Vladimir Nacev, Ph.D. is a subject matter expert on alcohol and substance abuse prevention with the Resilience and Prevention Directorate Defense Centers of Excellence (DCOE). He is a clinical psychologist with 30 years of clinical experience and 26 years as a university professor at undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate schools. He is a Diplomate and board certified clinical psychologist with the American Board of Professional Psychology while also holding two other board certificates, three licenses, and membership in over half a dozen [psychology] professional organizations. He also completed a post doctoral fellowship in child and adolescent psychology and has qualified as a forensic psychologist. He is also a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College.

Dr. Nacev is a retired Navy Commander who served at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Pentagon (Joint Chiefs of Staff for Intelligence) and Bureau of Naval Personnel where he had varied clinical and administrative assignments. Since his retirement from the Navy, he has been working as an operational psychologist in the intelligence community. He has also lectured on the psychology of terrorism, espionage, debriefing of terrorists, leadership and management development, and vulnerabilities of an intelligence officer. He has served on dozen deployments and has lived abroad for five years as a clinical, combat, and operational psychologist.

Dr. Nacev has given workshops and presentations at the American Psychological Association’s Annual Conventions on “Providing Psychological Services during Traumatic Events,” “Self-care while Providing Psychological Services during Traumatic Events,” and “Teasing among School Aged Children. In addition, he has lectured on “The Challenges of Being an Expert Witness” and “Sexual Harassment in the Work Place.” He was also a panelist, set by the Department of Defense Dependents Schools, to examine the “Effects of Frequent Moves on the Psychological and Behavioral Development of Children.” More recently he has lectured on the “Psychology of Terrorism,” “Psychology of Humor,” and “Providing Counseling Services during Traumatic Events: Dealing with Disasters, Man-Made or Natural.”

Areas of Expertise:

• Anxiety
• Behavioral Treatments of War-related Psycho-physiological Disorders
• Combat and Operational Stress Control
• Compassion Fatigue
• Depression
• Health Care Programs for Traumatic Events Public Health
• Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
• Military Psychiatry
• Organizational Development and Leadership
• Overview of DCoE
• Posttraumatic Stress
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Psychological Fitness
• Psychological Heath
• Psychological Treatment of PTSD
• Psychology Training and Education
• Psychosocial Treatments / Psychotherapy
• Resilience
• Serious Mental Illness
• Suicide Prevention
• Treatment of Performance Anxiety
• Treatment of Psychiatric Illness
• Vocational Rehabilitation / Employment

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