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Curriculum Vitae Brian L. Lewis, Ph.D., ABPP
Director of Training, Counseling Psychology Program Director, Institute for Individual and Family Counseling
Department of Educational and Psychological Studies University of Miami
CONTACT
University of Miami School of Education PO Box 248065 Coral Gables, FL 33124-2040 Office Telephone: 305-284-2260 Office Fax: 305-284-5539 [email protected] EDUCATION
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Graduated June, 1981. Ph.D. degree in Counseling Psychology (APA approved program) with co-major in Personality in the Department of Psychology. APA approved Clinical Psychology Internship at the Boston VA Medical Center, Jamaica Plain, MA (July 1979 - June 1980). State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Graduated May, 1977.
M.Ed. degree in College Counseling and Counseling Psychology.
Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Graduated May, 1974. B.A. degree in Psychology.
WORK EXPERIENCE Academic:
2005 – Present Director of Training, Counseling Psychology Program (APA approved), Department of Educational and Psychological Studies (EPS), School of Education, University of Miami.
2002 – Present Director, Institute for Individual and Family Counseling Department of Educational and Psychological Studies (EPS), School of Education, University of Miami. Administrative management and clinical oversight of a university-based training clinic. Training and supervision of students in the doctoral degree program in counseling psychology (APA approved) and masters
degree programs in Marriage in Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Fiscal management, program development, community outreach and consultation. Teaching responsibilities within the EPS Dept.
University Committees: Faculty search committees
Curriculum Committee
Diversity Committee (EPS Dept.)
Provost’s Committee on Community Engagement Graduate student admissions committee
Dissertation committee assignments
.1994 - 2000 Director, Antioch Psychological Services Center. Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, NH. Core faculty , Department of Clinical Psychology (APA approved Psy.D. program). Program development and administrative oversight of a clinical psychology training clinic, which also functioned as the university student counseling center. Clinical coordination and supervision of full range of outpatient behavioral health services. Developed and supervised services through Antioch's "Stress and Wellness Clinic", a community treatment and educational program promoting general health. Fiscal management, community consultation, and training of doctoral level clinical psychology practicum students.
Courses taught: Health Psychology
Clinical Hypnosis
Behavioral Health Systems Management Professional Seminar on Ethics
Professional Seminar on Case Conceptualization Individual and Family Therapy Intervention University Committees: Faculty search committees
Dissertation committees
Member, Human Resources Committee
Member, IRB committee
1985 - 1987 Adjunct Faculty. Department of Psychology, Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont. Taught graduate level courses in: Courses taught: Psychopathology
Group Dynamics
Personality Theory
2000 – 2002 Chief, Department of Psychology. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC. Clinical Director, Pain Management Center. Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, East Carolina University Medical School. Managed a clinical staff of eight psychologists providing comprehensive psychological services to inpatients and outpatients at the hospital and at the Regional Rehabilitation Center (JCAHO and CARF accredited). Oversight of psychological services provided to patients with TBI, SCI, stroke, cardiac and pulmonary disease, psychiatric conditions, and other acute health conditions. Supervised a multidisciplinary team providing chronic pain management services. Training and supervision of doctoral-level psychologists. Fiscal management of the department and program development. Represented the department on various hospital-wide interdepartmental committees. Completed early steps (including proposal) in developing an psychology internship training program.
1989 -1994 Private Practice and Behavioral Medicine Consultant. Private practice in Montpelier, Vermont. Adult and family psychotherapy to a rural outpatient client population with a practice specialty in health psychology. Consulting psychologist to local physical rehabilitation program providing clinical assessments and pain management services. Staff privileges within the departments of anesthesiology and surgery at Central Vermont Hospital. Chemical dependency counseling.
1982 - 1989 Director, Adult Outpatient Program .. Washington County Mental Health Services, Montpelier, Vermont. Managed a clinical staff of seven mental health professionals. Administrative
responsibilities, including: fiscal management, intake screening and case assignment, program development, and liaison to other parts of the agency and community. Provided individual and group clinical supervision. Part-time clinical responsibilities included psychotherapy to adults, couples, and families, with specialty practice in behavioral medicine.
