About Us
Bob Stinson,
Psy.D., J.D., LICDC-CS,
ABPP, is a board-certified forensic psychologist, an attorney at law, and a licensed independent chemical
dependency counselor – clinical supervisor. Dr. Stinson is listed in the
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. He is a
Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP) and a
Diplomate in forensic psychology with the American Board of Professional
Psychology (ABPP). Dr. Stinson worked for 15 years on a forensic unit at
Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare (an inpatient psychiatric hospital,
serving the severely mentally ill), where he also served on the hospital’s
Ethics Committee for a number of years, chairing it for his last two
years. Now, Dr. Stinson is the Chief of Behavioral Health Services for the
Ohio Department of Youth Services. He provides training and supervision to
students, interns, and post-doctoral residents. He lectures across the
country in the areas of mental health law and ethics. He is an Adjunct
Professor of Clinical Psychology at Wright State University’s School of
Professional Psychology and The Ohio State University Department of
Psychology, he is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University Wexner
Medical Center, and he is an Adjunct Professor of Law at The Ohio State
University’s Moritz College of Law. Dr. Stinson holds membership in
several legal and psychological professional associations, including APA
(and several of its divisions), OPA (where he serves on the Board as
President and is a member and past-chair of the Ethics Committee), OSBA,
and COPA (where he once served as the President of the organization). Dr.
Stinson also maintains a private practice, providing consultations and
evaluations, specializing in clinical and forensic psychology; in his law
practice, he represents professionals as it relates to licensing boards
and related matters.