Qualifications

Vermont Department of Corrections

Chief of Mental Health Services from February 2015 to present. Senior management position involving oversight of all mental health services provided throughout the Vermont correctional system, comprised of seven discrete facilities.

Licensed Psychologist in the state of Massachusetts since 1986
Licensed Psychologist in the state of Vermont since 1988 (in abeyance)
Designated Forensic Psychologist in the state of Massachusetts since 1987
Qualified Examiner in the state of Massachusetts, since 2000
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Member since 1983, Approved Supervisor 1994 to 2000
American Psychological Association, Member since 1988
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), Member since 1996
National Academy of Neuropsychology, Member
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Fielding Institute – Post Doctoral Neuropsychology Program, Boston Extension
September 1998 to June 2000
Major: Comprehensive Neuropsychology Training Program

Dr. Murphy trained under Dr. Elkonnon Goldberg, one of the most eminent theoreticians and researchers in the field of neuropsychology and has combined his neuropsychological training and his forensic practice to provide evaluations and court testimony pertaining to the role of brain-behavior relationships in alleged criminal actions; he has specialized in the role of neuropsychological factors in violent behavior, including murder cases.

Dr. Murphy completed many hundreds of sex offender evaluations as a chief psychologist at the Massachusetts Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous Persons and has testified in more than one hundred Superior Court cases pertaining to possible sexual dangerousness of defendants or convicted sex offenders.

As the author of Tales of Fathering Dr. Murphy has presented widely on the role of fathers in socializing children and adolescents, and its relationship to patterns of maladaptive behavior as well as optimal functioning.