Karyn L. Gust-Brey, PhD

Karyn L. Gust-Brey, PhD, has been a licensed psychologist since 2000. She began working at Mendota Mental Health Institute (MMHI) in 2013, and she is currently a psychologist supervisor in the adult forensic competency evaluation/restoration program. She has maintained her own private practice since 2014 that specializes in the forensic evaluation of youth facing juvenile delinquency charges, as well as other evaluations of children and adults for family court, Child Protective Service (CPS) matters, and guardianship/protective placement. She previously worked in the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) Division of Juvenile Corrections (DJC) for 13 years as a psychology intern, postdoctoral fellow, and licensed psychologist. She has taught graduate assessment courses and has supervised practicum students, predoctoral interns, and postdoctoral fellows in psychology in assessment. Her interests in forensic evaluation include competency evaluations for both adult and juvenile populations, as well as the following evaluations for juveniles: waiver (transfer) evaluations, juvenile sex offender risk assessment, not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect evaluations, and dispositional evaluations.