Thomas J. Harbin, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae

Licensure

Licensed in North Carolina: License #1530

Affiliations

North Carolina Psychological Association

American Psychology – Law Society

Certification

Member: National Academy of Neuropsychology

Health Services Provider - Psychologist: North Carolina Psychology Board

Member: National Register of Health Service Psychologists, #41367

Practice Specialties

Neuropsychological and Psychological Evaluation

Forensic Evaluation including:

Over 300 felony criminal cases (including 80+ capital murder cases), 60+ personal injury cases, 70+ cases of sexual assault, 16 federal criminal charges, 100 cases of child access & visitation, 30+ independent medical examinations, 30+ fitness for duty, and 40+ cases of capacity to proceed to trial, and competence to manage affairs.

Therapeutic specialties in addition to general practice:

Physical and sexual abuse (survivors and perpetrators)
Anger Management
Geriatrics
Sexual Dysfunction

Education

Lecturer & Special Student (retraining in clinical psychology), University of North Carolina - Greensboro, 1986-1989.

University of Florida. M.S. in Psychology, 1979, Ph.D. in Psychology, 1981.

University of Notre Dame. B.A. (with honors) in Psychology, 1976.

Professional Experience

Private practice, Fayetteville, NC, 1989 to present.

Consulting psychologist, Randolph County (NC) Mental Health Center, 1990.

Clinical Psychology Intern (APA accredited), Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1988 to 1989.

Psychological Intern, Durham County Community Mental Health Center, 1988.

Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, 1985 to 1986.

Research Associate, National Academy of Sciences and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1983 to 1985.

Post-doctoral Fellow, Duke University Center for Aging and Human Development, 1981 to 1983.

Graduate Fellow, University of Florida Center for Gerontology, 1977 to 1981.

Other Activities

Member, Board of Directors, Chatham County Council on Aging, 1993 to 1998. President of the Board, 1996 to 1998.

Continuing Education

Advanced Rorschach Interpretation, John Exner, 1990. Under the auspices of the North Carolina Psychological Association.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, Marsha Linehan. October 4 & 5, 1991. Under the auspices of the North Carolina Psychological Association.

The Boston Process Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment. West Coast Neuropsychology Conference. University of California, San Diego, 1994.

Neuropsychology of Aging and Dementia. West Coast Neuropsychology Conference. University of California, San Diego, 1994.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - New Developments. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC, 1995.

Assessment of Behavioral Disorders. 21st Annual Course in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology. Florida Society of Neurology and Center for Neuropsychological Studies at the University of Florida, 1995.

Fundamentals of Practice in Forensic Psychology, Randy Borum. 1996. Under the auspices of the North Carolina Psychological Association.

Risk Management with Potentially Dangerous Patients. Under the auspices of the American Psychological Association, 1997.

Personal Injury Evaluations: Ethics, Case Law, and Practice. Under the auspices of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 1998.

Role of the Forensic Psychologist in Death Penalty Mitigation. Under the auspices of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 1998.

Advanced Forensic Psychology Practice: Issues and Application. Under the auspices of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 1999.

Treating patients with memories of abuse: Legal risk management. Under the auspices of the American Psychological Association, 1999.

The Crucible Approach: The Integration of Sex and Marital Therapy. David Schnarch, Ph.D. Under the auspices of the North Carolina Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 2001.

Forensic Neuropsychology. Nelson Butters’ West Coast Neuropsychology Conference. Under the auspices of the University of California, San Diego, 2002.

Assessing Risk in Domestic Violence with SARA, Orlando, 2003.

Assessing-Managing Violence risk with HCR-20, Orlando, 2003.

Assessing Psychopathy with PCL-R (2nd ed.), Orlando, 2003.

Avoiding Ethical and Legal Complaints. Under the auspices of the North Carolina Psychological Association, 2005.

Psychopharmacology Update: Depression, Anxiety, and Insomnia – Current Psychopharmacological Treatment Options. Under the auspices of the North Carolina Psychological Association, 2005.

Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in Clinical Practice. Under the auspices of the North Carolina Psychological Association, 2005.

