Training/Experience

Education

B.S.  Multiple Science, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York

M.A. Psychology, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ

Certificate in School Psychology, Montclair State University

Ph.D. Psychology, Fordham University, New York

Experience

May 2013-Present: Emeritus Professor of Psychology, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, New  York.

1992-May 2013: Professor of Psychology, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, New  York.

1998-2007: Chair, Division of Social Sciences, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, New York.

1984-Present: Private Practice in Psychology

2005: Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor (License #627).

1996: Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders. Granted by the American Psychological Association – College of Professional Psychology.

1993: Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Ramapo College of New Jersey.

1992-2005: Nationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, received national-reciprocal certification.

1985-1995: Director of Awakenings, Inc., a private non-profit group specifically formed for providing counseling for alcoholism and substance abuse and for related educational services.                                          

1979-1992:  Chairman and School Psychologist, Emerson Board of Education Child Study Team.  

1978-Present: Certified Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselor, Certificate #237(NJ).

1975-1979: School Psychologist, Pascack Valley Regional Board of Education.  

1975-1979: Consulting Psychologist and Primary Therapist, Family Therapy, Straight & Narrow, Inc., Paterson.  Responsible for family therapy and individual counseling for residential clients at a drug/alcohol treatment facility.

1975-1977: Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Bergen Community College and Montclair State College.