Kaplan Forensic Psychological Services Description

Dr. Lauren E. Kaplan is a clinical and forensic psychologist licensed to practice in the states of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. A Louisville native, she received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D), with an emphasis in Forensic Psychology, from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky.  Dr. Kaplan has experience working in numerous clinical and forensic settings, including forensic psychiatric centers and correctional facilities.


Dr. Kaplan specializes in psychological testing and assessment, conducting both clinical and forensic psychological evaluations. She has experience administering a variety of psychological assessments, including personality and forensic assessments, risk assessments, cognitive and academic achievement tests, and behavioral assessments. She primarily assists with forensic cases at the county, state, and federal levels, and has provided consultative and forensic evaluation services for legal proceedings in numerous counties located across Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana.  


As a private practitioner, she works with courts and lawyers on both sides of the bar, providing evaluations and expert testimony for criminal and civil cases.  She is often sought out for her multicultural approach and sensitivity to factors such as culture, gender, and socioeconomic status.  She maintains a small therapy caseload and has extensive experience providing individual, group, and couples counseling.

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Postdoctoral Experience:

As a postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Kaplan provided individual, family, and couples therapy using evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, combined with psychodynamic and interpersonal approaches.  Additionally, she provided group therapy services for Department of Child Services (DCS) involved adolescent females in a residential, group home setting, and conducted psychological forensic evaluations for Juvenile Probation in the greater Southern Indiana area.


Dr. Kaplan is contracted with the Clark County Department of Job and Family Services (CCDJFS) to provide a variety of psychological evaluation services, such as parental capacity, adoption readiness, and psychosexual-risk evaluations.  She also assisted the Court Clinic in Cincinnati, Ohio with forensic evaluations, including Mitigation of Sentence and Treatment Advisability.  Dr. Kaplan supervises masters-level clinicians and doctoral students in the application of clinical and forensic psychology, with special emphasis on diagnostic and forensic assessment.

Professional Development

Education

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Indiana University, Southeast. Psychology Minor: Spanish 2011 [4.0 G.P.A.] 


Master of Arts (M.A.) Spalding University School of Professional Psychology. Clinical Psychology. Forensic track 2015. [4.0 G.P.A]


Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) Spalding University School of Professional Psychology. Clinical Psychology. Forensic track 2018.  [4.0 G.P.A.]


Doctoral Internship

The Wright State University pre-doctoral internship was an APA-accredited doctoral internship affiliated with the university and, located in Dayton, Ohio.



Dr. Kaplan's training included a one year rotation at The Forensic Psychiatry Center for Western Ohio, which is housed in Eastway Behavioral Healthcare in Dayton, Ohio.


The Forensic Psychiatry Center is one of the 10 Forensic Centers certified by the state of Ohio to provide court-referred, complex forensic community evaluations.

Dr. Kaplan had the privilege of receiving hands-on training and direct supervision from Western Forensic Psychiatry director, Dr. Kara Marciani, ABPP.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Psychological Association (APA)
  • American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS)
  • Association for the Treatment & Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA)
  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
  • Dayton Area Psychological Association (DAPA)
  • Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA)
  • Ohio Psychological Association (OPA)