1986 - 1989 Director - Substance Abuse Program. Washington County Mental Health Services, Montpelier, Vermont. Directed a second clinical program while continuing with the above responsibilities. Managed a clinical staff of five substance abuse counselors
providing services to adolescents, adults and families. Assumed same administrative and supervisory responsibilities as above. • Developed an innovative treatment model for integrating
individual and family therapy for substance abusers. • Trained staff in family therapy theory and techniques.
1981 - 1982 Psychotherapist and Medical Psychological Consultant. Ethan Allen Medical Center, Winooski, Vermont. Post-doctoral training. Provided individual, family and group psychotherapy to adults and older adolescents. Offered stress management and behavioral medicine services within the local hospital. Psychodiagnostic testing. Developed a consultation service to schools regarding adolescent behavioral problems. Chemical dependency counseling.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Psychological Association
Division 17 – Counseling Psychology Division 38 - Health Psychology
Division 24 – Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology National Register of Health Services Providers in Psychology Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics (ADPTC) Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP)
RELATED PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT Division 17 – Counseling Psychology, APA.
Secretary-treasurer, Special Section: Health Psychology Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics (ADPTC) Council of Past Presidents, 2002-present
President, 1997 - 1999
Executive Committee Member, 1996 – 2000
APA’s Council of Chairs of Training Council (CCTC) 1997 – 1999. Site Visitor for the APA Committee on Accreditation 2006 – present American Pain Society
Member, Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, 2005 - 2006 Division 38 - Health Psychology, APA
Member, Committee on Education and Training, 1997 - 2000.
Chair, subcommittee revising the "Guide to Internships in Health Psychology" (3rd edition)
Member, Health Services Committee, 2000 - 2002. Vermont Psychological Association
• Executive Board, Northern Representative 1984 - 1986 • Ethics Committee Chairperson 1986 - 1988
Licensed Psychologist - State of Florida (Lic. # PY 6634) National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology – American Board of Professional Psychology
PUBLICATIONS
Lewis, B.L. (In Press). Social Justice in Practicum Training: Competencies and
Developmental Implications. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. Lewis, B.L., Hatcher, R.L., Pate, W.E. (2005). The Practicum Experience: A Survey of
Practicum Site Coordinators. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 36(3), 291-298.
Lewis, B.L. (2002). Second Thoughts Regarding Documenting the Psychological Consultation. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.33(2), 224-225. Lewis, B.L. (2001). Health Psychology ‘Specialty’ Practice Opportunities In a Rural
Community Hospital: Practicing Local Clinical Science. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 32(1), 59-64.
Kaslow, N., Kohut, J., Lewis, B., & Pate., W. (2000). CCTC Survey Preliminary Results (Internship and Practicum Site Survey). APA.
Fajardo, D.M., & Lewis, B.L. (1998). Screening for Learning Disabilities: Improving Efficiency In Assessment, Training, and Service Delivery. In L. Vandecreek, S. Knapp, and T. Jackson (Eds), Innovations In Clinical Practice, Vol. 16, 259-278. Lewis, B.L. (1996) Self-Deception: A Postmodern Reflection. Journal of Theoretical and
Philosophical Psychology , Vol. 16 (1), Spr. 49-66.
Lewis, B.L. (1989). Self as a System: A Second Order Cybernetic Perspective. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, Vol. 8 (2+3), Sum 1989, 65-72.
Lewis, B.L. (1988). Cybernetics and the Treatment of Alcoholism: Thoughts on a Model. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Vol. 4 (4), Win. 127-139.
Lewis, B.L. Psychology, Ethics, and Nuclear Disarmament: Expending Our Lens. The Vermont Psychologist, Vol. 10(1), Spring 1985, 10-18.
Lewis, B.L. & Khaw, K.T. Family Functioning as a Mediating Variable Affecting Psychosocial Adjustment of Children with Cystic Fibrosis. Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 101 (4), Oct. 1982, 636-640.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
“Creating Health Psychology Practice Opportunities: Past and Present”. Presentation as part of Division 17 (Counseling) Symposium “Careers in Counseling Health Psychology – Learning from the Experts”. APA Convention, Toronto, 2009. "Narrative Therapy: Implications for the Psychological Wellbeing of College Students."
