Timothy Boehnlein has a Master’s Degree of Counseling Psychology from Cleveland State University. He has over 32 years of experience in the domestic violence field. Early in his career, he completed domestic violence offender diagnostic assessments and facilitated batterer intervention groups. He operated and managed a supervised visitation center, served as a justice system advocate supervisor and was the associate director of a local domestic violence service provider in Cleveland.
Tim has worked extensively in the City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio on the implementation and expansion of the Domestic Violence High Risk Team. This effort started as part of a demonstration initiative through the US Department of Justice and the Office of Violence Against Women. As part of this initiative, he has assisted many police departments and courts in implementing the Danger Assessment for Law Enforcement, an on-scene, evidence-based lethality assessment tool. Currently, Tim is a Project Specialist for the Geiger Institute, a national initiative to end domestic violence homicides. He works with a wide range of communities to implement the Danger Assessment for Law Enforcement and Domestic Violence High Risk Team model. Tim has a credible reputation throughout Cuyahoga County and the State of Ohio as a speaker, trainer and expert in the field of domestic violence. He has spoken extensively on the issues of domestic violence, victim advocacy, offender intervention, lethality assessment, strangulation, stalking and teen dating violence. He has provided professional trainings for The Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial and Court Services Division, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Metro Health Hospital Family Practice Residents, The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, The Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial College and multiple police departments throughout Cuyahoga County.