Dawn M Hughes PhD ABPP

Clinical and Forensic Psychologist

Dawn M. Hughes, Ph.D., ABPP, is a clinical and forensic psychologist who specializes in the assessment and treatment of interpersonal violence and traumatic stress. Dr. Hughes maintains an independent practice in clinical and forensic psychology and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology serving on the voluntary faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College - New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Hughes is Board Certified in Forensic Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology and is the immediate past president of the Trauma Psychology Division of APA. Dr. Hughes is a Nova Southeastern University doctoral graduate and completed her internship at Yale University and her postdoctoral fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Dr. Hughes has over 25 years of experience within the field of traumatic stress and interpersonal violence, including intimate partner violence, rape, sexual assault, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and other non-interpersonal traumatic experiences. Dr. Hughes has treated or evaluated hundreds of individuals who have experienced psychological trauma, victimization, and abuse in their lives. Her forensic work comprises comprehensive psychological evaluations, attorney consultations, and expert witness testimony in the areas of forensic psychology, interpersonal violence, and traumatic stress in state and federal courts nationwide. She has served as an expert witness on many high-profile matters and hundreds of criminal and civil cases involving psychological trauma, intimate partner violence and homicide, coercive control, rape, sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse, clergy abuse, Boy Scout abuse, sexual harassment, cult abuse, and wrongful conviction, among others.