Invited inservice presentation. Florida International University Student Counseling Center. March, 2009.
“Social Justice in Practicum Training: Philosophical Foundations & Developmental Implications. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics (ADPTC). Chapel Hill, NC, March 2009.
“Counseling Health Psychology: Past, Present, and Future”. Chairperson, Division 17 (Counseling) Invited Symposium at the 2008 International Counseling
Psychology Conference, Chicago.
“A Social Justice Agenda for Practicum Training in Training Clinics”. Chairperson, Division 17 (Counseling) Symposium at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, 2007.
"Best Practices for Competent Supervision in Practicum”". Chairperson, Division 12 (Clinical) Symposium at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, 2006.
“Multicultural Training in Training Clinics”. Moderator of graduate student roundtable discussion at the mid-winter conference of the Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics. Miami, Florida, February, 2004.
“Hypnosis: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach in the Treatment of Pain”. Invited colloquium, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. March 2002.
“Hypnosis and the Treatment of Pain”. Grand Rounds Presentation, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University. February 2002.
Lewis, B.L., Bloch, R., & O’Neill, C. “Personal Values as a Predictor of Subjective Well-Being in SCI Patients”. Poster presentation at the Kessler Medical Rehabilitation sponsored conference, “Quality of Life Measurement: Building an Agenda to the Future”. New Jersey, November 2001.
Doherty, T., Lewis, B.L., Oswald, G., Crawford, N., Chertok, K., & McDade, N..
“Depression as a Predictor of Functional Improvement in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program”. Poster presentation at the New England Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Lewiston, Me. October 2000.
Lewis, B. L. “Expanding Theory in Health Psychology: Rethinking Obstacles for Lifestyle Change”. Paper (Div. 24) presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Washington, D.C., 2000.
Lewis, B. L. "Placebos, Deception and Health: The Search for Truth In a Postmodern World". Paper presentation at Restructuring Health Psychology the First International Conference of Critical and Qualitative Approaches to Health Psychology, Newfoundland, CN, July 1999.
Oswald, G., & Lewis, B. "Women Have Hearts Too: Unanswered Questions In Cardiac Rehabilitation Research". Poster presentation at Restructuring Health Psychology the First International Conference of Critical and Qualitative Approaches to Health Psychology, Newfoundland, CN, July 1999.
"Hypnotic Applications In Medical Care". Grand Rounds presentation for the Department of Family Practice at the University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont. June 23, 1999.
"Integrating Accountability Procedures Into Practicum Training for Organized Healthcare". Chairperson, Division 12 (Clinical) Symposium at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Chicago, 1998.
"A Model for a Health Psychology Specialty Training Clinic". Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics. Chicago, 1998.
Lewis, B. L. Bridging the Town-Gown Divide: New Directions for the Psychological Services Center. Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Conference for the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology, San Antonio, TX, January 1997.
"Psychosocial Assessment and Intervention In Cardiac Rehabilitation". Invited presentation at annual meeting of the New Hampshire Society for Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. Bedford, NH, May, 1997.
"Using Reflecting Teams In a Training Clinic". Presentation and workshop at the Northeast Regional Conference for Counseling Center Directors, Hanover, NH, March 1996.
"Hypnotic and Psychologic Involvement In Anesthesiology and Surgery". Workshop presenter at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, New Orleans, March 1993.
"Introductory Psychotherapy and Hypnosis". Workshop faculty member. Annual
meeting of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Washington, D.C, October 1992.
"Hypnotic Preparation In Anesthesiology and Surgery: An Initial Report of Findings". Presentation at the Scientific Meeting of the Society for Clinical and
Experimental Hypnosis, New Orleans, October 1991.
"Cancer and the Family: A Systems Perspective". The Psychology of Health, Immunity and Disease. Paper presentation at the National Institute of Clinical Applications In Behavioral Medicine Conference, Boston, December 1989.
Lewis, B.L. "Neutrality' and 'Control' In Alcoholism Treatment: Thoughts on a Model". Paper presented at The Second North American Congress on Alcohol and Drug Problems, Boston, September 1986.
