Clinical Psychologist & Board Certified Geropsychologist
Providing Consultation & Witness Services
Dr. Stephen L. Benson provides forensic psychology services in Wichita, Kansas, including capacity evaluations, guardianship matters, expert witness services, and consultation for attorneys, courts, healthcare organizations, and families.
A clinical psychologist and board-certified geropsychologist with more than 25 years of experience, he addresses questions at the intersection of psychology, medicine, aging, and the legal system throughout the United States. His dual Kansas and California licensure supports work on complex, multi-state matters.
Questions regarding an individual's ability to make informed decisions often arise in legal, healthcare, and family settings.
Dr. Benson conducts evaluations related to:
These evaluations provide objective information that can assist courts, attorneys, healthcare professionals, and families in making informed decisions.
One of Dr. Benson's primary specializations is the intersection of aging, cognitive decline, dementia, and legal decision-making. As populations age, questions involving independence, safety, healthcare planning, guardianship, conservatorship, and capacity become increasingly common. His combined experience in geropsychology, clinical, and forensic psychology bridges legal, medical, and family concerns in these complex situations.
Dr. Benson provides expert witness services involving psychological, cognitive, and aging-related issues.
Services may include:
Dr. Benson regularly consults with attorneys on capacity, guardianship, conservatorship, cognitive functioning, dementia, and aging-related concerns arising in legal proceedings.
Forensic consultation is available exclusively for legal matters and includes expert review, case analysis, record review, and expert testimony across civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings. Attorneys are encouraged to contact the office to discuss case-specific needs.
Forensic psychology applies psychological knowledge and assessment methods to legal, judicial, and administrative matters. Unlike therapy, forensic services answer specific referral questions through evaluation, consultation, record review, and professional opinion.
Dr. Benson's forensic work frequently addresses decision-making capacity, undue influence, financial exploitation, guardianship, conservatorship, dementia, and cognitive functioning for attorneys, courts, healthcare organizations, and families.
Forensic psychology services may be requested by:
Dr. Benson's forensic work is designed to provide objective psychological information that can assist decision-making in legal, healthcare, and family contexts.
The forensic consultation process begins with an initial discussion regarding the referral question, case background, and requested services. A forensic consultation is distinct from a typical psychological consultation or the other consultation services Dr. Benson provides: it is undertaken specifically to inform legal matters through objective analysis, rather than to offer clinical care or general professional guidance.
Each matter is reviewed individually to determine the most appropriate course of action and ensure that requested services fall within the scope of professional practice.
Forensic services differ substantially from clinical treatment services. The purpose of a forensic evaluation is to provide information regarding specific referral questions rather than ongoing treatment.
Dr. Benson approaches each matter with professionalism, impartiality, and adherence to established ethical and professional standards. His opinions are based on available information, evaluation findings, clinical expertise, peer reviewed research, relevant legal statutes, and accepted psychological principles.
Dr. Benson is licensed in Kansas and California and provides forensic psychology services and consultation throughout both states and across the United States.
He works with attorneys, healthcare organizations, courts, and families across a wide geographic region seeking expertise in psychological evaluation, dementia related concerns, capacity assessment, guardian and conservatorship matters, and expert witness consultation.
For attorney consultation, guardianship and conservatorship evaluations, capacity assessments, expert witness services, or other forensic psychology matters, contact Dr. Benson's office to discuss your needs.
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