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CHARLES HARRIS HELLER, Ph.D. NEW JERSEY (MAILING ADDRESS)
201-262-0331, 212-880-3789 140 East Ridgewood Avenue • South Tower, Suite 415 • Paramus, NJ 07652
[email protected] T: (201) 262-0331 • F: (845) 354-1287
http://drcharlesheller.com MANHATTAN (mail service)
Fax: 845-354-1287 275 Madison Ave., 6th Floor • New York, NY 10016 • T: (212) 880-3789
WESTCHESTER (Not for mail service)
520 White Plains Road, Suite 500 • Tarrytown, NY 10591 • T: (845) 354-0535
Expert Profile: Forensic Psychologist and Expert Witness with extensive court experience in Civil, Criminal and Family Court cases. He currently is a forensic psychologist on staff at
Rutgers University Biomedical Health service, specializing in criminal behavior and risk assessment as well as a forensic psychologist clinical services. He has performed
hundreds of child custody, court ordered evaluations such as criminal competency and child abuse/neglect evaluations. In Civil cases, Dr. Heller is retained by both plaintiff
and defense counsel to assess plaintiffs for emotional and mental injury. He takes an unbiased, ethical approach to assessments and follows a scientist-practitioner
approach. He is an expert in objective evaluations that assess the probability the plaintiff is suffering PTSD, other emotional injuries or if there is exaggeration of symptoms
based upon psychological testing and other data. He has expertise in cases that involve group home/residential schools, provider negligence and assaults. In criminal cases,
Dr. Heller is experienced in providing successful rebuttal testimony explaining the scientific issues related to the problems of validity, reliability and usefulness of “Syndrome
evidence” such as Child Sexual Abuse accommodation Syndrome” and “Rape trauma syndrome.” He testifies in child sexual abuse cases and explains research related to
false allegations, recantations, memory, suggestibility, child testimony, interview protocols and “Believed-In Imaginings” in children and adults. He has expertise in domestic
violence and has assessed women who have been victims of intimate partner violence and “Battered Women Syndrome“ that contributed to homicides, assaults and other
felonies by the victims of abuse. He is a fully vetted and approved forensic psychologist for the N.J. Office of the Public Defender as well as other Public Defender offices.
(Federal Public Defender, Legal Aid in Manhattan, Bronx, Kings and the NYC assigned counsel program). He often travels throughout the US as a forensic consultant in
important court cases including military Court Martials, death row assessment, sexual abuse, assault and multiple homicides. He is well known and respected among his
colleagues as a clinician and as a forensic psychologist/expert witness.

Areas of Expertise:
Psychological Record Review Sexual Abuse/Assault Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Syndrome
Evaluations and Testimony Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Suicide
Addictions and Alcoholism and Alcoholism/Drugs Assessment of Capacity to Waive Miranda Rights
Criminal Defense Psychological Autopsy “Rejection Crisis” Related to Homicide
Critical Incident Stress Effects Risk Assessment for Re-Offense of Sexual Consultation to Insurance Company Regarding
Agency Administration and Supervision Assault and other Violent Crime Aspects of Suicide
Disabilities (emotional, mental, Police Officers and Stress Relocation and Removal Evaluations in Custody
retardation, Autism) Assessment of Pain and Suffering Cases
Litigation Consultation Child Custody, Visitation & Family Issues Pre-Parole Risk Assessments
Battered Woman Syndrome Independent Medical Examinations Rebuttal to Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation
Domestic /Intimate Partner Violence Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Syndrome (CSAAS) and Rape Syndrome
Assessment of potential for false Standards of Treatment in Group Homes Emotional Suffering
allegations of child sex abuse or Prison Suicide Clergy Sex Abuse
domestic violence

Professional 2012- Present: Forensic Psychologist, Rutgers Biomedical Health Service (UCHC)
Experience: 2006- 2018: Forensic Consultant: Rockland County Forensic Mental Health Unit
2006-Present: Psychologist expert: Assigned Counsel and Law Guardian Programs, State of New York
1981-Present: Independent Clinical Practice
1988-1993: Clinical Director, Dutchess County Clinic for Multi-Disabled
1983-1988: Director of Mental Health, Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
1982-1983: Consulting School Psychologist, New York City Board of Education

License/ Licensed Psychologist (NY, NJ) Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology ( State
Certifications: Licensed Marriage and family Therapist (NY) Reciprocity)
National register of Council of health Service Providers in Certificate in Clinical Training in Psychology (NJ)
Psychology Certificate in Family Forensics (Washington Square Institute, NY)

Education: Ph.D. 1979: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Dissertation: “Criminal Behavior and Arousal: Test of a Theory”
M.A. 1974: St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY (Clinical Psychology)

Professional: American Psychological Association Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards
Memberships/ The American Assoc. for Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Member Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Associations: The Virginia Satir Avanta Network
Recent With Linda Gunsberg, PhD “A Child’s Preference for the Batterer in Child Custody Cases: An Assessment Protocol.” A workshop
Presentation: presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). Chicago, IL: June 7, 2012.

Recent and Submitted for publication: “A Child’s Paradoxical Preference for the Batterer in Child Custody Cases: Consideration of domestic
Future violence, diminished parental capacity, impaired attachment, traumatic bonding, parental alienation, as well as developmental
Publications: failures and short and/or long-term psychological injuries to the child.”

Heller, C. 2009. Applications of parental acceptance-rejection theory and evidence to forensic psychology. Interpersonal
Acceptance, 3, 3, 1-2, 5.

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