A collaborative of psychologists dedicated to excellence in national security psychology
ClearancePsych is a team of doctoral-level psychologists committed to advancing the national security mission through informed, objective, and evidence-based psychological services.
We are psychologists with specialized expertise in the intersection of clinical and forensic psychology and national security. Our professionals include current and former military and federal civilian psychologists who have held Secret and Top Secret security clearances.
We understand the demands of working in classified settings and the responsibilities that accompany access to sensitive information. Collectively, our team has conducted thousands of psychological evaluations and advised organizations on insider threat initiatives in support of the U.S. personnel security mission.
Our psychologists are experts in treating mental health and behavioral conditions that commonly limit cleared professionals, and in providing specialized mitigation coaching to address adjudicative concerns and restore trusted status.
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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