Katherine Porterfield Explained

Kate Porterfield is an American child psychologist with a background in treating survivors of torture.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She is a staff psychologist at the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture at New York City's Bellevue Hospital.Porterfield is also on Faculty at New York University's Medical School.[7] [8]

Education

Porterfield earned her PhD at the University of Michigan in 1998.[1]

Career

Porterfield's advice was cited as New York City coped with the trauma of al Qaeda's surprise attacks on September 11, 2001.[9] Porterfield has been called upon to serve as a public speaker on the effects of torture on children.[10] Porterfield is also an expert in using art therapy and improvisational theater to reach traumatized children.[5] [11] Porterfield was later called upon by the Center for Constitutional Rights to provide training in how to address torture survivors for the attorneys who volunteered to serve on behalf of Guantanamo captives.[6] She also helped Guantanamo captives' attorneys to deal with transferred trauma—trauma felt after hearing about torture. Porterfield is the first psychologist authorized to travel to Guantanamo to conduct a psychological evaluation of a captive—visiting Omar Khadr, a captive who was captured when he was fifteen years old.[4] She has also worked with Amanda Lindhout, following her release from Somali captivity in December 2009.[12]

In 2016, Porterfield testifed in the trial of Lisa Montgomery.[13] In 2023, she testified as a defense witness in the trial of Robert Bowers.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: Katherine Porterfield, Ph.D.: Clinical Co-Director . . 2008-12-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119153853/http://www.survivorsoftorture.org/who-we-are/staff/katherine-porterfield-phd . 2008-11-19.
  2. News: Rooms Where the Wars Refuse to End . New York Times. Erica Kinetz. Erica Kinetz. 2003-04-27. 2008-12-04.
  3. News: Case of Detained Nigerian Girl Takes U.S. Agency to London. New York Times. Eric P. Schmitt. Eric P. Schmitt. 2001-06-26. 2008-12-04.
  4. News: Mental assessment of 'traumatized' Omar Khadr difficult, lawyer says . . Colin Perkel . Colin Perkel . 2008-12-04 . 2008-12-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205035658/http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/canada/article/149901 . 2008-12-05.
  5. News: Storytelling/Bookmaking Techniques and Tips . . Kate Porterfield . Kate Porterfield . 2008-12-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181814/http://www.cvt.org/file.php?ID=59139 . 2011-07-21.
  6. News: Dr. Kate Porterfield Provides Trainings for Attorneys of Guantanamo Detainees . . 2008-12-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100705200443/http://www.survivorsoftorture.org/old/newsletter/newsletter.html#training . 2010-07-05.
  7. News: Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture Staff . . 2012-01-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120303085554/http://www.survivorsoftorture.org/who-we-are/staff . 2012-03-03.
  8. News: NYU School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry: Training Program Administration and Faculty . . 2008-12-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080916103741/http://www.med.nyu.edu/psych/training/intern/admin_faculty.html . September 16, 2008 .
  9. The Crash After the Crash. New York Magazine. Sarah Bernard. Sarah Bernard. 2001-10-08. 2008-12-04.
  10. News: July 14–30: Art exhibit: Through My Eyes: Children's Drawings from Conflict Zones . . 2008-12-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100705100605/http://chelseaartmuseum.org/exhibits/2005/throughmyeyes/ . 2010-07-05.
  11. News: Improv – The Art of Play . 2008-12-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110211170538/http://www.jimtosone.com/Article%20-%20Improv%20and%20Children%20V2.htm . 2011-02-11.
  12. Web site: Survivor and Author Amanda Lindhout Pens A House in the Sky . February 24, 2014 . . Maureen Halushak . October 20, 2013 . February 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140228001325/http://www.flare.com/celebrity/entertainment/author-amanda-lindhout-escaping-toa-house-in-the-sky/ . dead .
  13. Web site: Pilkington . Ed . ‘A lifetime of torture’: the story of the woman Trump is rushing to execute . The Guardian . 3 July 2024.
  14. Web site: Defense's expert testifies on convicted gunman's troubled childhood in final phase of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial . CBSNews . KDKA . 3 July 2024.

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