Dr. Mina Ratkalkar
Providing Expertise in Forensic Psychology and Sexual Behavior
Forensic psychological evaluations can inform a wide range of legal matters. Informing the court about mental health functioning can help advise sentencing or treatment recommendations, promote safety, and better understand an individual’s experience or decisionmaking.
Forensic psychological evaluations include a clinical interview with the defendant, comprehensive record review, objective psychological testing, and information from collateral sources. I follow this standard of best practice to create individualized reports that consider an evaluee’s background, context,and resources.
Practice Areas
Criminal
- Competency to Stand Trial
- Competency to Waive Miranda Rights
- Competence to Proceed Pro Se
- Mental State at the Time of the Offense
- False Confessions
- Death Penalty & Sentencing
- Downward Departure / Mitigation
- Substance Abuse
- Violence Risk Assessment
- Sexual Offense Risk Assessment
Civil & Family
- Emotional / Psychological Damages
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Decisional Capacities
- Immigration
- Gestational Carrier
- Egg or Sperm Donor
- Adoption
Juveniles
- Competence to Stand Trial
- Competence to Waive Miranda Rights
- Waiver of Juvenile Court
- Psychological Evaluation
- Violence Risk Assessment
Telehealth and COVID-19
Dr. Ratkalkar can conduct virtual evaluations with little or no in-person contact depending on the referral. Visit the Telehealth page to learn more.