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Dr. David Zakin is a senior psychologist at the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC). In addition to conducting medical-legal evaluations and providing psychological treatment, he has served as the Barrington Center’s treatment director. With a clinical specialty in post-traumatic stress disorder, Dr. Zakin has taught workshops and conducted training on the diagnosis and treatment of this

Dr. Sasha Watts is a clinical psychologist with the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC), joining the expert staff in 2008. Her specialties include the area of workers’ compensation, disability, treatment, post-traumatic stress disorder, personal injury, surgical evaluations, industrial-related trauma response and assessment. Prior to joining BPC Dr. Watts was a psychological evaluator and a staff psychologist.

Over the past 25 years, Dr. Matthew Ryan has served the Workers’ Compensation community as an agreed medical examiner, a qualified medical examiner and as an expert in psychological trauma. He is known for his ability to provide thorough and objective clinical evaluations. Dr. Ryan has been affiliated with Barrington Psychiatric Center since 1986 and

Dr. Joshua Pretsky has been practicing at the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC) in the field of workers’ compensation for 10 years. Appointed as a QME in 1999 and board certified in psychiatry, he has had extensive experience conducting QME evaluations, treatment evaluations and the psychiatric treatment of injured workers. As a highly respected psychiatrist, Dr.

Dr. Stefanie Doyle Peters joined the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC) in 1986 and is the senior clinical consultant in psychology. She conducts evaluations, consultations and gives expert testimony on behalf of both defense and plaintiffs in a wide range of civil cases. While specializing in the areas of employment litigation (sexual harassment, age discrimination, racial

Dr. Robert Godwin has been conducting psychological and forensic evaluations for the Barrington Psychiatric Center since 1988. Dr. Godwin also provides psychotherapeutic treatment of work injuries and he has developed effective, short-term treatment protocols for work-related psychiatric injuries and post-traumatic stress injuries. As a leading expert, Dr. Godwin is often asked to assess particularly complex

Dr. Sharon Furman, a clinical psychologist, has been working for the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC) as a qualified medical expert since 2007. At BPC, Dr. Furman works with issues of depression, anxiety and childhood trauma. One of her strengths is her ability to successfully work with various cultures while addressing the issues surrounding emotional problems.

Dr. Raymond Friedman founded the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC) in 1972 and serves as its medical director. Since 2004, he has concentrated his medical-legal practice on agreed medical examinations in psychiatry and his work is in constant demand. As a widely recognized expert, Dr. Friedman conducts clinical research on psychotherapy and post-traumatic stress disorder and

Dr. Loretta Fox has been a forensic psychologist with the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC) since 1995. At BPC she performs independent medical evaluations and record reviews of short- and long-term disability cases. Dr. Fox also has extensive experience in the treatment and evaluation of individuals suffering from and alleging a wide-range of psychological disorders as

Dr. Roberta Falke has been a staff forensic psychologist at the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC) since 1987. In the civil arena, she has testified in numerous cases involving psychological consequences of disfigurement, sexual harassment, exposure to trauma, physical injuries to children, racial discrimination and medical malpractice. As a member of BPC critical incident debriefing team,

Dr. James Deck has been a forensic psychologist with the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC) since 1988. Over the years, Dr. Deck has conducted both plaintiff and defendant evaluations in personal injury. Additionally, he has served as an expert in cases involving fitness for duty, long-term disability, workers’ compensation, psychiatric disorders due to medical conditions as

Dr. Mark Alfano is a board-certified neuropsychologist and rehabilitation psychologist at the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC), evaluating patients suffering from mild-to-severe traumatic brain injuries and other neurological conditions. Currently, Dr. Alfano is the lead psychologist at Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, Santa Barbara.  Prior to his current position, he was senior clinical rehabilitation neuropsychologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical

Dr. Kimberly Alfano is an ABPP-ABCN board certified clinical neuropsychologist at the Barrington Psychiatric Center (BPC).  She has extensive experience evaluating patients suffering from mild- to-severe traumatic brain injuries and other neurological conditions. For many years, Dr. Alfano has conducted criminal evaluations as a panel member for San Bernardino County.  She also works as a