Biography
Dr. James Randall Noblitt is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Clinical Psy.D. Program and Coordinator for the Multi-Interest Option of the Clinical PhD and PsyD Programs at the Los Angeles campus of Alliant International University. He earned a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Texas as an Air Force Institute of Technology Scholar. His clinical internship was at the USAF Medical Center, Wright-Patterson AFB. OH. Subsequently he served as an Air Force clinical psychologist at Lakenheath AB, England, and Sheppard AFB Regional Hospital, TX. In 1984 he opened a clinical psychology practice in Dallas, TX that he continued until his move to Los Angeles in 2006 to join the Alliant faculty.
Professional Interests
- Psychotherapy practice and research
- Dissociation and dissociative disorders
- Psychological disabilities
- Disability determination
- Cult and ritual abuse
Scholarship and Contributions to the Field
- Noblitt, J. R. & Noblitt, P. P. [in press]. Backlash Against Allegations of Sexual Assault. In Gina Robertiello (Ed.). Sexual harassment and misconduct: An encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO.
- Noblitt, J. R. & Noblitt, P. P. (2020). Navigating Social Security disability: A handbook for clinicians and advocates. Praeger.
- Noblitt, R. & Noblitt, P. (2017). "The role of clinicians in Social Security disability determination." In A. Clark (Ed.). Social Security: Programs, Perspectives, and Future Directions (pp. 35‒70). Nova Science.
- Dana Rafael’s Family & Noblitt, R. (2016, April 6). Dana Rafael: In memoriam. Anthropology News, Retrieved from http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2016/04/06/dana-raphael/
- Noblitt, R. & Noblitt, P. (2014). Cult and ritual abuse: Narratives, evidence, and healing approaches (3rd ed.). Praeger.
- Noblitt, J.R., & Noblitt, P. (2012). Possession, ritual abuse, and dissociation. In A. Brown-Miller (Ed.). Violence and abuse in society: Understanding a global crisis. Praeger.
- Noblitt, J.R., & Noblitt, P. (2012). Cult and ritual trauma disorder. In A. Brown-Miller (Ed.). Violence and abuse in society: Understanding a global crisis. Praeger.
- Noblitt, R. & Noblitt, P. (2012). "Social Security disability criteria and substance abuse." Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 43(2), 94–99. doi: 10.1037/a0027454
- Noblitt, R. (2011). "Opening Pandora’s box." Interact, 11(1), 39−42.
- Lee, K. C. & Noblitt, R. (2010, March-April). "Overlooked challenges of international psychology graduate students." The National Psychologist, p. 23.
- Noblitt, R. & Noblitt, P. (2010). "Psychologists and the economics of Social Security disability programs." Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 4 (3), 274−279.
- Noblitt, R. (2010). "An unintended speclalty". Voices, 46(3), 61−68.
- Noblitt, R. & Noblitt, P. (2009). "Getting from here to there: Dissociation, disability, and survival." Voices, 45(2), 38−43.
- Noblitt, R. and Noblitt, P. (Eds.). (2008). Ritual abuse in the twenty-first century: Psychological, forensic,social and political considerations. Robert D. Reed.