Psychological Associates, P.A.

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1 Psychological Associates, P.A East Government Street Pensacola, Florida Telephone (850) Fax (850) THOMAS RICHMOND SPENCER (RICK) EDUCATION: Intern Psy. D. Tulane University Medical Center, September 1986 till August 1987; Full APA approval Clinical Psychology (Respecialization), August 1987, Florida Institute of Technology (F.I.T.); Full APA approval Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, 1985 University of Southern Mississippi M.A. Psychology, 1984 University of Southern Mississippi B.A. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Psychology, 1980, Millsaps College 10/92 - Clinical Psychologist/Partner. Psychological Associates, Present P.A.; Pensacola, FL. Responsibilities include outpatient, individual, family, group, and marital therapies for children, adolescents, and adults; Psychological evaluations, and custody/visitation evaluations. 8/91 Unit. Psychologist. Children's 'Stress Unit, Baptist 8/93 Hospital; Pensacola, FL. Responsibilities included administrative and supervision of all clinical teams within an inpatient hospital program for children. Services also included individual, family, and group therapies and consultation. 2/89-92 Clinical Psychologist/Director. Childrens.Counseling Present Center/Psychological Associates, P.A.; Pensacola, FL. Responsibilities include Administrative/managerial tasks, therapist supervision, program development, and outpatient services for children and adolescents, as well as their families. Services include individual, family, and group therapies; teacher consultation; and didactic seminars.

2 Page Two 8/ /86-8/87 6/85-7/86 1/86-7/86 1/85-5/86 Clinical Psychologist/Associate. Psychological Associates, P.A.; Pensacola, FL. Responsibilities include outpatient, individual, family, marital therapies for children, adolescents and adults; psychological evaluations; custody/visitation evaluations; and organizational/management psychology. Clinical Psychology Intern. Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans Adolescent Hospital, and Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. Responsibilities included individual, couples, family, and group therapies in both inpatient and outpatient facilities with child, adolescent and adult patients. Duties consisted of diagnostic interviewing, developmental screenings, psychological and neuropsychological testing, supervision of B.A. and M.A. level psychology students, and a weekly consultation service to the Pediatric Neurology Clinic at Charity Hospital. Supervisors: James Gay, Ph.D., Vincent Charbone, Ph.D., Colin McCormick, Ph.D., and Maureen Block, M.S.W. Staff Psychologist. Brevard County Mental Health Center, Rockledge, FL. Responsibilities consisted of intake interview, treatment plan development, individual psychotherapy with children and adults, couples and family therapies, process-oriented group therapy, court ordered psychological evaluations. Supervisor: Michell Valland, Psy.D. Psychologist. Wuestoff Memorial Hospital, Rockledge, Florida. Twenty hours per week at a private psychiatric inpatient unit for adults. and adolescents. Duties included psychological testing; individual and processoriented group therapies for adolescents. Supervisor: Regina LaMotta, Psy.D. Counselor. Center for Student Development, University Counseling Center - F.I.T., Melbourne, Florida. Intake interviews, psychological assessment and psychotherapy with adult clients were conducted. Supervision was provided by full'-time clinical and counseling psychology faculty members representing cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and interpersonal/psychodynamic perspectives. Supervisors: Juanita Baker, Ph.D., Sam Karson, Ph.D., and Anna Beth Payne, Ph.D.

3 Page Three 12/84- Doctoral Dissertation. Maternal personality, attitudinal, and life-events correlates of the patterns of infant-mother attachment. Degree conferred May, 1985; Chairperson: William Goggin, Ph.D. 6/84 - Child Therapist. Millcreek Residential Treatment Center, 12/84 Magee, Mississippi. One day per week at a private inpatient residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed children. Individual psychotherapy with prepubescent children was provided. Supervisor: Bevan E. S t e a d m a n, P h. D. 12/83 Masters Thesis. The relationship between day care caregiver-child attachments and caregiver sensitivity ratings. Degree. conferred May, 1984; Chairperson: Pat Faulkender, Ph.D. 6/83-12/83 5/79-8/79 Psychology Technician. State School, Ellisville, Mississippi. One or two days a week at a state institution for mentally retarded, autistic, and blind-multihandicapped individuals. Responsibilities included group therapy and individual counseling with mildly retarded adolescent males, behavioral programming, intelligence and personality testing, research, and implementation of an infant stimulation program designed to ameliorate the cognitive and physical development of handicapped infants. Supervisor: Paul D. Cotten, Ph.D. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: Assistant Psychology Technician. Hudspeth Retardation Center, Jackson, Mississippi. Duties consisted of intelligence testing, implementation of behavioral programming and observation of an limited participation in treatment planning with an interdisciplinary team. Supervisor: Ansley Bacon-Prue, Ed.D. 9/94 - Liason for the Facilitators for the "Helping Children Present Cope with Divorce" Course. Provide supervision and. training of all the facilitators of the program "Helping Children Cope with Divorce" in Pensacola and Milton, FL. This program is mandated by the court system for all parents with children under the age of 18 who are coming into the court system. Services also include teaching the four hour course.

