I was
a full-time faculty member in the
Department of Psychology at Central Michigan University for 29
years. I worked my way through the ranks, eventually becoming
a full professor. The department was quite large, over 40
members,
and the clinical unit numbered at first 6 and then 7.
The clinical unit offered the first doctoral degree in the
university, a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD).
In the early 70s, the PsyD was a new degree, and CMU's was the
first approved in the country -- although it was the second to start, due to a delay at the state level. All of the clinical
faculty were also practicing psychologists -- an almost unheard of
training situation and one which made our program unique in the nation
for 20 years.
I
divide my almost 30 years as a professor into 10 year intervals
marking different phases of my professional
development.
During
the first 10 years, I figured out how to teach both
graduates and undergraduates. This was never finished: I continually updated and refined what I was doing. Also during
this
first 10, I solidified my graduate-school clinical training through
my part-time clinical practice, by teaching clinical
courses, and by
providing clinical supervision to graduate students.
During
the
second 10 years, I expanded my knowledge and skill base. I
developed expertise in phenomenological philosophy and psychology.
I developed expertise in hypnosis. I taught a
course in
non-traditional therapeutic techniques using as a source the work of
Tarthang Tulku, a Tibetan Buddhist. His book Time, Space and Knowledge,
a synthesis of Buddhism, Western philosophy and science, was one of the
texts.
During
the third 10 years, my clinical skills were more solid, which improved
my teaching, supervising and practice. I developed an
expertise in
Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprogramming (EMDR). Three of my students did the first
dissertations
on EMDR in the USA. I developed expertise in the
Dissociative
Disorders. I began doing research, presenting and publishing. My
colleagues elected me to be the Director of Clinical Training (DCT) in
CMU's
psychology department -- a
position I held until I retired. I
became a Site Visitor for the American Psychological Association
Committee on Accreditation (1997 - 2006). I was also a
Delegate and Faculty Representative to the National Council of
Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology (1994 - 1998).
Throughout
my 29 years at CMU, I taught graduate and/or
undergraduate classes every semester. The speciffic
classes changed periodically
so
that, by the end of my academic career, I had taught 6 different
undergraduate classes and 11
different graduate classes. I chaired 16 dissertations and served
as a
committee member on 11 others. From the beginning of my career as a
psychologist, I have coordinated and sponsored workshops by experts for
professionals and the lay community, and I have personally
led many workshops for both the
community and for professionals.
Some
of my interests allowed me to make meaningful and useful connections
between different disciplines. I saw a clear connection
between the ideas and practices of Tarthang Tulku and understanding
people and how they change. The dissociative disorders have largely
been
ignored by mental health practitioners, yet they are diagnosable in 10%
of the population. As a result, developing a specialty in the
dissociative disorders became a significant and important focus for my
functioning as a clinical psychologist. Although EMDR was largely
unknown when I first began using it, I found it clinically powerful and
profoundly helpful for my clients. Now, 25 years later, it has the
strongest research support of any of the trauma
treatments, except possibly exposure. Phenomenology, a
philosophical approach focusing on experience-itself, adds
significantly to the typical approach of focusing on "objective
empirical data" and provides an additional and complementary
research approach. I found that
these alternative approaches enriched
my understanding and perspective on mainstream psychology.Past Licenses & Certifications
Past
positions in professional organizations
Previous
Membership
in Professional Organizations
Workshops
& Presentations
Publications
& Reviewer for Professional Journals
Presentations
Past
Licenses
& Certifications
Diplomate in
Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology (1996 -
2013)
Licensed Psychologist– Michigan (1976 - 2002)
Licensed Psychologist – Kentucky (September 7, 2001 - 2013)
Listed in the National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology
(1978 - 2013)
EMDR Facilitator (1998 - 2013; Completed Level II training in 1992)
Certified Therapist
and Consultant in EMDR (1998 - 2013)
Certificate of
Professional Qualification in Psychology, Association of
State and Provincial Psychology Boards, (2001 -
2013)
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Past
positions in professional organizations
Board of Directors, International Society for the
Study of Dissociation
(ISSD, 1999-2002)
- Membership Committee, ISSD (1990 - 2002; Chair,
2000)
- Committee on Scientific Consensus, ISSD (November
1990 - 2001)
- Committee for Professional Liaison (June
2001- 2002)
Site Visitor, American Psychological Association Committee on Accreditation (1997 - 2005)
Delegate
and Faculty Representative to National Council of Schools and Programs
of Professional Psychology (1994-1998)
EMDR
Network Coordinator for Michigan. Coordinated, led and participated in
several meetings per year in E. Lansing. (1994 - 1997)
Executive
Board, Michigan Psychological Association. (1973-1974)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Continuing Education, Michigan
Psychological Association. (Chair, 1973-74)
- Midwest Regional Committee on Continuing Education,
American Association of State Psychological Boards. (1972-1974)
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Previous
Membership
in Professional Organizations
American Psychological Association
Division
of Clinical Psychology
Division
of Philosophical Psychology
Division
of Independent Practitioners
Division
of Humanistic Psychology
Michigan Psychological Association
Kentucky Psychological Association
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
International Society for the Study of Subtle
Energies and Energy
Medicine
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
International Association
(Charter Member)
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