PSYCHOLOGY: THERAPY; TESTING/ASST; RESEARCH; THEORIES Professional Summary: __________________________________________ Innovative and solution-focused counsellor with over two decades of experience. Made significant contributions to knowledge and practice in psychology. Provided consultation to government and academic institutions on healthcare regulations and training. Taught courses in psychology for over fifteen years since 1987. Represented the Canadian government at an international conference on assessment centres in 1993. Core Competencies: _____________________________________________ • Understanding of college student / young adult development; stress & wellness; addictions • Faculty training, development & evaluation at the post-secondary level • In-class and online curriculum development & evaluation in post-secondary institutions • Facilitation of cooperation between academic, regulatory and industrial sectors in mental health • Behavioral research, policy development and data / statistical analysis • Psychoeducational testing / assessment; assessment centre technology for management training • Understanding of diversity issues associated with learning and mental health • Conflict mgt; dispute resolution & mediation skills • Cognitive behavioral methods in counselling and motivational interviewing; crisis counselling; trauma-focused therapy • Expertise in ethical and practice standards and regulation in mental health services

APPLIED ETHICS: ETHICAL & PRAC STANDARDS; ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING Professional Summary: _____________________________________ Member of the Research Ethics Board while teaching at the University of Toronto. Transitional Council and Board member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario for over five years. Trained psychologists, social workers, physicians, nurses, teachers and counsellors on ethical and practice standards in mental health services for nearly seven years at Yorkville University. Core Competencies: _____________________________________________ • Ethical and practice standards in regulated healthcare professions • Research & bio-ethics • Models of ethical decision-making • Ethical principles underlying professional standards and laws • Adjudication in cases of professional misconduct and negligence • Assessment of consenting capacity and a mature minor • Privacy acts and managing confidentiality in the workplace and its limits • Ethical standards associated with e-counselling – rendering healthcare services through e-communication technologies such as video-conference, telephone, email and chat-lines • Addressing multicultural and diversity issues associated with professional ethics • Health record-keeping

RESEARCH DESIGN; DATA ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL DEVT Professional Summary: _______________________________________ Bring over 30 years of experience in every facet of behavioral research. Contributed to nearly forty empirical researches with about thirty publications and conference / invited presentations. Core Competencies: ___________________________________________ • Theory of science – basic principles; nature of scientific revolutions; theoretical development • Literature review; developing a hypothesis; developing a research proposal • Research design; lab / experimental, field study, quasi-experimental designs, naturalistic observation • Data / statistical analysis; quantitative and qualitative analysis; presentation of data • Meta-analysis • Policy research and analysis • Research report-writing (APA style) • Test development – establishing reliability and validity; • Ethical review of research; ethical standards – e.g., obtaining consent, debriefing participants

Ash Centre of Behavioral Sciences
Toronto, Canada
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Mental health consultation to individuals, corporations and government departments on research, professional training, testing/assessment, policy development and therapy.

B.Sc., Honours, Psychology
Canada

M.A., Psychology
Canada

Ph.D., Educ & Developmental Psychology
Canada