Background

Through experience and training, I have a reputation for an expansive understanding of brain chemistry, character and ego development, and problems with difficult feeling states, such as destructive expression of anger.   I am an expert in facilitating groups that optimize connection and honest expression of feeling.   I have been in private practice in Austin for over 10 years.  My training and credentials include:

Credentials Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology (1997).  Sam Houston State University. Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Board Approved Supervisor (LPC-S) Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP) Current Specialized Training Center for Group Studies (CGS).  Three year intensive weekend training program in Group Therapy from a Modern Analytic Approach. Training and Research Specialized training in Neuropsychological Assessment and Principles. Two years of research using psychological instruments to investigate the detection of malingering in Texas prison populations. Thesis:  Credibility of Eyewitness Testimony, developing a systematic process in the detection of malingering. Broad range of experience working with and understanding the functioning of the brain.

Professional Affiliations

• Austin Group Psychotherapy Society (AGPS).  Chair of the Scholarship Committee and Board Member. 
• American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA).
• Austin IN Connection (AINC).  Current committee member and active participant in this organization that promotes understanding the neurobiological aspects of attachment and character development.
• American Counseling Association (ACA).

Presentations

• Kaleidoscope of Counseling:  5th Annual Professional Growth Conference.   Texas State University.  February 3, 2012.  Tittle:  Discovering the Power of Groups:  Moving From Isolation to Connection.
• YWCA:  Continuing Education Series.  October 12, 2012.  Tittle:  Discovering the Power of Groups:  Moving From Isolation to Connection.

Publications

• Hiscock, C.K., Burgin, K., Elliott, J.M., Colwell, K.W., Means, L.R. & Carpenter, D. M. (1996).  Prevarication or Recall Failure: Biased Patterns in Eyewitness Testimony as a function of inferential inquiry.  Poster presentation at the American Criminal Justice Society annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Hiscock, C.K., Elliott, J.M., Means, L.R., Colwell, K.W. & Carpenter, D.M. (1996).  Criteria-based Content Analysis of Inmates’ Statements: Distinguishing honest from biased Eyewitness Testimony.  Paper presented at the 12th Annual Symposium in Forensic Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Boake, C. and Means, L.R. (1996).  False Positive Errors on the Rey Fifteen Item Test.  Paper presented at the International Neuropsychological Society, Chicago, IL.  Journal of the International Neuropsychology Society, 2, 28. 
• Means, L.R. and Boake, C. (1994).  Stability and Sensitivity of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test Short Forms.  Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.   Clinical Neuropsychologist, 8, 357.
• Sherer, M., Boake, C., & Means, L.R. (1993).  Comparative Validity of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test Short Forms.  Paper presented at the meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Phoenix, Arizona.