A biographical sketch, full curriculum vitae, sample publications, and contact information appear on other pages.

News Alerts:

See the "Documents" page of this site for information on the day long CE program on Parenting Coordination" scheduled for August 13th in Boston.

The 3rd Edition of Ethics in Psychology (now expanded to include coverage of all the mental health professions) is now available for sale. Click here: Oxford University Press USA Web Site

A video-based CE program demonstrating my approach to working with children who have medical problems may be found at this link: http://www.psychotherapy.net/video/koocher_medical_child_therapy&promotion=Koocher

If you are interested in downloading a copy of the IRB Researcher Assessment Tool (IRB-RAT), please go to the "Documents" page.

If you are interested in the PsyDR-2 (Psychologists' Desk Reference, 2nd Edition)click here: PsyDR-2 Web Site

If you are interested in the peer-reviewed journal I edit, click here: Link to Ethics & Behavior publisher's site

On the "documents" page you will find some downloadable files containing useful information for psychological practitioners.

My professional practice focuses on coping with chronic and life-threatening illness, bereavement, and the interface of mental health practice, ethics, and law.

Recent Articles and Chapters:

Horowitz, L. M., Wang, P. S., Koocher, G. P., Burr, B. H., Smith, M. F., Klavon, S, & Cleary, P. D. (2001). Detecting Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Emergency Department: Development of a Brief Screening Tool Pediatrics, 107, 1133 1137.

Koocher, G. P. (2002). Using the CABLES Model to Assess and Minimize Risk in Research: Control Group Hazards. Ethics & Behavior, 12, 75-86.

Koocher, G. P. (2002). Mentor Revealed: Masculinization of an Early Feminist Construct. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice., 33, 509-510.

Koocher, G. P. & Rey-Casserly, C. M. (2002). Ethical Issues in Psychological Assessment. In: Graham, J. R. & Naglieri, J. A. (Eds.). Handbook of Assessment Psychology. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Koocher, G. P. (2003). Ethical and Legal Issues in Professional Practice Transitions. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34, 4, 383-387.

Koocher, G. P. (2003). Ethical Issues in Psychotherapy with Adolescents. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59, 1247-1256.

Gudas, L. S. & Koocher, G. P. (2003) Grief and Bereavement. In Behrman, R. E. (Ed.). Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. St. Louis: Mosby, pp. 117-120.

Koocher, G. P. (2004). First, AIDE for Pediatric Psychology. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 29, 53-54.

Koocher, G. P. (2004). Ethics and the Advertising of Professional Services: Blame Canada. Canadian Psychology, 45, 137-138.

Koocher, G. P. (2005). Following the Money: Economic Inhibitors of Change Affecting Graduate Education in Clinical Psychology. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 1171-1174.

Koocher, G.P. (2005). Behavioral Research with Children: The Fenfluramine Challenge. In E. Kodesh (Ed.). Learning from Cases: Ethics and Research with Children. New York, Oxford University Press., (pp. 179-193).

Norcross, J. C., Koocher, G. P., & Garofalo, G. P. (2006) Discredited Psychological Treatments and Tests: A Delphi Poll. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 37, 515-52

Barnett, J. E., Behnke, S. H., Rosenthal, S. L., & Koocher, A. (2007). In Case of Ethical Dilemma Break Glass: Commentary on Ethical Decision Making in Practice. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 38, 7-12.

Behnke, S. H. & Koocher, G. P. (2007). Commentary on “Psychologists and the Use of Torture in Interrogations.” Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 7, 1-6.

Koocher, G. P. (2007) 21^st Century Ethical Challenges for Psychology. American Psychologist, 62 (5), 375-384.

Recent Books:

Koocher, G. P., Norcross, J. C., & Hill, S. S. (Eds.). (2005). PsyDR: Psychologists' Desk Reference, 2nd Edition New York: Oxford University Press.

Sparta, S. & Koocher, G. P. (Eds.). (2006). Forensic Assessment of Children and Adolescents New York: Oxford University Press.

Koocher, G. P. & Keith-Spiegel, P. C. (2008). Ethics in Psychology and the Mental Health Professions: Professional Standards and Cases (third edition). New York: Oxford University Press.

Norcross, J. C., Hogan T., & Koocher, G. P. (2008). The Clinician's Guide to Empirically Based Research in Mental Health and the Addictions. New York: Oxford University Press.

Research in progress:

Koocher, G. P. (Principal Investigator and Keith-Spiegel, P. C., & Sieber, J. (Co-Investigators)

Title: Colleagues as a Defence Against Bad Science Source: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Office of Research Integrity