CURRICULUM VITA Milton Zebediah Brown Alliant International University 10455 Pomerado Road San Diego, CA 92131-1799 mibrown@alliant.edu 858-635-4880 EDUCATION AND TRAINING: 1994 B.A., Psychology, Stanford University (focus in social psychology) 2002 Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Washington (minor in statistics) 2001-02 Clinical Psychology Internship, Veteran Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System 2002-04 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, Univ. of Washington ACADEMIC & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: 2004- Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program, California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University 2002-04 Research Coordinator, Postdoctoral Fellowship, BRTC, University of Washington. Principal investigator: M. Linehan. Outcome studies of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder (BPD). 1997-2001 Research Assistant, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, University of Washington. Principal investigator: M. Linehan. Outcome studies of DBT for BPD. Viewed therapists to determine adherence to DBT treatment protocol, and helped develop adherence measure. 1999-2001 National Research Service Award, National Institute of Mental Health 1994-1999 Predoctoral Research Fellowship, Ford Foundation 1997-99 Specialized Training in Emotion Facial Coding Certification in the Facial Action Coding System (Paul Ekman) Trained in the Specific Affect Coding System (John Gottman) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: 1996- Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy CLINICAL EXPERIENCE: 2009- Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Center of San Diego 2006-08 Private Practice, San Diego 2002-04 Clinical Supervisor, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, University of Washington Supervised graduate students in DBT. Supervision supervisor: Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. 2001-02 Intern, Veteran Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Addiction Treatment Services 1996-2001 Research Therapist, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, University of Washington 2002-04 Supervisor: Marsha Linehan, Ph.D.
DBT for BPD with various primary problems such as substance abuse, parasuicidal behaviors, shame, and anger. Led DBT skills training groups. 1995-2001 Staff Therapist, Psychological Services and Training Center, University of Washington Supervisors: Robert Kohlenberg, Ph.D., Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., et al. A variety of mostly eclectic and cognitive-behavioral therapy cases. FAP-Enhanced Cognitive Therapy (Functional Analytic Psychotherapy) Motivational Interviewing for alcohol abuse 1998-99 Clinical Practicum, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA Supervisors: Charles Bombardier, Ph.D., & David R. Patterson, Ph.D. Psychological assessment and intervention following acute physical injury. Neuropsychological testing of brain-injured patients. Motivational Enhancement Therapy with patients involved in accidents related to alcohol or drug use. Pain management and hypnosis for burn pain 1995-99 Specialized Training in Hypnosis American Society for Clinical Hypnosis, Basics Course (1999). Seminars and case consultation led by Thomas Wall & Joseph Barber, Ph.D. Practicum experience using hypnosis for burn pain; David Patterson, Ph.D. Hypnobehavior therapy for anxiety disorder; supervisor: Charles Maurer, Ph.D. Stanford Hypnotic Clinical Scale adminstered to research subjects with spinal cord injury pain PUBLICATIONS: Reynard, A., Gevirtz, R., Brown, M., Boutelle, K., Berlow, R. (2011). Heart Rate Variability as a Marker of Self-Regulation. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 36(3), 209-215. Keehn, R., Lincoln, A., Brown, M., Chavira, D. (submitted). The Coping Cat Program for Children with Anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities Rizvi, S.L., Brown, M.Z, Bohus, M., & Linehan, M.M. (2011). The role of shame in the development and treatment of borderline personality disorder. In R.L. Dearing and J.P. Tangney (Eds.), Shame in the therapy hour (pp.237-260). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Brown, M.Z. (March 2010). Cognitive behavior therapy for chronically parasuicidal patients. San Diego Therapist: San Diego Chapter of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Brown, M.Z., Reynard, A., & Nance, J. (2012). Self-regulation: the role of heart rate variability. San Diego Psychologist, 26(6), 14-16. Brown, M. (2010). Review of the book Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Manual by Cathy Moonshine, (invited publication for the National Psychologist). Chen, E., Brown, M., Harned, M., & Linehan, M. (2009). A comparison of borderline personality disorder with and without eating disorders. Psychiatry Research, 170, 86-90. Dimeff, L.A., Koerner, K., Woodcock, E.A., Beadnell, B., Brown, M.Z., Skutch, J.M., Paves, A.P., Bazinet, A., Harned, M.S. (2009). Which training method works best? A randomized controlled trial comparing three methods of training clinicians in dialectical behavior therapy skills. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47(11), 921-930. Brown, M.Z., Comtois, K., Murray, A., Linehan, M., & Chapman, A.L. (2009). Shame as a Prospective Predictor of Self-Inflicted Injury in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Multi-modal Analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 815-822. Swanson, K.S., Gevirtz, R., Brown, M., Spira, J., Guarneri, E., & Stoletniy, L. (2009). The effect of biofeedback on function in patients with heart failure. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 34(2), 71-91. Linehan, M., McDavid, J., Brown, M., Sayrs, J., & Gallop, R.J. (2008). Olanzapine plus dialectical behavior therapy for irritable women meeting criteria for borderline personality disorder: A double blind, placebo-controlled pilot study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 69, 999-1005.
