Dr. Scott Lingen is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice. Dr. Lingen completed both his predoctoral internship and his postdoctoral residency in San Francisco, California, at the Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center, CPMC, one of California's largest and most prestigious hospitals. During Dr. Lingen's residency in the Department of Psychiatry at CPMC, he held the position of Chief Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow. In addition to his work as a psychotherapist, Dr. Lingen specializes in the field of Diagnostic Psychology working as a contracted Diagnostic Psychologist for the US Department of Veterans Affairs, having conducted over seven hundred face-to-face psychiatric evaluations of active duty US military personnel and military veterans who have fought in wars ranging from World War II to Afghanistan. Dr. Lingen has taught as an Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, and he is an adjunct faculty member at CPMC, instructing psychology doctoral interns and psychiatry residents in Psychiatric Clinical Laws and Ethics. Dr. Lingen lives with his wife and soul mate of forty-five years, Laura, in the beautiful Alhambra Valley of Northern California.