Barry Zakireh Ph.D., Forensic and Clinical Psychologist

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• Dr. Zakireh earned a Master of Arts (MA) in Psychology (1990) from the New School (NY). and a PhD in Clinical & Developmental Psychology Psychology (1999) from Bryn Mawr College (PA).  

• Dr. Zakireh has extensive training and experience in clinical and forensic assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults.  He directed the outpatient program for juvenile offenders at St. Gabriel's System in Philadelphia from 1999-2002, where his formal training in developmental and clinical neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents was crucial in the rehabilitation of juveniles referred by courts and social service agencies.  

• Dr. Zakireh was appointed as the full-time Director of the Adult Outpatient and Forensic Programs at the Joseph J. Peters Institute in Philadelphia from 2001-2016.  He has also previously served as a Board Member of the PA Sexual Offenders Assessment Board (2000-2019), as well as the Medical/Legal Advisory Board, Office of Pennsylvania  Attorney General (2010-2015).  He has also provided independent consultant services to private law firms as well as other social, governmental, judicial, and law enforcement organizations ranging from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to the US Attorneys Office and the FBI in Eastern Pennsylvania.  

• Currently, Dr. Zakireh is in full-time private practice of forensic and clinical psychology.  He also as a Clinical Associate in the forensic psychiatry program of the Psychiatry Department at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, where he provides training for psychiatry fellows and residents .

• Licensed Psychologist, Pennsylvania & Virginia 
• Certified School Psychologist, Pennsylvania
• Member, American Psychological Association (APA)
• Clinical and Research Member, the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA)
• Member, The Psychology-Law Society (APA-Psy-L)
• Member, American College of Forensic Psychology
• Credentialed Registrant--National Register of Health Service Psychologists

• Sexual Offending & Recidivism 
• Juvenile Delinquency 
• Violence Risk Assessment 
• Evaluations of Risk Assessment Methods  
• Treatment Outcomes
• Child Pornography & Online Sexual Misconduct 

Zakireh, B., Ronis, S., & Knight, R.A. (2008). Individual beliefs, attitudes, and victimization histories of male juvenile sexual offenders. Sexual Abuse, A Journal of Research & Treatment, Volume 20 (3), pp. 323-351. 

Knight, R. A., Ronis, S., & Zakireh, B. (2009). Bootstrapping persistence risk indicators for juveniles who sexually offend. Law and Human Behavior, Volume 27, pp. 878-909.

​Lamb, S. & Zakireh, B. (1997). Attention to the distress of peers in a daycare setting. Early Education & Development, Vol. 8 (2), pp. 105-118.