JOHN NICOLETTI, Ph.D., ABPP

Dr. Nicoletti is a Board Certified Specialist in Police and Public Safety Psychology. In addition to Police Psychology, Dr. Nicoletti specializes in identifying, assessing and defusing attack related behaviors, workplace violence prevention, and trauma recovery.  He was on scene at the at the April 20, 1999 Columbine school shooting and the Platte Canyon High School shooting in September 2006.  He also responded to the Aurora Theater shooting in July 2012. 

Dr. Nicoletti was selected to be part of an investigative team for the Virginia Tech. and Arapahoe High School shootings.  He also was part of a team to development mental health intervention programs for miners in the outback of Australia.  In his other area of specialization, Dr. Nicoletti and his staff provide pre-employment psychological screenings for various law enforcement and fire department, as well as on site screenings at the U.S. bases of McMurdo and the South Pole in Antarctica. 

Dr. Nicoletti has written three books in the areas of violence.  In July of this year Dr. Nicoletti and his wife provided on site assistance in the trauma recovery of cruise ship passengers that were attacked and robbed by pirates on the Amazon River in Peru.