Academic History
St. John's University, Ph.D., 1990, Clinical Psychology
Teacher's College, Columbia University, MA., 1982, Applied Educational Psychology
Montclair State College, BA., 1981, Psychology/Philosophy
Research Interests
Adjustment to chronic illness and disability; Coping behavior, personality factors, and adaptation to chronic pain; Trauma and vulnerability to somatization and psychophysiological disorders.
Teaching Interests
Abnormal Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Health Psychology
Clinical Assessment
Current and Past Clinical Appointments
Licensed Psychologist: NJ, NY, PA
Clinical Psychologist - 1/09 to present
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Director, Pain Rehabilitation Program - 7/00 to 3/09
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, 501 St. John Street, Allentown, PA.
Director of Psychology - 3/93 to 6/00
St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, Lawrenceville, NJ.
Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice - 6/96 to 1/99
Lawrenceville, NJ.
Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Chief, Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit - 1/92 to 3/93
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, East Orange, NJ .
Staff Psychologist - 8/87 to 1/92
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Inc., West Orange, NJ .
