May 1998 1998 Annual Meeting Consortium of Police Psychology Services
(COPPS) Naples, Florida
October 1998  Blood Borne Pathogens
Martin County Sheriffs Office
October 1998  Auto Transition
Martin County Sheriffs Office
May 1999  Conquering Workplace Negativity
Fred Pryor Seminars
April 2000  Florida Council on Crime & Delinquency
FCCD
May 2000 Legislative Update: HMO’s and You
Florida Psychological Association
May 2000  Orientation to Windows
Indian River Community College
May 2000 Human Diversity
Martin County Sheriffs Office
May 2000 Domestic Violence
Martin County Sheriffs Office
May 2000 Juvenile Sexual Offender
Martin County Sheriffs Office
June 2000 Orientation to the Internet
Indian River Community College
August 2000 Psychology @ Pre-Baccalaureate Level & Criminal Justice @
Technical Specialty Level
Indian River Community College
September 2000 The Judicial View of Child Abuse and Neglect
Marriott, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
May 2001  2001 Annual Meeting Consortium of Police Psychology Services
(COPPS) Singer Island, Florida
September 2001  Panel Discussion – Topical Workshop
Good Samaritan Hospital, Palm Beach, Florida
September 2001 Sports Psychology Review
Good Samaritan Hospital, Palm Beach, Florida
September 2001 Practical Applications of the Proposed Ethics Code
Good Samaritan Hospital, Palm Beach, Florida
September 2001 Must I Turn the Other Cheek
Good Samaritan Hospital, Palm Beach, Florida
September 2001 Psychology in the Criminal Justice System
Good Samaritan Hospital, Palm Beach, Florida
September 2001 Special Issues for Clinicians in the Diagnosis & Treatment of
PTSD Good Samaritan Hospital, Palm Beach, Florida
November 2001 Conducting Child Custody Evaluations: from Basics to Advance
February 2003 HIPAA Compliance: Module I (The Basics for Mental Health
Professionals)
Florida Psychological Association
February 2003 HIPAA Compliance: Module II (Ignorance of the Law is No
Excuse)
Florida Psychological Association
February 2003  HIPAA Compliance: Module III (Coming into Compliance)
Florida Psychological Association
March 2003 Ethical Record Keeping for Florida Psychologists
Florida Psychological Association
March 2003 The Mind of the Batterer
Florida Psychological Association
March 2003 Ethical Principles that Need Consideration when Providing
Services Electronically
Florida Psychological Association
October 2003  Sexual Exploitation & Juvenile Sexual Offender Investigation
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
May 2004 2004 Annual Meeting Consortium of Police Psychology Services
(COPPS)
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
 
EDUCATION TAUGHT
May 1994 “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 70
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
April 1995 “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 71
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
May 1995 “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 72
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
October 1995  “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 73
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
October 1995  “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 74
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
November 1995 “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 75
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
April 1996  “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 76
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
June 1996 “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 77
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
October 1996  “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 78
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
December 1996 “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 79
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
March 1997 “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 83
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
June 1997 “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 84
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
July 1997 “Police Executive Stress” Treasure Coast Chiefs & Sheriffs Association
Johns Island Club, Indian River Shores, Florida
August 1997  “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 85
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
September 1997 “Police Work” Martin County High School
Sergeant Jacobson, Stuart Police Department
September 1997 “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 86
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
November 1997  “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 87
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
January 1998 “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 88
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
May 1998  “Stress Management” Corrections Class # 89
Indian River Community College Corrections Academy
May 1998 Stress Management”
Palm Beach Community College Police Academy
May 1998 COPPS Conference: “Officer Stress and Values: Are Officers Values
Changing and What Role Should the Police Psychologist Play?”
May 1999 “Psychological Paychecks”
The Florida Sheriffs Association
March 2000 “Conquering Workplace Negativity”
Fred Pryor Seminars
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
 
Harbour Shores Hospital: Allied Health Professional Staff, with privileges in psychotherapy
and psychological testing.
 
Lake Hospital: Allied Health Professional Staff, with privileges in individual
psychotherapy (adult/adolescents) and psychological testing.
 
Martin Memorial Hospital: Medical Associate Staff, with privileges in the specialty of clinical
psychology.
 
Sandy Pines Hospital: Member of the Board of Directors; Allied Health Professional
Staff, with privileges in psychotherapy and psychological testing.
 
Savannas Hospital: Allied Health Professional Staff, with privileges in psychotherapy
and psychological testing.
 
MEMBERSHIPS:
 
American Psychological Association (APA)
Council on Police Psychological Services (COPPS)
Florida Association of Professional Family Mediators
Florida Psychological Association (FPA)
Treasure Coast Chief of Police and Sheriffs Association

  Updated: July 2, 2004

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