CURRICULUM VITAE DOUGLAS BERNON 13 Baker Road Portsmouth, Rhode Island 02871 401-293-0343 douglasbernon@gmail.com EDUCATION Undergraduate BA (1970) School of International Service American University, Washington D.C. International Relations and Education Attended 1966-1968 Attended 1969-1970 University of Glasgow Glasgow, Scotland Major: International Relations Attended: 1968-1969 Advanced Degrees MA Education (1978) University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Attended 1974-1975 Ph.D. Education (1982) School of Education American University Washington, D.C. Attended 1979-1982 MA Clinical Psychology (1985) California School of Professional Psychology Attended 1983-1985 Ph.D. Clinical Psychology (1987) California School of Professional Psychology Attended 1985-1987
Certificate in Psychoanalysis (1997) Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis Boston, Massachusetts Attended 1987-1989 Additional Coursework Celestial Navigation Woods Hole Institute Attended: 1999 San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute and Society Attended: 1984-1986 Université de Provence Aix en Provence, France Attended: 1982 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Family Development and Learning Center (Partial hospitalization program for children) Alvarado Hospital 1987-1989 Psychology Health Associates General Psychological Outpatient Practice PROFESSIONAL LICENSES & BOARD CERTIFICATIONS Psychologist: State of Maryland 1989 Psychologist: District of Columbia 1989 Psychologist: Rhode Island 1990 Certificate in Psychoanalysis 1997 Diplomate: Am. Board of Forensic Examiners 1997 International Yachtmaster Captain s License: 200 Ton Vessels 2004 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Adjunct Associate Professor: Chapman College 1987-1989 Adjunct Associate Professor: George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1989-1990 - 2 -
Adjunct Professor: American University Washington, D.C. 1989-1990 Adjunct Associate Professor: University of Rhode Island North Kingston, RI 1991-1994 Clinical Assistant Professor, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI 1998-2001 OTHER APPOINTMENTS Private Practice of Psychoanalysis; and Psycho-diagnostic and forensic assessments 1993-2001 Private Practice of Psychotherapy 1985-2001 Private Practice of Supervision 1991-2001 Captain, Sailing Vessel Ithaka 2001-2006 Family Development and Learning Center A partial-hospitalization and day-treatment program for emotionally disturbed youth. 1988-1989 Douglas Bernon and Associates Consulting on educational administration, program evaluation, teacher training & mental health programs 1983-Present Director of Training: International Reporting Information Systems, Washington, DC 1981-1982 Director of Public Education and Training: US Metric Board, Washington, DC 1977-1981 Co-Founder and Administrator: The Cleveland School Without Walls, Private school for emotionally disturbed youth 1973-1974 - 3 -
Teacher: Montgomery County Public Schools, Bethesda, Md. 1970-1972 MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES Co-Founder & Past President The RI Association of Psychoanalytic Psychologies 1993-Present The American Board of Forensic Examiners 1996-2001 The Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis 1993-Present The American Psychological Association 1985-Present Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association 1990-Present Society For Personality Assessment 1989-2001 Boating Writers International 2000-Present International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 2011-Present OTHER NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS INVITED PRESENTATIONS The Log of Ithaka Monthly Columns of Essays in Cruising World Magazine 2001-2007 1. Children at Risk: Problems of Disconnectedness. Keynote address given at Maryland Department of Education Annual Conference: May, 1990. 2. Emotional Development: Attachment Behavior ~ Reactions to Strangers. Parent-Teacher Organization of The Beginnings Pre-School: February, 1991. - 4 -
