President

Deirdre D’Orazio, Ph.D.

Assistant Chief Psychologist with the SVP Conditional Release Program

Central Coast Clinical & Forensic Psychology Services

Atascadero, CA

Dr. Deirdre D'Orazio is a clinical and forensic psychologist in state service and private practice. She is employed by the California Department of State Hospitals where she has held a variety of positions over the past twenty-four years servicing forensically committed individuals, including Director of the sexual offense treatment program and program evaluation services, civil commitment evaluator, and currently as Assistant Chief Psychologist with the SVP Conditional Release Program. She is president of the California Association for Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (CalATSA) and sits on the leadership boards for the California Sex Offender Management Board and the Sexual Offense Civil Commitment Network. She served on the board of directors of the ATSA, the California Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, and the CA Coalition on Sexual Offending (CCOSO). Dr. D’Orazio is a recipient of the Fay Honey Knopp award by the CCOSO for positive and sustained contributions to the field of sexual offense intervention, and an ATSA fellow. She has publications, professional trainings, media interviews, and research in the areas of sexual offense risk assessment, paraphilic disorders, abuse disclosures, best practices in offense prevention and treatment, professional ethics, and supervision. Dr. D’Orazio has provided program evaluation and consultancy internationally and evaluations, expert witness testimony, and direct treatment services for more than 2,000 individuals that have perpetrated or been harmed by violent or sexual crimes. She holds psychologist licenses in California, Minnesota, Washington and North Dakota and is a certified trainer for multiple risk assessment tools.