Martin Atrops, Ph.D.

Dr. Atrops is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Anchorage. He provides psychotherapy to adults, older adults, couples, families, and "at risk" youth, ages 10-18. He completed pre/postdoctoral internships (APA approved) at California's Atascadero State Hospital (JCAHO accredited) and served as a staff psychologist for seven years. He served on an interdisciplinary team in a maximum security facility in working with a forensic population of male patients committed as mentally disordered sex offenders, not guilty by reason of insanity, incompetent to stand trial, assaultive or gravely disabled conservatees, and wards of the California Youth Authority. He developed a clinical specialization in the application of an augmented form of cognitive mediation training and "the Samenow approach" to personality disorders, particularly sex offenders. He was qualified as an expert witness in eight California counties. He has provided assessment, treatment, management, and placement recommendations in Alaska since 1984 for adolescents and adults with inappropriate sexual behaviors. He has also worked with victims of assault, codependent spouses, disrupted family systems, and difficult adolescents (conduct disordered, oppositional, ADHD, learning disabled, and neurologicallly impaired). He has incorporated this experience in addressing "Axis II" issues within his private practice. He provides reentry assessments of youth expelled from the Anchorage School District. He provides expert witness and forensic experience in Alaska courts. His research interest is in social cognitive neuroscience, focusing on "concrete thinking" as it mediates an individual's perception of their relationship with themselves and others. He is also trained as a Lutheran clergyman, providing assessments of candidates for church vocations and consultation to churches. He has sought to understand conflict and violence, envisioning a "Peace Project" in which cooperation, altruism, and empathy for others in the world at large may be necessary for survival as a human species. He treasures his marriage, family, and grandchildren who all live in the Anchorage area.