Dr. Robert Cipriano Jr, CA Psychologist 32975, NC Psychologist 5348

Dr. Robert Cipriano Jr has spent two decades serving the South Florida community as a licensed psychologist. He practices in Florida and also holds state licenses in California and North Carolina - CA Psychologist 32975 and NC Psychologist 5348, these numbers being his state license identifiers. He is board certified in Police and Public Safety Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), a professional board certification that recognizes advanced competence in that specialty.

Throughout his career he has relied largely on cognitive behavioral therapy, and in the past two years he has added Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to his trauma-focused toolkit to better support clients with trauma-related symptoms. His clinical work has included delivering services to the Trauma Intensive Care Unit and inpatient behavioral health units at one of the largest trauma hospitals in northern Miami-Dade County, and he has led more than 200 critical incident stress debriefings for staff exposed to high-stress events.

Dr. Cipriano served as an in-house staff psychologist for a major metropolitan police department in the southeastern United States, where he supported a Crisis Negotiation Team and helped manage situations involving severe mental illness, individuals in crisis, hostage incidents, barricaded subjects, and other high-risk encounters. He also provided therapeutic support to victims and victims' families of the Parkland school shooting and to first responders connected to that critical incident.

In addition to direct clinical care, he developed and now supervises a psychological wellness program for a major metropolitan police department, expanding wellness supports for both sworn officers and civilian personnel. He has authored several articles on wellness and the importance of maintaining wellness across different areas of life. He also offers expert training on the psychological dynamics and warning signs related to active shooters, school violence, and bullying, and has created a clinical curriculum aimed at intervention and prevention that serves clinicians, educational institutions, administrators, public safety professionals, and private-sector organizations at local, state, and national levels.