Dr. Adriana L. Flores, PhD

Dr. Adriana Flores graduated from Miami University with a master’s degree in clinical psychology in 1996 and a doctorate in clinical psychology in 2000. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in 2001 at Emory University School of Medicine. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, Georgia Psychological Association, Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, and American Psychology-Law Society. Dr. Flores is Adjunct Associate Professor for Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Grady Psychiatry and Law Program. She teaches and supervises forensic psychology and forensic psychiatry trainees. She worked an evaluating psychologist for six years on the forensic unit at Georgia Regional Hospital-Atlanta, and subsequently was on the hospital’s Executive Team for four years as Treatment Program Director for the 300-patient bed hospital (acute units and forensic units). Dr. Flores has extensive risk assessment experience in assessing individuals civilly committed, those adjudicated Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, and federal defendants in need of risk assessments for bond hearings and sentencing. She has provided state and federal expert witness testimony in areas of dangerousness, competency, criminal responsibility, and mitigation. Utilizing the WAVR-21 and other psychological measures, she integrates clinical and forensic experience and collaborates with others (e.g. HR, security, mental health providers), to assess workplace violence and develop comprehensive threat management plans.