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Practice
- Individual and group practice in Evanston, Illinois for
over 20 years. My clinical practice focused on both individual
psychotherapy and health psychology and involved day-to-day
quality assurance activities, clinical teaching & supervision,
and negotiations with insurance and managed care companies
for a large group practice. I also directed Evanston Hospital's
community mental health programs bringing sliding scale
and pro bono services to a diverse population of urban,
underserved individuals, couples, and families.
- I am Board Certified in both Clinical Psychology and Clinical
Health Psychology by the American Board of Professional
Psychology (ABPP) and have been licensed in two States..
- I was elected Chair of the Board of Professional Affairs
during a period of time when APA was focused on defining
it responsibilities for preparing practice guidelines for
our field.
- Served as APA's representative to the Joint Commission
on Accreditation of HealthCare Organizations [JCAHO] advocating
for hospital practice privileges for psychologists.
- Elected President of the Illinois Psychological Association.
Established one of the first Psychology-Red Cross training
programs.
- Illinois' Distinguished Psychologist Award; Illinois Psychological
Association;
- Karl F. Heiser Presidential Award for Advocacy; American
Psychological Association
- Distinguished Practitioner; National Academies of Practice
- I managed a "24-7" clincal practice with service
responsibilities for a large hospital and community-based
clinical practice serving a diverse patient population in
rural Florida during my tenure as Chair of the Department
of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University
of Florida. My own practice in our group includes
mental health and health psychology diagnostic intakes and
treatment services.
- Served on APA task forces that focused upon Telehealth,
Expanding Roles in HealthCare, Evaluation of the APA Research
Office, Practice Guideline for Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual
Clients, Practice Guidelines in Geropsychology, to name
a few. I was appointed to two APA Presidents to task
forces on Integrating Practice and Science.
- Served on the ASPPB Practice Analysis Task Force (2002).
- I chaired the Board of Directors' Task Force on Work Force
analysis that resulted in funding for the APA's Center for
Work Force Analysis and Research. This Center will allow
Psychology [1] to collect the data necessary to truly understand
the career "pipeline" for all branches of psychology,
[2] help provide data to advise students about career opportunities
and "supply and demand" for training and career
trajectories, and [3] help Psychology provide data necessary
to educate public policy officials as we seek increased
research funding, additional training funding, and improved
support for services provision and public service programs.
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