May 28, 2026 · 23 min · 10 segments
In this episode of Forensic Briefs, Dr. Julie Goldenson explores aspirational forensic report writing, emphasizing growth mindset, self-awareness, consultation, and trauma-informed practices as…
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Julie GoldensonGuest
Michelle GuytonHost
Alex MilkeHost
One of the articles, one of many that you've written, this one perhaps hot off the presses because it was published in twenty twenty-five.
Uh, it's entitled To-Toward Aspirational Forensic Mental Health Practice that you've authored along with your co-authors Stan Brodzki and Terry Kucher.
Fun fact, Stan Brodzki is one of our, uh, other interviewees that we've, uh, had the pleasure of speaking with.
And so I, I'm guessing maybe to start broadly, what were you hoping to do, you and your co-authors, what were you hoping to do with this article?
We all know that we have some guiding texts that sort of give us some ideas of how to aspirationally practice, but y-you know, a-a-and but there are a number of things that are missing in terms of how those aspirations can be concretized.
And I'll just say that this is a commentary, and in no way do we have the answers about how, how we should be practicing or what excellence looks like.
But there was a lot of mention in the specialty guidelines about striving, and, um, we were thinking, "What are we striving for?" And we also thought about a number of other disciplines where, you know, qualities have been studied.
What makes someone an excellent pilot? What makes someone a suitable firefighter? And interestingly, you know, as part of our forensic role, sometimes we evaluate people, you know, who are engaging in high-stakes work to assess their, their skills and whether they have these sort of optimal, you know, traits, uh, that would bode well for their practice.
And yet, very little exploration has been done in terms of what that might look like for us, both temperamentally and in terms of skills.
One of the articles, one of many that you've written, this one perhaps hot off the presses because it was published in twenty twenty-five.
Uh, it's entitled To-Toward Aspirational Forensic Mental Health Practice that you've authored along with your co-authors Stan Brodzki and Terry Kucher.
Fun fact, Stan Brodzki is one of our, uh, other interviewees that we've, uh, had the pleasure of speaking with.
And so I, I'm guessing maybe to start broadly, what were you hoping to do, you and your co-authors, what were you hoping to do with this article?
We all know that we have some guiding texts that sort of give us some ideas of how to aspirationally practice, but y-you know, a-a-and but there are a number of things that are missing in terms of how those aspirations can be concretized.
And I'll just say that this is a commentary, and in no way do we have the answers about how, how we should be practicing or what excellence looks like.
But there was a lot of mention in the specialty guidelines about striving, and, um, we were thinking, "What are we striving for?" And we also thought about a number of other disciplines where, you know, qualities have been studied.
What makes someone an excellent pilot? What makes someone a suitable firefighter? And interestingly, you know, as part of our forensic role, sometimes we evaluate people, you know, who are engaging in high-stakes work to assess their, their skills and whether they have these sort of optimal, you know, traits, uh, that would bode well for their practice.
And yet, very little exploration has been done in terms of what that might look like for us, both temperamentally and in terms of skills.
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