Forensic Assessment Services Team - FAST

09/11/2025

Our inbox is bursting at the seams with praise for Dr. Jolene Simpson!

We’re 0% surprised, and 110% thrilled by -- and in agreement with! -- this attorney's accolades. We're so grateful for our team, and delighted when attorneys take a moment to praise our evaluators' evidence-driven forensic excellence 🧠✨

09/05/2025

They said you can’t. We said Yukon.

FAST has expanded to ensure evidence-driven psycholegal services are within reach across the North. So, if you've ever thought, "I just can’t get a top tier forensic evaluation this far north," think again -- because now, Yukon.

FAST: turning "you can’t" into Yukon.

08/28/2025

Your forensic psychologist and your forensic psychologist a̶r̶e̶ g̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶m̶a̶r̶r̶i̶e̶d̶ joined forces 🧨

08/13/2025

🥳Happy 1st Birthday to FAST!🍰 Year #1 sure flew by... *fast* (groan!). In the last 12 months, we’ve blossomed from a tiny practice of two forensic psychologists who dared to dream big to a thriving team of 20 top-notch evaluators and world-class affiliates. And we’re just getting started...

From our first referral to our first birthday, thank you for trusting FAST with your most complex cases. The verdict is in: this year was sweet.

Now it's time for your testimony: What’s been your favorite FAST moment from our 1st year?

08/11/2025

08/03/2025

Well, it’s official: FAST must be the new “it” practice… because we’ve reached the milestone of being on the receiving end of our very first phishing attempt!

Last night, someone impersonated one of our evaluators and asked us to deposit payments to updated account information. Fortunately, we caught -- and reported -- the attempted fraud promptly.

This is a powerful reminder that even small, mission-driven teams like ours aren’t immune to scams. The silver lining? Our internal safeguards worked exactly as they're supposed to 💪

A few take-home tips for anyone handling sensitive info at work or at home:

--> Verify unexpected financial requests through a second method: call or video chat with the person to confirm.

--> Be cautious with email and text requests involving money or account changes, even if they seem to come from someone you know.

--> If it feels fishy, listen to your gut, and pause before taking any action, even one click.

As the fisherman in this photo illustrates, balance is everything -- whether you're navigating a canoe or a suspicious email. Let’s keep our phishing adventures where they belong: on beautiful bodies of water.

07/24/2025

🔥 FAST Forward 🔥 FAST's inaugural Fall/Winter speaker lineup, is right around the corner! Mark your calendars for cutting-edge psycholegal topics presented by renowned speakers.

While we may lack Coldplay’s pyrotechnics, with a lineup this good, we’re expecting kiss-cam-level enthusiasm (minus the PDA and scandal).

Consider this your front-row invitation to forensic brilliance... with the bonus of APA-approved CEs 🎤⚖️

07/11/2025

More exciting news from the FAST lane: We’ve finally embraced our limitations and admitted we can’t do all the things, all the time. So, we’re thrilled to extend a warm welcome to Kristen Prater and her powerhouse team at 9to5office.com!

9to5 is here to wrangle our firehose of records, tame our wild inboxes, and help us spend more time swimming in the deep end of forensic practice — and less time battling email tsunamis.

Since 9to5 specializes in supporting forensic psychology practices, they know the difference between diminished capacity and diminished capacity to answer emails before the statute of limitations runs out 😉

We're thrilled to kick things off with our new partners in crime (analysis). Welcome to Team FAST!

07/03/2025

🎆🎇 Big news from FAST! 🎇🎆

It's official: FAST is now an APA-approved continuing education (CE) sponsor! Forensic psychology-specific CE opportunities are heading your way soon.

FAST-sponsored trainings will be pragmatic, evidence-driven, and designed for real-world practice issues.

👉 Got a topic you want to learn more about? Drop us a comment or message. We're building this for you.

Stay tuned for exciting things ahead!

06/25/2025

FAST values innovation, but never the “move fast and break things” kind. (Except for Dr. McLawsen, who managed to tear her MCL and ACL on a recent hike. Whoops.)

While one half of FAST leadership takes a forced hiatus from blazing literal trails, you bet our team will keep moving full speed ahead: providing high-quality, evidence-driven evaluations at the speed you need!

05/09/2025

We were honored to speak at the Office of Forensic Mental Health Services/University of Washington postdoctoral seminar series about psychological evaluations for immigration matters, a high-stakes, high-impact area of practice at the intersection of psychology, policy, and the law. We’re so grateful for the opportunity to share our expertise, and for the thoughtful discussions that arose. Let’s keep this critical conversation going!

05/06/2025

We've developed quite the reputation for working FAST, delivering timely, evidence-driven evaluations when the stakes are high. But even a high-speed team knows when to press pause. Today was about slowing down for some well-earned restoration. The occasional slow-down isn't a break from FAST. Rather, it's how we sustain it.