Northcentral University

9 Lindsay Wright, Psy.D. Greetings! My name is Dr. Lindsay Wright and I am excited to be part of the newly established NCUPA. Aside from my role as a co-chair for the NCUPA, I am a licensed clinical psychologist and have specialized in forensic psychology over the past 15 years. Prior to starting my career at NCU in 2015, I spent an extended period of time working in federal and state prisons, working as a hostage negotiator, working in forensic hospitals, and completing forensic assessments. Presently, when I am now teaching at NCU as the Forensic Psychology Internship Coordinator, I perform sexual and violence risk assessments as well as psychological assessments of complex cases. I truly love the variety of my roles as my teaching and clinical practice inform each other and allow me to continuously learn and thus inform all areas of my work. While I am passionate about my career, I truly believe it is very important to have a good work life balance. In essence, I think we should work to live, not live to work. So, when I am not working, I work hard to truly relax and enjoy my hobbies. I spend a lot of time with my two children, Riley and Abigail, and taking as many adventures as possible. This summer we are headed off on our 4th cross country road trip. I also enjoy long distance backpacking, traveling to new and unique places, trail running, studying and engaging in activities in fisheries and wildlife, and playing and coaching field hockey. Related to this, I run a youth field hockey program and am the head coach of a varsity team. I spend a lot of time with field hockey and actually just returned from a national conference. I am also working on a degree in fisheries and wildlife. As part of that, I am headed to an uninhabited island this summer to do research on endemic amphibians. I truly think it is important to invest in as many interests as you can, have as many new experiences as you can, and not just devote yourself to work. All of these experiences inform one another and allow me to relax so I can be truly engaged when I am at work. Daniel B. Pitchford, Ph.D. Hello from the Last Frontier! My name is Dr. Daniel B. Pitchford, and I share in Dr. Wright's excitement to be of service as a co-chair of the association. It has been a pleasure to share in its beginnings, and I look forward to supporting its evolution with everyone. So, I've been at NCU since 2010 and have worked across many schools/departments as a faculty and chair – all have been a wonderful experience. My clinical work began almost 20 years ago and has included co- developing and co-leading a certification program on the specialization in trauma studies and in the area of suicide and psychological autopsies as well as serving in several capacities within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Native tribes in the United States, psychiatric inpatient hospital settings, and many not-for-profit organizations. My research and clinical interests have also afforded me opportunities to write, and I have written several works in relationship to this research and clinical interests, and in particular, am co-author of Biography of Disease Series: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (ABC-Clio Press), and Humanistic and Existential Approaches in the Treatment of PTSD (Routledge), and author of Neuropsychology of Nightmares reported by Iraq War Veterans (Nova Publishers). I continue to explore these areas, and am particularly interested in meaning-making experiences of loss and the nature of soul loss, working toward culturally- informed psychological autopsies and suicide, and the nature of personal transformation and cultural mythology within experiences of traumatic stress. My non-academic adventures often include spending time being creative with culinary experimentation, writing poetry and music, and life exploration, discovering new cultures, practices, and areas unknown. Of recent, I have been traversing the Yukon, and areas of Alaska, saturating in the winter months and wildlife.

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