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Lepage Associates
Solution-Based Psychological
& Psychiatric Services
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5842 Fayetteville Road #106
Durham, NC 27713
919-572-0000 |
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Our office provides an ideal location with excellent accessibility for all of our Triangle clients. Serving Durham, Chapel Hill, RTP, Morrisville, Cary, and Raleigh.
The perfect mid-point between Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Cary, Morrisville, and Durham, near RTP and only 1/2 mile off I-40:
• Durham - S. Durham near Southpoint Mall
• 5 minutes from RTP offices
• Chapel Hill - only 8 miles from CH center
• Morrisville - only 10 miles
• Cary - only 15 miles
• Raleigh - only 10 miles from W. Raleigh and a bit further from downtown
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Looking for a psychologist, therapist, counselor, or psychiatrist in the Triangle, NC (Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Cary, Research Triangle Park/RTP, and the surrounding areas)?
Our psychologists and psychiatrists can meet all of your mental health needs. In addition to our psychological and psychiatric services for adults, our team includes child psychologists, child therapists, child counselors, and child psychiatrists experienced in play therapy and child/teen therapy with children and adolescents.
Therapy/Counseling; Testing/Evaluation; Psychiatric Medication/Psychiatry; Medication Evaluation/Medication Management; Consultation; Mediation; and Coaching – by a highly experienced team of caring and competent doctors. Adult psychologists / child psychologists and adult psychiatrists /child psychiatrists.
Providing high-quality therapy and counseling, medication evaluation and management, psychological evaluation, educational evaluation, and forensic evaluation to Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Cary, Research Triangle Park/RTP and the surrounding areas of the Triangle, NC.
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| OVERVIEW OF FORENSIC SERVICES |
Domestic/Family |
Criminal |
Civil |
Adult/Teen/Child |
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Criminal Forensic Evaluations
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Adult & Juvenile |
CIVIL FORENSIC EVALUATIONS
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Adult & Juvenile |
 Psychological Evaluation/
 Risk Assessment
Substance Abuse Evaluation/
Risk Assessment
Sentencing/Dispositional Assessment
Sexual Offender Evaluations
Child Abuser Evaluations
Competency to Stand Trial Evaluations
Mitigation/Diminished Capacity
Juvenile Competence/Miranda Waiver
Juvenile Waiver Hearing
(Transfer to Adult Court)
Reliability of Child Witness
Assessment of Mitigating Factors
Insanity Defense Evaluations
Death Penalty Evaluations
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Personal Injury Evaluations
Disability Determination
Impact of Trauma Assessments
Independent Medical Examinations
(Second Opinion Evaluations)
Psychological Factors in Harassment,
Sexual Harassment, and Discrimination
Worker’s Compensation
Competency to Execute Will / Power of
Attorney
Competency Regarding Guardianship
of Incapacitated Individual
Civil Competency Evaluations
Psychological & Substance Abuse
Evaluations |
Family Court
Evaluations & Mediation |
Therapy Services
FOR ALL AGES |
Custody Evaluations
Visitation Evaluations &
Visitation Risk Assessments
Parental Competency Evaluations
Legal Guardianship Evaluations
Grandparent Visitation Assessments
Child Abuse Evaluations
Termination of Parental Rights
Adoption Readiness Evaluations
Mediation of Parental Conflicts
Divorce Mediation & Parenting Plan
Mediation (The Center for Separating
with Civility & Divorcing with Dignity®)
Mediation/Coaching for
Cooperative Co-Parenting
Mediation/Coaching for
Parallel Parenting
Parent Coordinator services
Development of Family
Reunification Plans |
For defendants, offenders,
plaintiffs, and victims
Post-trauma, depression, anxiety,
phobias, and all other psychological
and family issues
Crisis and supportive
counseling for victims
Anger Management
Court-Ordered Treatment
Diversion: Juvenile Delinquency
& Adult Jail
Substance Abuse Treatment
Family Therapy
Parenting Skills: Parent
Education & Coaching
Therapeutic Supervised Visitation
Therapy for adults, teens,
and children
Unique setting; for those who need a
different approach we have walking
trails, outdoor therapy space, pool
table, media room, and games |
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CONSULTATION SERVICES
For Lawyers, Probation/Parole Officers, and Correctional/Police Officers on Mental Health issues; for Mental Health Practitioners on the Criminal Justice System, Civil Court, Family Court, and Testimony.
BRIEF BIOS OF OUR FORENSIC EXPERTISE
(Click here for more in-depth information on our expertise specific to forensic services.)
AT LEPAGE ASSOCIATES, WE HAVE ASSEMBLED A HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEAM OF CLINICAL AND FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGISTS:
Dr. Tina Lepage: Several years experience doing psychological, substance abuse, custody, and juvenile and adult forensic evaluations for courts, community centers, schools, and in private practice. Dr. Lepage worked as a Family Court Psychologist prior to founding the practice. She is also a certified Juvenile Forensic Evaluator, trained by the University of Virginia Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, a premier nationally recognized training institute for forensics. Her dissertation topic was designing effective custody evaluations, and she is a NC Parent Coordinator. Special expertise in custody, divorce, mediation, and clinically complex psychological evaluations.
Dr. Katrina Kuzyszyn-Jones: In addition to a doctorate in clinical psychology, has a master’s in forensic psychology. Comprehensive forensic psychology training in criminal, civil, and domestic issues, to include evaluations and therapy for defendants, offenders, plaintiffs, and victims. Also trained on the UNC Forensic Team. Death penalty investigation experience. State and federal correctional psychology experience to include substance abuse and sexual offender evaluation and treatment. Additional expertise in custody evaluations. Her dissertation topic was on Integrated Psychotherapy for Offenders with Antisocial Personality Disorder.
