Cochrane Expert Testimony

Dr. Cochrane has over 25 years of clinical experience and he has taught psychotherapy skills to Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Family Physicians and Graduate Students for over 20 years. He has provided psychological assessments, reports, consultation and expert testimony for 18 years. He believes that psychotherapists should conduct their art of psychotherapy with support from scientific research but, when the focus shifts from the therapy process to the legal process, science must take precedence over art. Because legal proceedings have lasting impact on the parties involved, justice requires that the psychology in question be based upon credible science.

Dr. Cochrane is a Registered Psychologist BCCP (00887) and a member of the Canadian Health Service Providers in Psychology (03607). He also holds a Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology (1492) granted by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards in the USA and Canada. He is a member of the Medical Legal Society of B.C.

Dr. Cochrane has publications in a number of professional journals including the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis the medical journal Diagnosis and The Journal of the Canadian Family Physician. His work has been cited in The Harvard Guide To Psychiatry. His most recent papers on psychology and the law are published in The Journal of the New York State Bar Association, 2010 and in the Trial Lawyers of B.C. journal, The Verdict, 2008.

The Trial Lawyers Association of Ontario published his paper Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update for Personal Injury Lawyers in The Litigator (2006) and the TLABC published his paper, Psychology, Expert Testimony and the Law in The Verdict (2004). His paper, Psychology, Expert Testimony and the Law, was published in the Washington State Bar Review, March, 2001. His paper, Psychology and the Law: What is Credible; What is Questionable and What is Junk? was published in the November 2002 edition of in The Advocate.

Dr. Cochrane can make a valuable contribution in the legal field because of his extensive clinical experience, his understanding of research design and analysis-of-variance, his experience with psychological assessment tools and procedures, his familiarity with the professional literature, his refined writing skills and his polished public speaking skills.