Psychometry Services

Tom Erickson, MA, CSP, NCC, LMHC

About

I have been a psychometrist since 1983 and am experienced working with all adult populations in neuropsychological assessments. 

I'm one of the first Certified Specialists in Psychometry (CSP) - one of less than 15 in the State of Washington - and there are less than 300 in North America.

I am the first psychometrist who is also a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC - LH00011320) in addition to being a National Certified Counselor (NCC - 211380).

In addition, I was a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in psychometry, a founding member and past president (2007-2010) of the Board of Certified  Psychometrists (BCP).  I am a charter member of  the National Association of Psychometrists (NAP), former NAP Board Member & Treasurer, and former BCP website administrator. 

I have worked in several large medical centers as well as in private practice with licensed clinical/forensic neuropsychologists providing comprehensive  neuropsychological assessments.

I earned my MA in Counseling Psychology from City University in 2003, graduating first in my class. 

I provided therapy services at the Community Psychiatric Clinic (CPC) (now part of Sound Health) in Seattle.  I volunteered at the King County Crisis Clinic and have been a co-facilitator at a local Alzheimer's Disease Caregivers group.  I was a member of the American Counselors Association (ACA), Washington Mental Health Counselors Association (WMHCA) and several other professional organizations.  In Western Washington I was the Pacific Northwest Neuropsychological Society (PNNS) Associate Member Representative.

I am frequent blood donor - working on my 13th gallon!

Thank you.

Tom Erickson, MA, CSP, NCC, LMHC

 

 

Publications & Presentations

(2022) Erickson, T., Malek-Ahmadi, M., Luft, C., Campbell, C., & Strecker, H. - "Word Fluency Test (WFT): A Parallel FAS Alternative" - Applied Neuropsychology-Adult, DOI:  10.1080/23279095.2021.2021410

(2018) Erickson, T. - "Word Fluency Test (WFT) - an alternative to the FAS" - presented at the NAP Annual Conference, San Diego, CA

(2017) Erickson, T. - "Private Practice Psychometry - Setup, Pros, Cons, Taxes and Discussion" - presented at the NAP Annual Conference, Waltham, MA

(2015) Erickson, T. - "Suicide: Something Psychometrists should know more about" - presented at the NAP Annual Conference, Austin, TX

(2014) Erickson, T. - "Boundaries and other Ethical Issues - not just for Psychometrists" - presented at the NAP Annual Conference, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

(2014) Erickson, T. - "Ethics - Social Media Boundaries" - presented at the NAP Annual Conference, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

(2013) Erickson, T. - "Trail Making Test - Administration Procedures of Errors: What Psychometrists REALLY say/do when there is an error ... WT#?" - presented at the NAP Annual Conference, San Diego, CA

(2012) Malek-Ahmadi, M., Erickson, T., Puente A.E., Pliskin, N., Rock, R.  The Use of Psychometrists in Clinical Neuropsychology: History, Current Status, and Future Directions Applied Neuropsychology, 19(1), 26-31.

(2011) Holder, A., Myr, N., Holsman, M., Wald, D., Reagan, T., Erickson, T., Matsumoto, A. & Cherrier, M. Barriers and challenges to recruitment of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) adults with co-occurring medical conditions. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, Paris, France.

(2010) Myr N., Petersen P., Holsman M., Holder A., Erickson T., Holman G., Cherrier, M.  Validity & Feasibility of the Virtual Reality Spatial Memory (VRSM) Task in Older Adults. 2010 Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Poster Presentation

(2010) Petersen A., Myr N., Cherrier M., Higano C., Yu E., Kurland B., Moinpour C., Bradic C., Erickson T., Holder A., Holsman, M., Ho E. Assessment of Mood During Intermittent Androgen Ablation Treatment in Men with Prostate Cancer. 2010 Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Poster Presentation

(2009) Contributor to the Wechsler Memory Scale – IV (WMS-IV). Pearson - Technical Manual, pg 237

(2009) NAN Special Topics Presentation:  Certification for Psychometrists; Malek-Ahmadi, M., Erickson, T., Puente, A., and Rosen, G., New Orleans, LA.

(2009) Certification for Psychometrists [Brief Communication], The Clinical Neuropsychologist

(2009) Erickson, T. & Rosen, G.  Psychometrist Certification Update - NAP Conference presentation, New Orleans, LA.

(2007) Malek-Ahmadi, M. & Erickson, T.  Certification for Psychometrists.  Presented at the 2007 National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Meeting.  (Poster)

(2007) Claypoole, K. H., Noonan, C, Mahurin, R.K., Goldberg, J, Erickson, T, & Buchwald, D.  A Twin Study of Cognitive Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Effects of Sudden Illness Onset. Neuropsychology. Vol 21(4), Jul 2007, 507-513. 

(2007) Erickson, T.  Certification Update - NAP Conference presentation, Scottsdale, AZ.

(2006) Erickson, T.  An Overview of the Clinical Assessment of Attention Deficit (CAT-C/A) - NAP Conference presentation, Scottsdale, AZ.

(2004) Erickson, T.  Test and Administration Scoring: A Round Table presentation - NAP Conference presentation, Seattle, WA.

(1998) Erickson, T.  Computerized Test of Attention and Memory (CTAM) - NAP Conference presentation, Birmingham, AL.

(1996) Erickson, T.  Association of Professional Psychometrists (APP) - NAP Conference presentation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

(1986) Hale, D., Miller, J., Erickson, T., Dodrill, C.  Patient Responses to their Cortical Resection Surgery and their Relationship to Seizure Control - American Epilepsy Society Meeting presentation