EDUCATION

Senior Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
Western State Hospital/ University of Washington, School of
Medicine through The Washington Institute for Mental Illness
Research and Training
Lakewood, WA

Fuller Theological Seminary – Graduate School of Psychology
Pasadena, CA
Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology (APA approved)
Dissertation Topic: The Effect of Religion on Clinical
Psychologists’ Attitudes Toward Suicide

Fuller Theological Seminary
Western State Hospital, Lakewood, WA
Included rotations on Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Unit and Legal
Offender Units

Psychology Pre-Intern
Stop Abusive Family Environments (SAFE) – a division of the
Psychological Center, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
Included individual, marriage, child, family, and group
psychotherapy; supervision of practicum students; and assisting in
coordination/implementation of foster family program

Clerkship in Child and Adolescent Psychology
Los Angeles County – University of Southern California Medical
Center (LAC-USC), Psychology Assessment Clinic, Child and
Adolescent Division, Los Angeles, CA
Neuropsychological and psychological assessment and report writing

Clinical Trainee
Stop Abusive Family Environments (SAFE)
Pasadena, CA

Practicum Student
Stop Abusive Family Environments (SAFE)
Pasadena, CA

Staff Psychologist, Western State Hospital, Center for Forensic
Services – Community Evaluation Service
Lakewood, WA

Staff Psychologist, Western State Hospital, Adult Psychiatric
Admissions Unit
Lakewood, WA

Staff Psychologist, Western State Hospital, Center for Forensic
Services – Emergency Hire
Lakewood, WA

Private Practice
Traywick, Green and Associates
Affiliate Sex Offender Treatment Provider

Staff Psychologist
Puget Sound Hospital
Conducted Civil Commitment Evaluations under RCW 71.05

Collaborative Research Project with Bruce Gage, M.D., Tacoma, WA:  Review of disposition of cases evaluated at the Legal Offender Unit, Western State Hospital, including competency, sanity, diminished capacity, and dangerousness of patients who have been charged with various felony offenses.  Funded by The University of Washington, through The Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training.

Assistant to Ron Jemelka, Ph.D., Tacoma, WA:  Validation of an Offender Profile, which included conducting mental status examinations and completing Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale on female offenders recently incarcerated at the Washington Correction Center for Women in Purdy.  Completed approximately 200 interviews.  Funded by the Department of Corrections.

Research Assistant to Sharon M. Valente, Ph.D., Norman Faberow, Ph.D., and Judith Saunders, Ph.D., Los Angeles County:  Suicide attitudes of clients and counselors.

Assistant to Cynthia Stout, Ph.D., Los Angeles County:  Diagnostic team member psychology and vocational assessment/evaluation of candidates for the priesthood and brotherhood.

Teacher’s assistant Children’s Services, Everett, WA: Worked with parents and their two and three year old sexually and physically abused or neglected children on social skills training, self-esteem issues, assertiveness, and parent-child interactions.

Volunteer Crisis Clinic, Seattle, WA:.  handled crisis calls on hotline, worked on community information and daycare referral lines.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

MEMBERSHIPS

American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychology Law-Society, Division 41 (APL-S)
International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (IAFMHS)

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Finch, IA, Capacity to Stand Trial. Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic
Science, Jamieson, A., Moenssens, A. (eds). Chichester, UK: John Wiley
& Sons Ltd, pp. 456-463.

“Competency to Stand Trial” Part of Fall Forensic Seminar Series
Presented through the Western State Hospital Department of Psychology and the Forensic Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training – University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tacoma, WA.

"Assessment of Malingering in a Forensic Setting." Part of Psychology Intern Seminar Series presented through Western State Hospital Department of Psychology, Tacoma, WA.

“Competency to Stand Trial” Part of the Fall Forensic Seminar Series
presented through Western State Hospital Department of Psychology and the Forensic Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training – University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tacoma, WA:  Co-presenter:  Carl Redick, Psy.D.

“Washington State Mental Health Law – RCW 10.77 & RCW 71.05” Seminar Presented at the University of Puget Sound School of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy, February 5, 2004, Tacoma, WA.

Addressing Perceived Unethical Behaviors – Part I & II.”  Seminar Presented to Western State Hospital Profession Staff, Tacoma, WA Panel presentation with co-presenters: William Proctor, Ph.D., John Haroian, Ph.D., Mark Soelling, Ph.D., Joanne Ito, Ph.D. 07/09/01 & 07/16/01

“An Overview of the Etiology and a Clinical Description of DSM-IV Personality Disorders:  Assisted by Hollywood.” Seminar presented to Advanced Marital and Family Therapy students, May 18, 2000, Chapman University at Ft. Lewis, WA.

“Mental Health Law and Patient Rights.”  Seminar presented at the University of Puget Sound School of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy, February 6, 1997, Tacoma, WA.

“An Overview of Major Mental Illness – DSM-IV.”  Seminar presented to lay persons as a part of a course on The Philosophical Contributions of Soren Kierkegaard as Relevant to Spiritual Counseling, December 1, 1996, Gig Harbor, WA.

"Religion and Psychologists’ Attitudes Toward Suicide” presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, April 14-17, 1993, San Francisco, CA.  Also presented to staff psychologists at Western State Hospital, Legal Offender Unit, April 1, 1993.

“Is There a Need to Establish Suicide Prevention Programs for Elementary School Children?” poster presentation at the California
Psychological Association Annual Convention, March 19-22, 1992.

“Understanding the Grieving Process of a Newly Placed Foster Child”
presentation to the Margo Goldsmith Foster Family Agency, March 7, 1991.

“Counseling Asian-American Males” poster session presented at the California Psychological Association Annual Convention, February 21-24, 1991 written in conjunction with Eurich-Rascoe, B.L.; Hao, J.Y.; Neumann, D.A.; Oh, S.Y.; and Schwerin, L.B. (1991).

VOLUNTEER SERVICE

Prison Pet Partnership Program Advisory Board Member

Provided therapeutic services to selected inmate initially at Pierce County Detention and Correction Center, then Washington Correctional Center for Women – Purdy, then Tacoma Pre-Release