Dr. David Kolton is a registered psychologist who provides evidence-based assessment, treatment, consultation, and supervision for adults with clinical and forensic concerns, with particular expertise in trauma, psychological injury, addictions, and complex mental-health presentations.

Dr. Kolton has extensive experience serving police, emergency medical services, RCMP members, military personnel, and other professionals in high-stress, safety-sensitive roles. His work includes psychological-injury assessment and treatment, return-to-work planning, and services for clients referred through WCB and MPI. He has also provided supervision and direct clinical services in support of the Brandon Police Service.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Kolton has specialized expertise in forensic assessment and treatment of individuals involved with the criminal justice system, including those assessed as high risk or with complex mental health needs or intellectual disabilities. His background includes several years of service as a Forensic Clinical Psychologist at the Health Sciences Centre and Selkirk Mental Health Centre, and previous employment with the Correctional Service of Canada at the Regional Psychiatric Centre (Abbotsford, BC) and Stony Mountain Institution in Manitoba. He is also a Clinical Associate in the University of Manitoba’s Clinical Psychology Training Program and previously served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Health Psychology, College of Medicine, at the University of Manitoba.

He is a recognized expert in Manitoba courts in forensic psychology and has been qualified as an expert witness in the areas of violence risk assessment, Dangerous Offender/Long-Term Offender assessment, capacity to provide statement to police, battered woman’s syndrome, psychological injury, fitness and criminal responsibility.