A collaborative of psychologists dedicated to excellence in national security psychology
ClearancePsych connects cleared professionals, attorneys, and those seeking or holding clearances with psychologists knowledgeable about personnel security clearance processes. We exist to meet the need in the security clearance industry for informed, science-based, clear, accurate, and timely psychological services. Our team includes currently serving and former military and federal civilian psychologists who are or have been cleared at the Secret and Top Secret level. We understand the demands of working in cleared settings around sensitive information. Together we have provided thousands of psychological evaluations in conjunction with the U.S. national security clearance mission. We are experts in obtaining and reporting the behavioral information adjudicators need to make correct decisions in cases involving psychological and mental health conditions, alcohol consumption, drug involvement and substance misuse, sexual behavior, personal conduct and criminal conduct. We know what mitigating evidence attorneys need to give their cleared clients the best chance of gaining, maintaining, or regaining security clearance eligibility. We understand what cleared professionals must do to mitigate adjudicative concerns. We have consulted with many organizations on insider threat and violence prevention programs.
Dr. Scott Edwards is President and Chief Psychologist at ClearancePsych. He is a licensed, board certified doctoral level psychologist with 30 years of experience in the field. He has trained and worked as a clinical child psychologist and pediatric neuropsychologist, as an Aeromedical Psychologist with a Combat Aviation Brigade, and as a SERE-qualified, Command Psychologist for U.S. Special Operations Command. In his role as an Army officer and as the lead psychologist on a contract with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, he has overseen and completed thousands of psychological evaluations in support of security clearance investigations. He holds a TS/SCI clearance. He is well versed in adjudicative guidelines and understands the information personnel security professionals need to make sound decisions to safeguard national security. He has hundreds of hours of formal training in forensic psychology and experience interacting with attorneys, judges, and others in legal and administrative venues.
Dr. Joel Snider is a Senior Consulting Psychologist at ClearancePsych and operates in the Southeast region. He is a licensed, board certified psychologist who has been working in the field since 2015. Dr. Snider works extensively with the Department of the Navy and has been a treatment provider, command consultant, program resiliency developer, and an embedded provider with the Marines Corp. He has extensive experience working with specialized communities which require security clearances such as aviators, submariners, cyberwarfare, and security forces. He has worked as a consultant for the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency NISP project. He has completed hundreds of psychological evaluations in support of security investigations for current and prospective personnel. Dr. Snider shares the vision of ClearancePsych and looks forward to assisting clients in the process of clarifying and expediting the security clearance process.
Dr. Blair Cano is a Senior Consulting Psychologist for ClearancePsych in the West region. She is a licensed psychologist in the states of Colorado & Hawaii. She has specialty training in neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology, and she completed the rigorous training requirements for a postdoctoral master's degree in clinical psychopharmacology. Dr. Cano has extensive experience conducting neuropsychological and psychological evaluations with patients of all ages. She specializes in treating people with PTSD and mild Traumatic Brain Injury. As a Navy veteran, Dr. Cano has worked with hundreds of current military members and veterans and has unique experience serving members of the special operations community. She has conducted many psychological evaluations in security clearances matters and in other high stakes decision making contexts.
Dr. Katherine Kuhlman is a Senior Consulting Psychologist for ClearancePsych in the Southwest region. She is board-certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology as a specialist in Police and Public Safety Psychology. She is licensed to practice in Arizona, California, and Hawaii. She also holds a PsyPact E-Password, allowing her interjurisdictional practice via telehealth in over 30 states. Dr. Kuhlman maintains and runs a group practice in Scottsdale, Arizona supporting public safety agencies through preemployment psychological evaluations, fitness-for-duty evaluations, training, counseling, and conducting Independent Medical Examinations. In addition to supporting local public safety agencies, Dr. Kuhlman works closely with multiple federal law enforcement agencies and conducts evaluations for the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency in support of the national security clearance mission. Dr. Kuhlman has completed over 3500 psychological evaluations on personnel in public safety and national security positions.
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