JULIE FUTRELL, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Futrell practices clinical and forensic psychology and is licensed in Texas, California, and New York. She also holds the PsyPact credential, allowing her to provide services via telehealth in 38 additional states. She has extensive experience as a psychodiagnostician, with clinical specializations in personality pathology, women’s mental health, and obsessional disorders. Since 2022, Dr. Futrell has focused her time on forensic evaluations in civil and family law and has recently expanded her work to include criminal forensic assessments and strategic consulting.
Dr. Futrell possesses a master’s degree in health education health from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree and PhD in clinical psychology from Duquesne University. Her clinical background spans inpatient, outpatient, and residential treatment settings as well as leadership roles for a national behavioral health company where she supervised over 200 clinicians. In these roles, she has conducted comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, risk assessments, capacity evaluations, cognitive assessments, fitness for duty evaluations, and has provided treatment to individuals with severe mental illness, trauma-related conditions, substance use disorders, anxiety-related conditions, and mood disorders. In addition to her clinical and forensic work, she has taught undergraduate and graduate psychology as an Adjunct Professor.
Dr. Futrell received advanced training in psychiatric differential diagnosis as well as violence and risk assessment at Nassau University Medical Center, where she completed a specialty rotation in hospital Consultation and Liaison and provided assessment and treatment on an inpatient forensic ward. She completed advanced post-doctoral training in neurocognitive disorders, assessment of decision-making capacity, and diagnosis and treatment of medically complex patients with psychiatric co-morbidity.
Dr. Futrell’s wide-ranging experience across multiple clinical domains has allowed her to develop an interdisciplinary expertise that provides a unique and insightful perspective on psycho-legal questions. She is currently available to provide strategic consulting in cases with a mental health component as well as forensic evaluations. Dr. Futrell is an active member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts as well as the American Society of Trial Consultants. Her CV is available upon request.
Contact information:
214.878.1313