Jamie Dickson, PsyD

Professional Career

Dr. Dickson completed her pre-doctoral field training in a variety of settings, including Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital, where she spent a year working on the adult forensic unit completing psychological evaluations and risk assessments. She next worked for two years at Devereux Georgia Treatment Network, where she provided individual, group, and family therapy with children and adolescents in residential treatment. She also worked for and a number of psychologists in private practice, where she also completed evaluations of adults and children.

Dr. Dickson completed her pre-doctoral internship at Florida State Hospital (FSH) in Chattahoochee, Florida. At FSH, Dr. Dickson worked on both civil and forensic inpatient units, where she was responsible for forensic evaluations addressing questions of competency to stand trial and malingering. Additionally, she completed a rotation in the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) program, where she learned to conduct individual and group therapy in adherence with the DBT model. Dr. Dickson also spent a portion of her internship at the Dozier School for Boys, a DJJ facility, where she conducted individual therapy, assessment, and co-led group therapy for boys convicted of sexual offenses.

After receiving her doctoral degree, Dr. Dickson completed her postdoctoral training at Devereux Georgia Treatment Network. She was then offered a position as a staff psychologist. In this position, Dr. Dickson's responsibilities included managing an individual caseload, conducting specialized group therapy (Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Aggression Replacement Training), supervising master’s level clinicians and practicum students, assisting in program development, and overseeing completion of psychological assessments. Dr. Dickson remained in her position at Devereux from September 2009 until she joined Forensic Specialty Group in June 2013. She also spent a year as an adjunct faculty at GSPP, where she taught a seminar for students completing their supervised therapy field training.

Dr. Dickson continues to work as a consulting psychologist at the Devereaux Georgia Treatment Network, where she conducts psychological and psycho-educational evaluations. Her work with Forensic Specialty Group consists of conducting forensic psychological evaluations to answer questions regarding competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility, capacity to waive Miranda, sexual violence risk, violence risk, and parenting capacity. She specializes in assessment of psycho-legal issues in cases that involve children and adolescents in both Juvenile and Superior Court. Dr. Dickson also reviews forensic interviews of children and adolescents and consults with attorneys regarding issues relevant in such cases. Dr. Dickson provides services throughout the state of Georgia as well as in military courts.

Dr. Dickson has provided training for various groups on topics such as forensic interviewing of children, managing vicarious trauma, the effects of trauma on children’s behavior, counterintuitive victim behavior, the role of suggestibility in child sexual abuse investigations, and competence to stand trial evaluations of juveniles. Additionally, she volunteered with the Georgia Crisis Intervention Team and provided training regarding various psychological diagnoses and methods for de-escalating crisis situations.

Certifications

Dr. Dickson completed the learning collaborative training and is rostered in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She has also completed the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children forensic interview training and the Ten-Step Forensic Interview Training.

Professional Associations

Georgia Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
American Psychology-Law Society
American Society on the Abuse of Children