Lee A. Underwood
Professor
Regent university
USA
Biography
Dr. Underwood is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in several states and Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider (CSOTP) and serves as the Clinical Director for SequelCare of Arizona. He has served as an Executive Clinical Officer for several large residential treatment, juvenile justice and criminal justice programs for adolescents and adults with sex offending, severe mental health, substance use, trauma and disruptive behavioral disorders. He has worked extensively with residential and juvenile justice programs and has been recognized by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) as one of the leading program innovators for juvenile justice and community treatment programs. Dr. Underwood has held a number of policy oriented research, academic, clinical and consulting positions over his career with federal, state and private agencies for research, program design, development, implementation and evaluation of services. He has published over 50 refereed journal articles and 17 treatment manuals on sex offending, mental health, substance use, trauma needs of females, forensic and cultural needs of persons involved in the juvenile justice and mental health systems. His most recent books include Counseling Adolescents Competently (in production by Sage Publishers) and Adolescents in Conflict (Taylor Made Publishing).
Research Interest
Juvenile Justice and Metal Health,Screening and Assessing the Mental Health Needs of Adolescents, Residential Models of Care for At-Risk Adolescents, Program Evaluation and Design