Chapman, A.L., & Brown, M.Z. (2007). Cognitive behavioural theory of suicidal behaviour. In: A. Shrivastava (Ed.). International Handbook of Suicide Behaviour. Gaskell Publications Brown, M.Z., Gale, A., & Thomas. C. (2007). New emotion regulation skills in dialectical behavior therapy. San Diego Psychologist, 22(9). Brown, M.Z., & Abigail Burt, A. (2007). Opposite action intervention for shame and self-hatred. San Diego Psychologist, 22(6), 11-13. Brown, M.Z. (2007). Cognitive behavior therapy for chronically parasuicidal patients. San Diego Psychologist, 22(2), 9-10. Chen, E.Y., Brown, M.Z., Lo, T., & Linehan, M.M. (2007). Sexually transmitted disease rates and highrisk sexual behaviors in borderline personality disorder versus borderline personality disorder with substance use disorder. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 195(2), 125-129. Brown, M.Z., & Chapman, A.L. (2007). Stopping self-harm once and for all: Relapse prevention in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In G.A. Marlatt & K. Witkiewitz (Eds.), Therapist s Guide to Evidence- Based Relapse Prevention. Academic Press. Linehan, M., Comtois, K., Murray, A., Brown, M., Gallop, R., Heard, H., Korslund, K., Tutek, D., Reynolds, S., & Lindenboim N. (2006). Two-year randomized controlled trial and follow-up of dialectical behavior therapy vs therapy by experts for suicidal behaviors and borderline personality disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63(7), 757-766. Linehan, M.M., Comtois, K.A., Brown, M.Z., Heard, H.L., & Wagner, A. (2006). Suicide Attempt Self- Injury Interview (SASII): Development, reliability, and validity of a scale to assess suicide attempts and intentional self-injury. Psychological Assessment, 18(3), 303-312. Brown, M. (2006). Linehan's theory of suicidal behavior: Theory, research, and dialectical behavior therapy. In: T. Ellis (Ed.), Cognition and Suicide: Theory, Research, and Practice. American Psychological Association. Chapman, A., Gratz, K., & Brown, M. (2006). Solving the puzzle of deliberate self-harm: The experiential avoidance model. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 371-394. Rosen, G., Sawchuk, C., Atkins, D., Brown, M., Lees-Haley, P., & Price, J. (2006). Risk of false positives when identifying malingered profiles using the trauma symptom inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment, 86(3), 329-33. Brown, M., Comtois, K.A., & Linehan, M.M. (2002). Reasons for suicide attempts and nonsuicidal selfinjury in women with borderline personality disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111(1), 198-202. Dimeff, L.A., Rizvi, S.L., Brown, M., & Linehan, M.M. (2000). Dialectical behavior therapy for substance abuse: A pilot application to methamphetamine-dependent women with borderline personality disorder. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 7, 457-468. Ivanoff, A., Brown, M., & Linehan, M.M., (2001). Dialectical behavior therapy for for impulsive selfinjurious behaviors. In D. Simeon, E. Hollander (Eds.), Self-Injurious Behaviors: Assessment and Treatment. American Psychiatric Press. Brown, M. (1998). Self-mutilation, treatment research symposium: The behavioral treatment of selfmutilation. Proceedings of the XVI Congress of the World Association for Social Psychiatry, 1998, Vancouver B.C., Canada. Jensen, M.P., Barber, J., Williams-Avery, R.M., Flores, L., & Brown, M. (2000). The effect of hypnotic suggestion on spinal cord injury pain. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 14, 3-10. PRESENTATIONS: Brown, M., Linehan, M. (November, 2010). Shame Variability as a Prospective Predictor of Self-Inflicted Injury in Borderline Personality Disorder. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco. Brown, M., MacKinnon, S., Nance, J., Bixby, E. (November, 2010). Using the Human Dive Reflex to Promote Emotion Regulation and Fear Counter-Conditioning. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco.
