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Guidelines and Maxims for the Expert Witness

by Stanley L. Brodsky, Ph.D.

CE Credits: 12 hours

Book and Test: $125

Test Only: $105

Discusses common problems and difficulties encountered in the courtroom. Offers practical suggestions and principles for strengthening one’s testimony. (203 pp.)

Stanley L. Brodsky, PhD, has thirty-five plus years of experience leading workshops for mental health professionals about testifying in court. He has been a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama for over 40 years. He has lectured and taught world wide, receiving honors and awards for his work in forensic psychology.

Contents Include:

Language of Testimony
Limitations of Courtroom Rules
Gambits of the Cross-examining Attorney
If, When and How to Defend One’s Credentials, Opinions, and Integrity
Power, Control and Comfortable Competence on the Witness Stand

Number of Test Questions:

62 objective, 1 discussion question

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

recognize the language of testimony.
describe the limitations of the courtroom.
identify the power and control gambits of the cross-examining attorney.
defend one's credentials appropriately.
develop a comfortable competence as a witness.
implement strategies that increase the effectiveness and control when testifying in court.

Level:

This course is appropriate for all levels of experience, including beginning, intermediate and advanced practitioners.

Target Audience:

Psychologists, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists who have had minimal experience in court, as well as those who are seasoned expert witnesses.