State of Minnesota Licensed Psychologist #4671
Mendota Mental Health Institute/University of Wisconsin Department of Clinical Psychology
(American Psychological Association accredited doctoral internship), Madison, Wisconsin 8/00 to 8/01
Portland State University, Office of Counseling and Psychological Services, Portland, Oregon, 9/98 to 9/99
Network Behavioral Health Care, Portland, Oregon, 9/97 to 6/98
United States Veteran's Administration Vet Center, New York, New York, 9/94 to 8/95
Manhattan Psychiatric Center (Manhattan State Hospital), New York, New York, 9/93 to 7/94
Private Practice Psychologist 1/06 to present
Michael Thompson, MSW, Psy.D., ATSA-F, L.P., PLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Psychosexual assessment of men and women accused or convicted of sexual offenses.
Assessments include case conceptualization, assessment of risk, and intervention recommendations in cases of violent sexual assault; molestation of children; sexual abuse of vulnerable persons; child pornography; indecent exposure; indecent conduct; voyeuring; bestiality; and other coercive sexual behaviors, or criminal offenses with a sexual component.
Assessment of men petitioned for commitment as a Sexually Dangerous Person and/or Sexual Psychopathic Personality (sexually violent predator), Minnesota and North Dakota.
Consultation with sexual offender treatment programs regarding intervention and offender management strategies, and case consultation for difficult or complicated cases.
Psychosexual evaluations and risk assessment, as requested by the Department of Homeland Security, pursuant to the Adam Walsh Act, for the purpose of petition for sponsor citizenship approval.
Assessments for the courts, prosecuting attorneys, and defense counsel in the areas of:
Competency to stand trial
Criminal responsibility
Commitment as a mentally ill person
Commitment as a chemically dependent person
Commitment as a mentally ill and dangerous person
Transactional, contractual, donative, and testamentary competency
Professional licensure/impaired professional
Consultation and assessment regarding licensee misconduct for the Minnesota Board of Psychology, Minnesota Board of Medical Practice, Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Minnesota Board of Nursing, and the Minnesota Department of Education.
Assessments for the Minnesota Supreme Court Appeal Panel regarding provisional discharge and full discharge of individuals committed as sexually dangerous persons, sexual psychopathic personalities, or mentally ill and dangerous.
Consultant to Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard courts martial on issues of sexual assault, sexual assault recidivism, tonic immobility, trauma and memory, domestic violence, victim impact and experience, interrogations, counterintuitive victim behavior, manifestation of consent, intoxication versus consent, false confessions, drug use, and making false statements, as well as motions hearings regarding UCMJ Article 412, 413, and 414 issues.
Outpatient Sexual Offender Treatment Therapist (part-time) 5/05 to present
Alpha Human Services/Alpha Emergence Behavioral Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Group and individual treatment of men and women convicted of sexual offenses. Consultation with staff regarding intervention and management of complicated cases and treatment-resistant clients. At present, I am solely serving as a consultant to junior therapists.
Forensic Psychologist (consulting) 3/07 to 1/09 and 5/14 to 4/19
Minnesota Department of Human Services, State Operated Forensic Services, St. Peter, Minnesota
Violence risk assessment of men and women civilly committed as mentally ill or mentally ill and dangerous for purposes of continued hospitalization, release planning, or appeal of commitment. Updated violence risk assessment of men and women civilly committed as mentally ill or mentally ill and dangerous for purposes of continued hospitalization, release planning, or appeal of commitment. Updated competency assessment of men and women civilly committed for restoration of competency. Consultation to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program regarding patient intervention and management strategies.
Director of Treatment 3/04 to 5/05
Marston Consulting Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Group and individual treatment of men and women convicted of sexual offenses. Psychosexual assessment of individuals charged or convicted of sexual offenses.
Staff Psychotherapist 8/01 to 2/04
Project Pathfinder, St. Paul, Minnesota
Psychosexual assessment of men and women convicted of sexual offenses. Assessment of sexual arousal. Group and individual treatment of men and women convicted of sexual offenses.
United States Army Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve
3/83 to 1/01
Staff and command positions in infantry, chemical, transportation, and training units. Service ended at rank of Major.
Before 2000, I worked as an outpatient psychotherapist, and a sex offender treatment therapist, both concurrent to graduate school, in Portland, Oregon. In the early and mid-1990s, I was employed as a social worker in New York City.
I have also served as an adjunct instructor at: University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, Wisconsin; Augsburg College (now Augsburg University), Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis; Upper Iowa University, Madison Campus, Madison, Wisconsin; Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, Oregon; University of Portland, Portland, Oregon; and Marymount Manhattan College, New York, New York.
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
Fellow, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (inaugural group- one of the
first 15 individuals selected as Fellows in the organization)
Former Chair, Credentialing Subcommittee, Education and Training Committee
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (Minnesota Chapter)
President (three terms)
Board of Directors (four terms)
2020 Professional Recognition Award recipient (award for contributions to the field in
Minnesota)
Sex Offender Civil Commitment Programs Network
Minnesota Community Corrections Association
Society for Military Psychology (American Psychological Association Division 19)
American Psychology-Law Society (American Psychological Association Division 41)
Minnesota Psychological Association
Psychologists in Independent Practice (American Psychological Association Division 42)
Brandt, S., & Thompson, M. (2011). Assessment and treatment of incarcerated sex offenders.
In T. J. Fagan & R. K. Ax (Eds.), Correctional mental health: From theory to best practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
I have appeared on local television (WCCO, KMSP, KARE, KSTP, KIMT) and radio (WCCO, KQRS) to discuss sexual offender policy, familial homicide, sexual murder, dismemberment in homicide cases, mass shootings, and the social psychology of mob behavior.
2023: Minnesota Board of Psychology (by appointment of the Governor of Minnesota)
Protection of the public through licensure, regulation, and education to promote access to safe, competent, and ethical psychological services.
2019-2020: Minnesota Criminal Sexual Conduct Statutory Reform Working Group (by appointment of the Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety)
Development of recommendations to the Minnesota legislature regarding changes to Minnesota criminal sexual conduct statutes, specifically pertaining to issues of consent, vulnerable populations, voluntary intoxication, position of authority, rapes in therapeutic settings, and definitions of the same.
2013-2014: Safe Environments-Ministerial Standards Task Force (task force established by the Catholic Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul)
Creation of policy and procedures for the Catholic Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul regarding the reporting and investigation of clergy sexual abuse.
2013-2014: Minnesota Sex Offender Civil Commitment Task Force (by appointment of the Minnesota Commissioner of Human Services)
Development of recommendations to the Minnesota legislature regarding changes to Minnesota statutes pertaining to sexually violent predators, and recommendations as to changes to Minnesota's civil procedure for the commitment of the same.