Brown, M., Stanciu, C. (November, 2010). Proximal Causes of Non-Suicidal Self-Inflicted Injury (NSSII) Using Semantic Priming. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco. Brown, M., & Murallo, A. (May, 2010). Treating Emotion Dysregulation with Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training. Annual conference of the San Diego Psychological Association. Brown, M., Chaudhri, P., & Gevirtz, R. (2009). Mediators of Combined Cardiorespiratory Biofeedback and Dialectical Behavioral Skills Therapy for Treating Major Depressive Disorder and Low Heart Rate Variability Following Myocardial Infarction. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY. Brown, M. (October, 2009). New Measures of High Risk Emotions in Borderline Personality Disorder: The Shame Variability Questionnaire, Implicit Association Test, and Semantic Priming. Poster presented at the annual conference of Meeting Of The Minds, San Diego, CA. Brown, M. (April, 2008). What's new in evidence-based treatments for borderline personality disorder. Presentation at the California Psychological Association annual convention. Brown, M., Thomas, C., & Gevirtz, R. (November, 2007). Diaphragmatic breathing and heart rate variability biofeedback for decreasing compulsive behaviors in borderline personality disorder. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. Chen, E.Y., Brown, M., Harned, M., Linehan, M. (November, 2007). A comparison of borderline personality disorder with and without eating disorders. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. Schneider, K., Brown, M., Linehan, M., & Lynch, T. (November, 2007). Expected and actual outcomes of intentional self-harm behavior. Symposium presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. Chen, E.Y., Brown, M.Z., Harned, M.S., & Linehan, M.M. (October, 2007). A comparison of borderline personality disorder with eating disorders and borderline personality disorder without eating disorders. Poster presented at the Annual conference of the Eating Disorder Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA. Voth, R., Brown, M, et al. (October, 2007). Relationships among mindfulness, problem eating behaviors, and emotion dysregulation in post-operative gastric bypass patients. Poster presented at the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, New Orleans, Louisiana. Brown, M. (September, 2007). Dialectical behavior therapy for trauma-related problems. Keynote session on Alternative strategies for reducing stress and trauma presented at the 12th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, San Diego, CA. Linehan, M.M., Derbidge, C.M., Neacsiu, A., Addis, M., & Brown, M.Z. (April, 2007). The suicidal behaviors questionnaire: Development and psychometric characteristics. Poster presented at the American Association of Suicidology. Brown, M., & Rizvi, S.L. (November, 2006). Treatment of shame with exposure therapy and opposite action: A multiple baseline study. Symposium presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL. Brown, M., Thompson, M., & Burt, A. (November, 2006). Using the human dive reflex to promote emotion regulation and fear counter-conditioning. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL. Brown, M., Burt, A., & Thompson, M. (November, 2006). Using the human dive reflex to promote emotion regulation via conditioned bradycardia. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL. Chen, E., Brown, M., Lo, T, & Linehan, M. (November, 2006). Sexually transmitted disease rates and high-risk sexual behaviors in BPD versus BPD with substance abuse or dependence. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL. Swanson, K.S., Gevirtz, R., Brown, M., Spira, J., Guarneri, E. (April, 2006). Does Biofeedback Increase Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Known New York Heart Association Class I-III Heart Failure? Rosenfarb, I., Smerud, P., & Brown, M. (October, 2005). Implementing family psychoeducation for community caregivers and residents: A pilot investigation. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology.
Swanson, K.S., Gevirtz, R., Brown, M., Spira, J., Guarneri, E. (April, 2006). Does Biofeedback Increase Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Known New York Heart Association Class I-III Heart Failure? Poster presented at the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. Boe, R., Brown, M., Linehan, M., & Steere, L. (2004). Precipitating events for suicide attempts vs. nonsuicidal self-injury in women meeting criteria for borderline personality disorder. Poster presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA. Brown, M., & Linehan, M.M. (2001). The function of self-harm in women with borderline personality disorder. Symposium presentation at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA. Linehan, M., Comtois, K., Brown, M., Reynolds, S., Welch, S., Sayrs, J., & Korslund, K. (November, 2002). DBT versus nonbehavioral treatment by experts in the community: Clinical outcomes. Symposium presentation for the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV. Lindenboim, N., Brown, M., Korslund, K., & Linehan, M. (2003). Patient report of skills use in DBT: Does it predict outcome? Poster presented at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, CT. Gallop, R.J., Dimidjian, S., & Brown, M. (2003). Introduction to longitudinal data analysis with applications in SPSS 11.5. Workshop presentation at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Psychotherapy Research. Newport, RI. Comtois, K., Brown, M. & Linehan, M.M. (1998). Diagnostic predictors of severity of borderline personality disorder. Poster presented at the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington DC. Brown, M., Levensky, E., & Linehan, M.M. (1997). The relationship between shame and parasuicide in borderline personality disorder. Poster presented at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami Beach, FL. Brown, M. & Linehan, M.M. (1996). The relationship between negative emotions and parasuicide in borderline personality disorder. Poster presented at the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, NY.