Cindy Gipson, PhD, serves as AltaPointe’s Director of Crisis and Justice Involved Services. Dr. Gipson has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and a 33-year career in mental health. Dr. Gipson has worked in the Alabama state psychiatric hospital system and as a first responder in Central Texas doing mobile crisis outreach, assessment for commitment, and forensic evaluations. Dr. Gipson has been with AltaPointe Health for the nearly 15 years, developing crisis and criminal justice diversion services to address the growing disparity in treatment for people with mental illness and co-occurring disorders. Dr. Gipson has written and implemented grants for Assisted Outpatient Treatment in Mobile and Baldwin Counties and several Bureau of Justice Assistance Police Mental Health Collaborative grants. Dr. Gipson is the associate director of crisis services and heads up the Behavioral Health Crisis Center, located in Mobile, providing 23-hour and extended observation for individuals in a behavioral health crisis. Dr. Gipson has received awards from NAMI Mobile, NAMI Baldwin, and NAMI Alabama for being an advocate of the year and champion of mental health.  

Additionally, Dr. Gipson serves as the mental health liaison for the Mobile field office of the FBI with training in threat assessment and threat management for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit and Co-founder of the Gulf Coast Threat Assessment and Threat Management Team.