Jeffrey C. Singer, Ph.D. / Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Jeffrey Singer maintains an active forensic and clinical practice. He is licensed for independent Psychology practice in New Jersey and New York. Dr. Singer’s clinical approach is broadly informed with the ultimate goal of meeting each client’s unique needs. Particular interests include depression, anger management, anxiety, sexual addictions, abusive relationships, and increasing emotional regulation skills such as frustration tolerance and impulse control. He typically treats adults, couples, older adolescents, and occasionally families.

Dr. Singer’s forensic activities include conducting various Psychological Evaluations addressing questions such as impact of medical malpractice, fitness to parent, termination of parental rights, bonding, pretrial intervention program (PTI), competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility (NGRI & Krol), wavier, as well as the psychological aspects of independent medical exams (IME).

Dr. Singer has extensive experience treating and evaluating sex offenders. He regularly testifies as an expert witness in sex offender related matters. These complex issues include child pornography cases, “Megan’s Law” tiering, various risk assessment questions, and involuntary civil commitment proceedings under “sexually dangerous person” or “sexually violent predator” statutes at both the Federal and State courts.

Dr. Singer is the current President-Elect of the New Jersey Psychological Association (NJPA) and a Past-President of the Essex-Union County Association of Psychology (EUCAP). He is also a member of the following associations: American Psychological Association (APA), Association for Psychological Science, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (National & state chapter), International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology, International Network of Orthodox Mental Health Professionals (NEFESH), Morris County Psychological Association, New Jersey Association for Cognitive Behavioral Therapists (NJ-ACT), Society for Risk Analysis and Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI).

Dr. Singer is an adjunct professor at the Fairleigh Dickenson School of Psychology where he has taught courses in forensic and abnormal psychology. He is on the editorial board of Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand: An Interdisciplinary Journal (SAANZ) also serves on the Executive Committee of the Jewish Board of Advocates for Children (JBAC).

Dr. Singer has given numerous educational presentations on the topic of sex offenders to such groups as the Federal Public Defender of North Carolina, the office of the public defenders in Wisconsin and New York State, the Latino Psychological Association of New Jersey, Fairleigh Dickenson University psychology gradate students, and to the forensic interest groups of the New Jersey Psychological Association as well as the New York State Psychological Association.