About

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Dr. Kristen Beyer

Clinical Psychologist

Key Highlights
  • Fully licensed doctoral level psychologist since 1997
  • Diplomate in police psychology

More about Dr. Beyer

Dr. Beyer’s forensic career began as a Violent Crime Resource Specialist working with the FBI’s former Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center (CASMIRC).  In 2003, Dr. Beyer was promoted to the Supervisory Social/Behavioral Science Research Coordinator position at the FBI’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) in Quantico, Virginia.  She served in this capacity through 2008.  While at the NCAVC, she provided consultation, training, and conducted research on varying topics to include serial murder, child abduction, filicide, domestic violence, child sexual exploitation, and terrorism. During her time at the FBI, she also provided peer support and counseling for the Employee Assistance Program where she was deployed to the Flight 93 crash site during the FBI’s response to the events of 9/11.  She also had collateral duties where she conducted psychological assessments for the FBI’s Undercover Safeguard Program.  She was also trained and certified as a SERE-oriented psychologist with an emphasis on repatriation.

Dr. Beyer has also worked for a private consulting company on a Department of State contract since 2008 where she has conducted countless preemployment evaluations, PTSD screening and treatment, and grief counseling for police officers and first responders who deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and Ukraine, as well as other countries throughout the world on civilian security missions.

Dr. Beyer has also taught undergraduate and graduate level classes at various universities.  She also served as the Program Director for an MS/PhD Forensic Psychology program for thirteen years.

Dr. Beyer has earned the following advanced degrees:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology (University of Michigan)
  • Master’s Degree (MA) in Clinical Psychology (University of Detroit Mercy)
  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (University of Detroit Mercy)
  • Diplomate in Police Psychology (Society for Police and Criminal Psychology)

In 2010, Dr. Beyer co-authored the book Investigative and Forensic Interviewing: A Personality-Focused Approach which looks at the personality styles most commonly encountered in the criminal justice system and provides recommendations for law enforcement officers on how to use this insight to plan and conduct a productive interview.