Psychological Screening:

Dr. Richard Poe and Associates provide psychological screening for a wide variety of sensitive populations including:

• Law Enforcement Officers
• Firemen/Paramedic/EMT's
• Security Personnel
• Airline Industry Personnel
• Student Pilot
• Specialized Units (S.W.A.T., Hostage Negotiators)Vice & Narcotics Unit, Intelligence Units)
• Staff and Faculty of Educational Institutions 
• Public Health Personnel
• Personal and Family Screenings

Dr. Richard Poe and Associates offer psychological screening to both public safety job applicants and current public safety employees who are referred for psychological evaluations for reasons such as mandated fitness for duty, weapon carrying screening, and a variety of special unit assignments (E.G., S.W.A.T., Hostage negotiation, Vice & narcotics, intelligence, etc...)

Psychological profiles compare the applicants' test scores with those of The Personality Assessment Inventory Software Portfolio Community Sample, with approximately 18,000 police and other public safety applicants of the same gender and ethnic group.

Additional profiles contrast current applicants applying for public safety jobs with norms from a group of applicants in four job classifications (police officers, communications dispatcher, corrections officer and firefighter/EMT) who successfully completed the job screening procedures for the same positions, were hired, and completed at least one year in that position.  Psychological screening enables you to move beyond the basic determination of emotional stability to assess the job suitability of an applicant in a valid and defensible manner.

The psychological screening report provides a unique graphic and narrative picture of the applicant's interpersonal style.

The psychological screenings are conducted by:
Leo R. Ryan, (Clinical Psychologist) has been studying and treating people for more than 25 years using his specialty areas of psychophysiology and clinical psychology. His undergraduate training took place at Boston University, Boston Massachusetts. He received his doctoral training at the University of Colorado, at Boulder, Colorado. He completed his internship at the Denver VA Medical Center. For over 25 years he has served as a consultant, therapist, and educator. Currently he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Florida where he conducts doctoral level workshops at the Student Counseling Center. In addition he authors textbooks, conducts research, and teaches nationwide in Forensic Psychophysiology Academics, and is a Psychophysiology. He is a Lifetime Member of the American Psychological Association; Member: Florida Psychological Association: Past President and Member: Psi Chi National Honorary Society in Psychology; and Licensed Psychologist in the State of Florida. (PY0002787). He resides in St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife, Dr. Solona S. Ryan.




Dr. Solona S. Ryan, (Psycometric  Analyst)

Dr. Solona Ryan conducts “Interpersonal Seminars” both nationally & internationally and she is known for her engaging presentations of the FIRO theory of interpersonal behavior. She is the co-author of “The Computerized Version of the Clinical Interpretation of the FIRO-B.” She is a widely published author on a wide variety of research studies on psychological assessment, which is not surprising considering that she has taught assessment techniques to law enforcement officers (City Police Officers, Highway Patrol; and Sheriff Deputies) for over twenty years from coast to coast. Currently, she’s involved in screening and analysis of law enforcement officer applicants. 

She is a college professor who has demonstrated instructional talents at University of California, Oklahoma State University, University of North Alabama, Tampa College and the St. Petersburg College, Criminal Justice Institute.

She enjoys luxury cruises and recently combined this love with teaching Doctoral psychologists the FIRO-B in the Caribbean on the Holland America Cruise Line.
Although she travels internationally, Florida is where she likes to be. She has established her home in St. Petersburg, Florida where she and her husband Dr. Leo R. Ryan have raised two daughters and one son.


Dr. Richard Poe and Associates use the Psychological Assessment Resources (P.A.R.) and the FIRO-B Interpersonal Relationship Test.  Other psychological screening exams can be conducted for your specific needs.  PLEASE CONTACT US WITH YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

DR. RICHARD POE AND ASSOCIATES WILL MEET OR BEAT ANY OF THE COMPETITIONS' PRICES FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENINGS.  Contact us and let us save you money.  See contact information.