4 Page Four 9/94 - Present Supervised Visitation Incorporated/Board Member. This includes program development, supervision, and training for a nonprofit corporation designed to provide a place for supervised visitation during custody and foster care disputes. 9/94- Chairman, Parental Advisory Committee: N.B. Cook School Present pf the Arts President of the West Florida Chapter of the Florida Psychologial Association.. 6/92 - Emerald Coast Pediatric Association, Board Member. 6/93 Services included program development of a nonprofit corporation designed to facilitate pediatric care for low-income, indigent populations. Specifically, our goal was to increase the number of doctors who served this population and to serve as a financial mediator between those doctors and Medicaid and Medicare. 9/89 - Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Psychology. Present Sacred Heart Pediatric Residency Program, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, Florida. 1/86 Assessment Supervisor. Supervised graduate studied WAIS-R administrations in the. F.I.T. Intelligence Testing Course. 9/84-12/84 9/83-8/84 Adjunct Faculty. University of Southern Mississippi, PSY 556. The Psychology of Aging and Death. (graduateundergraduate) Graduate Assistant. University of Southern Mississippi, Instructor: EPY 370 Human Growth and Development-Child Psychology (undergraduate), and Teaching and Research assistant: Research in the areas of sex role development, attribution of blame in child suicide, and ego development. SERVICES: 12/87 - Chairman of Professional Advisory Committee of the 12/90 Mental Health Association. Helped develop community and professional workshop in the areas of mental health. 1/86 - Student Representative-F.I.T. Clinical Psychology 4/86 Admissions Committee. Rated Candidates for the Psychology Doctoral Program.

5 Page Five 4/85 4/85 Workshop Director. F.I.T. resident assistance training program. Leadership and conflict management skills. Workshop presented to the incoming F.I.T. residence assistants, Melbourn, Florida. 1/85 - Consultant. F.I.T. Housing Department. Needs assessment 4/85 analysis of the F.I.T. residence assistance training program and development of a new training program. 10/83 Instructor/group leader. Successful parenting in a residential cottage. Elementary behavior modification, techniques taught to the direct care staff at'ellisville State School, Ellisville, Mississippi. 1/83 - Volunteer worker. Infant Stimulation Program at 5/83 Ellisville Hospital, Ellisville, Mississippi. 9/82 - Developmental Psychology Student Representative. 9/83 Graduate Association of Students of Psychology, U.S,M. LICENSURE: 11/88 Licensed Psychologist. State of Florida. License # /84 - Approved psychological examiner. Mississippi Department Present of Education. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: PUBLICATIONS: *American Psychological Association *Florida Psychological Association *Mental Health Association of Escambia County, (Board Member). Spencer, T.R. & Wesley, A.L. (1982). The development stage concept: A question of utility. Journal of Mississippi Academy of Science, 27, 58. Also presented at the meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science, Biloxi, Mississippi.

6 Page Six PRESENTATIONS: Spencer, T.R., Goggin, W.C., and Brandt, R. (1985, March). Maternal life-events and depression correlates to the patterns of infant-mother attachment. Presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia. Spencer, T.R. & Faulkender, P. (1984, March). The relationship between substitute caregiver-child attachment and caregiver sensitivity ratings:. Presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. Cowart, C., and Spencer, T.R. (1985, March). A multitraitmultimethod validity analysis and Luria-Das processing. Presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia. Merritt, F.M., Dickson, A.L,, Ochler, J.J., and Spencer, T.R. (1984, March). Planning ability across ranges of intellectual.ability: A test of the Luria-Das information processing model. Presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological, Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. Cotten, P.D., Merritt, F.M., Cowart, C., Spencer, T.R. and Banks, M. (1983, November). Parental Acceptance Scale: A measure of the acceptance state of parents of handicapped children. Presented at the meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency, Asheville, North Carolina. Bloodworth, M., Spencer, T.R., Range, L.M,, and Gates, G. (1982, March). Parental sex preferences for children. Presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.