Jack Kitaeff

Jack Kitaeff, PhD, JD , is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He received his undergraduate education at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and his graduate psychology education at the State University of New York and the University of Mississippi. He received his law degree from the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University, and completed a legal clerkship with the United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia. Dr....See more

Jack Kitaeff, PhD, JD , is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He received his undergraduate education at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and his graduate psychology education at the State University of New York and the University of Mississippi. He received his law degree from the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University, and completed a legal clerkship with the United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia. Dr. Kitaeff completed a clinical psychology internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and served as a psychologist and Major in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps. He later became the first police psychologist for the Arlington County Police Department, where he established a pre-employment psychological screening program for all police applicants, and for officers applying for special units such as SWAT, Hostage Negotiations, and VICE. He has been the consulting police psychologist for numerous law enforcement agencies. He has also served as the Director of Psychology for the Commonwealth of Virginia's Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute. He is an adjunct professor in the Department of Criminology, law and Society at George Mason University, and an adjunct professor with the George Washington University Department of Psychology. He is also a contributing faculty member in the School of Psychology at Walden University. He is a Diplomate in Police Psychology from the Society of Police and Criminal Psychology, a Fellow in the American College of Legal Medicine, and a member of the American Psychological Association. He maintains a private practice in clinical psychology in Fairfax, Virginia. See less