Dr. Rhonda Karg: In-depth knowledge and experience in substance abuse assessment. In addition to her clinical work in substance abuse assessment, Dr. Karg continues to work as a researcher, studying the effectiveness and usefulness of various substance abuse assessment instruments and interventions in the U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Nicole Imbraguglio: Extensive experience in conducting psychoeducational evaluations across the academic spectrum, to include evaluating for learning disabilities, AD/HD, and mental retardation in adults and children. An excellent resource when such cognitive issues are raised. Also experienced in adoption readiness evaluations.
Family Court Matters
For Separating & Divorcing Couples
 The Center for Separating with Civility & Divorcing with Dignity® (Click here for information on our unique divorce services center; the only Center in the
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. Page contains a wealth of information regarding
all facets of divorce: choosing the right process for you and your family; child issues; financial issues.)
 Custody & Visitation Evaluations
Click here for in-depth information on custody evaluations
For Juvenile Delinquency
 Individual & Family Therapy
 Psychological Evaluations
To assist with diagnostic clarification & treatment recommendations
 Risk Assessments
 Substance Abuse Evaluations
 Competency to Stand Trial Evaluations
 The Insanity Defense Evaluations
 Sex Offender Evaluations
 Click here for more in-depth information on evaluation services
Criminal Court Matters
FOR DEFENDANTS & OFFENDERS
 Psychological Evaluations
 Risk Assessments
 Substance Abuse Evaluations
 Sex Offender Evaluations
 Competency to Stand Trial evaluations
 The Insanity Defense Evaluation
 Therapy
 Anger Management
 Out-patient therapy for substance abuse
 Click here for more in-depth information on evaluation services
For Plaintiffs/Victims
 Psychological evaluations (to establish harm to psychological functioning, such as might be caused by stress and result in depression, anxiety, post-trauma symptoms, inability to work or otherwise function in daily life, etc)
 Therapy
 Click here for more in-depth information on evaluation services
Civil Court Matters
For Defendants
 Psychological evaluations
 Risk Assessments
 Substance Abuse evaluations
 Therapy
 Anger Management
 Out-patient therapy for substance abuse
 Click here for more in-depth information on evaluation services
For Plaintiffs
 Psychological evaluations (to establish harm to psychological functioning, such as might be caused by stress and result in depression, anxiety, post-trauma symptoms, inability to work or otherwise function in daily life, etc)
 Therapy
 Click here for more in-depth information on evaluation services
Disability Determinations
For Claimants
 For initial claimant hearings regarding entitlement to disability insurance benefits.
 For reconsideration determinations for entitlement to benefits.
We offer written evaluations/opinions as well as expert testimony as needed.
Depositions and Testimony
We are happy to provide testimony should you and your attorney determine it would be helpful to your case. However, your attorney must subpoena us if you want us to be deposed or provide testimony; we will not appear without subpoena. Depositions and/or testimony as fact witness or as expert witness are billed at $350.00 per hour time spent preparing for and giving deposition and/or testimony, port to port. If you are receiving a court-ordered evaluation, depositions and testimony may be part of the services we are asked to provide as part of the evaluation; however, these are not covered under the flat fee of the evaluation. We will require a retainer up-front based on an estimate of time that we will provide, and we will not appear at deposition or in court without pre-payment of said retainer. If we over-estimate time needed any remaining retainer will be promptly returned within 48 business hours of deposition or testimony completion. To assure we are available for you, we require ten business days notice to appear at deposition or in court, to allow us time to clear our schedules, with the retainer due in full five business days in advance of appearance. We are happy to speak with your attorney to help determine if our testimony would be useful in your case.
WHAT IS FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY?
Almost every area of psychology is relevant to some aspect of the law. For example, developmentalpsychology affects the study of the effects of divorce on children. Socialpsychology affects the influence of group think on terrorism laws. Clinical psychology influences the prediction of dangerousness in the mentally ill. Cognitive psychology influences the study of the reliability of memory in eyewitness testimony. Psychology and the law have a long history dating back to the early 1900’s. However, the goals of the criminal justice system and psychology are fairly divergent.
The goal of psychology is to provide a full and accurate explanation of human behavior while the goal of the criminal justice system or law is to regulate human behavior. Criminal justice depends on precedents while psychology believes our current understanding of human behavior should be revised in light of new data. Lawyers advocate for a particular view; psychologists remain objective and focus on what the data show. Given these differing objectives, one might wonder whypsychology and the criminal justice system should merge.These two disciplines overlapsimply because the criminal justice system shapes people and there are many inescapably psychological issues in the legal system. Such issues are generally studied by those who practice forensic psychology. Forensic psychology includes research that examines aspects of human behavior directly related to legal processes. It is the professional practice of psychology within or in consultation with a legal system that encompasses family, criminal, and civil law. Most forensic psychologists are clinical psychologists who receive continuing education and training in forensic psychology. Forensic psychologists also may be asked to testify as experts on a variety of topics such as mental health diagnosis, treatment efficacy, and the impact of trauma on an individual.
Clinical Forms and Information On Payment & Insurance
Click here to go to Couple's Counseling / Marriage Therapy
Click here to go to Adult & Child Psychiatry
Click here to go to Divorce Services
Click here to go to Forensic Services
Click here to go to Business Service
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