Dr. Walker’s New Podcast “Beyond Abuse”
In the first episode of Beyond Abuse, Dr. Lenore Walker answers the question “Is this abuse?” Drawing from decades of clinical and forensic experience, she defines what constitutes a domestic violence relationship and explains the psychological dynamics behind abuse.
Creator of the “Battered Woman Syndrome”
Hi. Welcome to my website where you can find out a lot about me and the professional services offered by my companies. As a licensed psychologist, I offer many different kinds of services including assessment and expert witness testimony. I often am a keynote speaker at various events both within the United States and throughout the world. Consulting in the areas of interpersonal violence and trauma is one of the activities I like the best. You can see the books I have written, some videos that have been taken, upcoming talks and training, and ways to contact me. Lenore Walker
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Coming Soon
Dr. Walker’s new podcast on trauma and resilience!
Third Book in Dr. Ariel Lewis Mysteries: Murder at the Condo
Dr. Walker will be speaking at Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on May 21, 2026, about Jewish trauma and resilience
Dr. Walker will be speaking at the APA Convention in Washington, D.C. from August 6-8, 2026
Antisemitism
Treasurer for the Association of Jewish Psychologists (AJP)
The American Psychological Association and Antisemitism: Toward Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
New Books in 2025
Women Who Kill: Violence, Trauma, and Forensic Psychology
About Dr. Lenore E. Walker
Professor Emeritus, Psychologist, Keynote Speaker, Consultant, Author
Dr. Lenore Walker is a licensed psychologist in independent practice at Walker & Associates, LLC where she performs assessments, provides expert witness testimony and consultation in forensic cases. An expert in gender violence, she coined the term ‘Battered Woman Syndrome” used in the courts and in trauma treatment models based on her NIMH-funded research. Retired from Nova Southeastern University’s College of Psychology she is now an Emerita and continues her research there. She gives speeches and workshops all over the country and world on various topics in gender violence such as domestic violence, sex trafficking, child abuse, child sexual abuse, rape, sexual exploitation and harassment. As an author of numerous books and professional articles, she is now concentrating on writing fiction.
About the Author
and her books
Dr. Walker is the author of over twenty books for the professional audience covering different topics in trauma psychology and the psychology of women. In 2016, she published the Fourth Edition of “The Battered Woman Syndrome” containing the results of her research and clinical work. She also published “The Battered Woman” for the general public in 1979 and it is still selling well today.
Her book detailing the cases of battered women who killed in self-defense, “Terrifying Love: Why Battered Women Kill and How Society Responds” was published in 1989. See all the books she has written with links for those who wish to purchase them. Today, Dr. Walker is enjoying writing fiction using the countless stories she has heard from her work over the last forty years.
Dr. Walker has launched her new publishing company, Endolor Publishing, LLC where it will feature the Dr. Ariel Lewis forensic psychologist murder mysteries as well as professional materials to assist mental health workers in assessment and treatment of battered women and other victims of gender violence.
Continuing Education
and Innovative Professional CEs
Dr. Walker is continuously involved in continuing education, both providing it and as a learner. For example, she is a student in the New Directions Writing Program for mental health professionals who are writers honing her skills as she writes fiction. She travels around the world helping to design better protection for abused women and children. Recently she has been to Peru, Costa Rica, Italy, Prague, and Israel.
Walker & Associates
Forensic Evaluations and Expert Testimony
Walker & Associates, LLC is a psychology firm that specializes in forensic evaluations and expert testimony to assist attorneys in helping answering legal questions before the court. Dr. Lenore Walker, the psychologist who heads the firm, has been providing these services for the past forty years. Originally creating the defense using Battered Woman Syndrome for women who killed their abusers in what they claimed was self-defense, the testimony has developed into criminal defenses for a variety of other crimes of duress or in civil and other cases where abuse has impacted someone’s state of mind.