About Thin Line Psychology
Meet Dr. Childs, and learn more about our approach to Public Safety Psychology.
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Craig D. Childs, PhD
Owner, Licensed Police & Public Safety Psychologist
Dr. Childs serves as the owner and managing partner of this firm. Dr. Childs is a subject matter expert related to Police and Public Safety Psychology and has personally conducted over 5,000 psychological evaluations for public safety agencies during his 15-year career including over 1,500 virtual evaluations and counseling sessions for public safety agencies throughout Wisconsin. He currently serves as a volunteer member of the multi-jurisdictional Suburban Critical Incident Team (SCIT – mental health advisor to the hostage negotiation team). He is an active member of several professional organizations such as the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s Police Psychological Services Section (IACP-PPSS) and the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Childs has also served as a member of an IACP taskforce responsible for writing the IACP-PPSS’s national Fitness For Duty Evaluation Guidelines. He has presented numerous times regarding public safety psychology matters for the WI State Fire Chiefs Association, WI Chiefs of Police Association, the WI Police Executive Group, and other organizations. Dr. Childs is a lifelong Detroit Lions fan, we all have our faults. He enjoys time with his family, long cooking sessions with his smoker, and will happily talk with you about which LEGO set he is working on if asked (or even if not asked). He holds a master’s degree in Counseling from Michigan State University and completed his doctorate in Counseling Psychology through the University of Georgia.
Dr. Childs serves as the owner and managing partner of this firm. Dr. Childs is a subject matter expert related to Police and Public Safety Psychology and has personally conducted over 5,000 psychological evaluations for public safety agencies during his 15-year career including over 1,500 virtual evaluations and counseling sessions for public safety agencies throughout Wisconsin. He currently serves as a volunteer member of the multi-jurisdictional Suburban Critical Incident Team (SCIT – mental health advisor to the hostage negotiation team). He is an active member of several professional organizations such as the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s Police Psychological Services Section (IACP-PPSS) and the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Childs has also served as a member of an IACP taskforce responsible for writing the IACP-PPSS’s national Fitness For Duty Evaluation Guidelines. He has presented numerous times regarding public safety psychology matters for the WI State Fire Chiefs Association, WI Chiefs of Police Association, the WI Police Executive Group, and other organizations. Dr. Childs is a lifelong Detroit Lions fan, we all have our faults. He enjoys time with his family, long cooking sessions with his smoker, and will happily talk with you about which LEGO set he is working on if asked (or even if not asked). He holds a master’s degree in Counseling from Michigan State University and completed his doctorate in Counseling Psychology through the University of Georgia.
Dr. Rachael Goldmann serves as the lead provider for counseling and psychoeducational services with Thin Line Psychological Services. She is a Marine Corps Veteran and trained as a Combat Photographer. She honorably discharged in 2007 after repetitive injuries from training to deploy in support of the ongoing wars at that time left her unable to deploy. After her discharge, she dedicated her professional and personal life to serving those who serve. Dr. Goldmann is working under Dr. Childs’s supervision currently as postdoctoral fellow and holds her Professional Counselor as well as Temporary Psychologist licenses. Dr. Goldmann has extensive experience working with first responders (Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Corrections, Fish and Wildlife, Dispatch), veterans, and active duty military; she has also worked with spouses, children, and couples. She specializes in treating and educating about Moral Injury, trauma/PTSD, and the complex issues that can manifest from serving as a first responder/current or prior military. She attained her first Master’s degree in Marriage and Family from Edgewood College (2014) and then attended the Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology, earning a second Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology (2018) as well as her Doctorate in Psychology (2023).
Dr. Goldmann was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family (her partner is a Correctional Officer for the State of Wisconsin), avidly watching and supporting Wisconsin sports teams (when her daughter allows her to), cooking and baking, as well as trying new restaurants.

Dr. Rachael Goldmann, PsyD
Interim Psychologist
Dr. Rachael Goldmann serves as the lead provider for counseling and psychoeducational services with Thin Line Psychological Services. She is a Marine Corps Veteran and trained as a Combat Photographer. She honorably discharged in 2007 after repetitive injuries from training to deploy in support of the ongoing wars at that time left her unable to deploy. After her discharge, she dedicated her professional and personal life to serving those who serve. Dr. Goldmann is working under Dr. Childs’s supervision currently as postdoctoral fellow and holds her Professional Counselor as well as Temporary Psychologist licenses. Dr. Goldmann has extensive experience working with first responders (Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Corrections, Fish and Wildlife, Dispatch), veterans, and active duty military; she has also worked with spouses, children, and couples. She specializes in treating and educating about Moral Injury, trauma/PTSD, and the complex issues that can manifest from serving as a first responder/current or prior military. She attained her first Master’s degree in Marriage and Family from Edgewood College (2014) and then attended the Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology, earning a second Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology (2018) as well as her Doctorate in Psychology (2023).
Dr. Goldmann was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family (her partner is a Correctional Officer for the State of Wisconsin), avidly watching and supporting Wisconsin sports teams (when her daughter allows her to), cooking and baking, as well as trying new restaurants.
Our Philosophy:
Thin Line Psychology has spent over 35 years becoming the best Psychological partner for your department. Our practice operates based on two basic principles:

Trust is our guiding principle. Our primary goal is to perform our services with integrity and do the job the right way.

We believe that officer & employee mental health and wellness is too important to be handled by just any provider.
You see, Wisconsin has little to no standards dictating who can work in this highly specialized area of practice, an area of practice which has grown very popular in the last few years. This means that mental health providers in Wisconsin can refer to themselves as a “Police Psychologist” or a “First Responder Therapist” without any actual training or experience to support this claim. Unfortunately, this means that the onus is on individual departments to do their due diligence when vetting providers to ensure that they are trusting bona fide experts to work with their employees in the most sensitive of areas – mental health and wellness.
Ultimately, the field of Police and Public Safety Psychology requires specialized knowledge above and beyond that which is taught in a general graduate school curriculum. Very few professionals know relevant research literature, follow national best practice guidelines, and have a working knowledge of relevant legal cases in addition to Federal and State regulations related to Police and Public Safety Psychology.
Our Providers are subject matter experts in this highly specialized area of practice who will not only provide high level services, but will do it the right way.
The Time is Now
Contact us to discover how Thin Line Psychology can partner with your agency to serve your team.
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