Advanced Forensic Psychology Practice: Issues and Application. Under the auspices of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 2006.

An Ethical-Legal Practice Check-Up: HIPAA, Red Flag Rule, Record-Keeping, Electronic Medical Records & More. Under the auspices of the North Carolina Psychological Association, 2010.

A Bad Beginning: the Neurobiology of Early Trauma. Under the auspices of the North Carolina Psychological Association, 2010.

Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Management of Sexual Offenders. Under the auspices of the Greensboro Area Health Education Center, 2011.

Psychopathy in the Courtroom: Current Controversies. Under the auspices of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 2012.

Violence Risk Assessment. Under the auspices of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 2012.

Malingering and Forensic Practice: Conceptual Issues and Clinical Methods. Under the auspices of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 2014.

Case Law Review: Competency to Stand Trial and Criminal Responsibility. Under the auspices of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 2014.

Legal and Ethical Risks and Risk Management in Professional Psychological Practice: Sequence VII. North Carolina Psychological Association, 2016.

Practice Checkup: A Re-Designed Course Including New HIPAA Requirements. North Carolina Psychological Association, 2016.

Overview, Revision, and Development of the HCR-20 Version 3. 2016.

Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in Criminal and Correctional Evaluations. American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 2016.

Assessment of Mental State Defenses in Criminal Cases. American Academy of Forensic Psychology, 2016.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE): What we think we know and what we need to know next. Robert A. Stern, PhD. National Academy of Neuropsychology, 2018.

Complying With Subpoenas and Court Orders When Minimizing Your Risk. The National Register of Heath Service Psychologists, 2018.

Areas of Expertise: Conducting Psychosocial Evaluations of Bariatric Surgery Candidates. The National Register of Heath Service Psychologists, 2018.

Legal Issues: Supreme Court 2016-2117: A New Justice and a Term of Surprising Importance. The National Register of Heath Service Psychologists, 2018.

Confabulation and Delusions: Similarities, differences, and Clinical/Forensic Implications. Dr. Jerrod Brown, 2018.

Advanced Legal Practice Issues: Depositions and Testimony for Experts. Bonny J. Forrest, JD, PhD, National Academy of Neuropsychology, 2018.Lethality Assessment, Dr. Stephen Hart, 2018.

Suicidal Risk and Telepsychology, The National Register of Heath Service Psychologists, 2020.

Ethical and Risk management Issues in Supervision, The Trust, 2020.

Understanding and Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The National Register of Heath Service Psychologists, 2020.

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy: Bringing ‘in vivo’ into the Office. The National Register of Heath Service Psychologists, 2020.

Depression: Psychopharmacological Interventions, Depression: Assessment and Management, Cognitive Impairment: Screening and Strategies, ADHD: Psychopharmacological Interventions, Trauma: Assessment and Management, Obesity: Pharmacological interventions. The National Register of Heath Service Psychologists, 2020.

Persistent Depressive Disorders. The National Register of Heath Service Psychologists, 2020.

Patient-Centered prescription Opioid Reduction: A Toolkit for Psychologists. The National Register of Heath Service Psychologists, 2020.

AAFP- Get Off of My Lawn – I Don’t Want to Learn a New Way to Write Forensic Reports. Terry Kukor, PhD, ABPP, 2021.

Transitioning to Telepsychology: Practical, Ethical, and Risk Management Issues. The National Register of Heath Service Psychologists, 2021.

AAFP: Assessment of Competence to Stand Trial. Lori L. Hauser, PhD, 2021.

Publications

Harbin, T.J. & Cunningham, W.R. (1978). Influence of contextual variables upon blood pressure in the elderly. Experimental Aging Research, 4, 21-34.

Harbin, T.J. & Berg, W.K. (1981). An R-wave simulator for testing and calibrating heart rate amplification and processing systems. Psychophysiology, 18, 347-348.

Harbin, T.J. & Berg, W.K. (1983). The effects of age and prestimulus duration upon reflex inhibition. Psychophysiology, 20, 603-610.

Harbin, T.J., Marsh, G.R., & Harvey, M.T. (1984). Differences in the late components of the ERP due to age and to semantic and non-semantic tasks. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 59, 489-496.

Harbin, T.J. (1985). The late positive component of the evoked cortical potential: Application to neurotoxicity testing. Neurobehavioral Toxicology and Teratology, 7, 339-344.

Harbin, T.J. & Blumenthal, J.A. (1985). Relationships among age, sex, the Type A behavior pattern, and cardiovascular reactivity. Journal of Gerontology, 40, 714-720.

Berg, W.K., Berg, K.M., Harbin, T.J., Davies, M.G., Blumenthal, T.B., & Avendano, A. (1985). Comparison of blink inhibition in infants, children, and young and old adults. Psychophysiology, 22, 572-573.

Harbin, T.J. & Berg, W.K. (1986). The effects of age and attention upon reflex inhibition. Biological Psychology, 22, 81-94.

Harbin, T.J., Benignus, V.A., Muller, K.M., & Barton, C.N. (1988). The effects of low-level carbon monoxide exposure upon visually evoked potentials in young and elderly men. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 10, 93-100.

Harbin, T.J. (1989). Type A behavior and physiological reactivity: A quantitative review. Psychophysiology, 26, 110-119.

Cooper, R.C., Goldman, J., & Harbin, T.J. (1991). Aging and Environmental Toxicology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Harbin, T.J. (1991). Brain electrophysiology. In Cooper, R.C., Goldman, J., & Harbin, T.J. (Eds.), Aging and Environmental Toxicology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 232-245.

Harbin, T.J. (1991). Environmental toxicology and the aging visual system. In Armstrong, D.A., Marmor, M., & Ordy, J.M. (Eds.), Effects of Age and Environment on Vision, Plenum Press, pp. 219-225.

Other Publications

Harbin, T.J. (1980). The family. In E.E. Keane (Ed.), Coping with senility: A guidebook. Pittsburgh: Chronic Organic Brain Syndrome Society, Inc.

Harbin, T.J. Beyond Anger: A guide for men:Revised Edition. Marlowe Books, New York, 2018.

Harbin, T.J. The Anger Management Workbook for Teen Boys: CBT Skills to Defuse Triggers, Manage Difficult Emotions, and Resolve Issues Peacefully. New Harbinger Publications, 2022.

Professional Presentations

Cunningham, W.R., Harbin, T.J., & Golden, L. Age differences in response dispositions in intellectual test performance. Presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, 1977.

Harbin, T.J. & Cunningham, W.R. Causal models in the psychology of aging. Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, 1978.

Harbin, T.J. & Cunningham, W.R. Influence of contextual variables upon blood pressure in the elderly. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, 1979.

Harbin, T.J. & Berg, W.K. Reflex modification in young and old adults. Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, 1980.

Harbin, T.J. & Berg, W.K. The effects of prestimulus duration upon eyeblink inhibition in young and elderly subjects. Presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Washington, DC, 1981.

Harbin, T.J. & Berg, W.K. Elicitation and modification of heart rate responses in young and old subjects. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Toronto, 1981.

Harbin, T.J. Age, Effortful attention, and reflex inhibition. Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, 1982.

Harbin, T.J. & Blumenthal, J.A. Cardiovascular reactivity: Relationships among age, sex, and Type A behavior. Presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, 1983.

Harbin, T.J. & Marsh, G.R. Differences in the late components of the ERP due to age and to semantic and non-semantic tasks. Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Milwaukee, 1984.

Berg, W.K., Berg, K.M., Harbin, T.J., Davies, M.G., Blumenthal, T.D., & Avendano, A. Comparisons of blink inhibition in infants, children, and young and old adults. Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Houston, 1985.

Harbin, T.J. & Benignus, V.A. Carbon monoxide effects on visually evoked potentials in the elderly. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association, San Francisco, 1985.

Harbin, T.J. Adult developmental studies in neurobehavioral toxicology. Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, 1985.

Marsh, G.R., Harbin, T.J., & Harvey, M.T. Alterations in the event-related potential related to Alzheimer's disease and age. Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, 1985.

Harbin, T.J. "American Clinical Neuropsychology". Presented at the Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1991); the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia (1993).