3. Clinical Assessment ~ Psychodynamic Limits In The Initial Intake. Clinical Staff Seminar at Newport County Community Mental Health Center: March 14,1991, and at the Rhode Island Council of Community Mental Health Centers Clinical Staff Seminar. May 7, 1991. 4. Suicide Mythology ~ Prevention in Family Practices. Newport Hospital Family Practice Physicians and Internists Seminar: April 18,1991. 5. Developmental Considerations in Childhood ~ Adolescent Grieving. Clinical Staff Seminar at Bradley Hospital: May 15,1991. 6. Boundaries: How Far Can We Go As Professionals? Where Are The Limits? Newport County Women's Resource Center: June 18,1991. 7. Psychodynamic Considerations In Forced Terminations. Newport County Community Mental Health Center Clinical Staff Seminar. July 1991, and at the University of Rhode Island Psychological Services Center Psychology Colloquium: May 1991. 8. Learning Disabilities ~ Developmental Arrests: Psychoanalytic Perspectives. Rhode Island Learning Disabilities Association Conference: October 5,1991. 9. Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Psychological and Psycho-educational Tests: How Social Workers Can Use the Information in Treating Patients. Newport, Rhode Island, Conference of Social Workers: June 17,1992. 10. Diagnostic Impressions & the DSM-IIIR. Newport County Child and Family Services Clinical In-Service: July l6, 1992. 11. Developmental Differences ~ Special Pressures on Gifted and Talented Children. Newport School System Lecture Series: October 12,1992. 12. Mental Status Exams: When Do They Start? When Are They Over? The Intake As An Ongoing Process. University of Rhode Island Psychological Services Center Psychology Colloquium: February 3, 1993. 13. Two and Three Re-visited: Turmoil in the Adolescent Search for Identity. Ocean State Adoption Resource Exchange: April 27,1993. 14. Men... Good Grief. Hospice Care of Rhode Island Volunteer Training Seminar: November 29, 1994. 15. The Family System As An Evolving Being: In Life and in Grief. Hospice Care of Rhode Island Volunteer Training Seminar: April 6, 1995. 16. Pulling the Wings Off Flies ~ And Other Desperate Cries for Love: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Symptoms as Communications. Newport Hospital Grand Rounds: April 7,1995. - 5 -
17. The Richness Of The Home-Visit as a Diagnostic Assessment Tool For Treatment Planning. Child and Family Services of Newport, Staff Development Seminar: January 19, 1995. 18. Termination, Transference, and Counter-Transference Issues. Rhode Island Office of Training and Development Seminar for Mental Health Counselors and Clinical Social Workers: April 16 and 23, 1996. University of Rhode Island Psychological Services Center Psychology Colloquium: March 30, 1995. 19. Psychological Assessment For Forensic Purposes. Newport County Bar Association Seminar: October 30, 1995. 20. Transference Enactments Within the Session: Dilemmas, Decisions ~ Interpretation: So Now What Do I Do?" University of Rhode Island Psychological Services Center Psychology Colloquium: November 2, 1995. 21. Establishing the Patient-Therapist Contract, A Psychoanalytic Perspective. University of Rhode Island Psychological Services Center Psychology Colloquium: April 16 and 23, 1996. 22. Child And Adolescent Suicide: Identifying Dangers, Preventing The Act, And Managing Your Own Terror. Rhode Island Office of Training and Development Seminar for Mental Health Counselors and Clinical Social Workers: May 7 and 21, 1997. 23. The Role Of The Psychologist As An Impartial Evaluator In Family Custody Disputes. Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Conference: June 20,1997. 24. Child Psychotherapy: Intersubjective Perspectives On Managing Difficult Counter- Transference to Patients' Parents. Smith College Graduate School in Social Work: July, 1997. 25. The Daunting Task of Being Good Enough: Internal Pressures on the Psychotherapist to Meet Imagined Goals. University of Rhode Island Psychological Services Center Psychology Colloquium: September l8, 1997. 26. Boundaries in Psychotherapy: The Slippery Seductions At The Edge of Awareness. Rhode Island Office of Training and Development Seminar for Mental Health Counselors and Clinical Social Workers: January 16, 1998. 27. Buster Keaton ~ Stephen King: From Childhood Trauma to Adult Creativity: The Repetition Compulsion and Post-Traumatic Play." American Psychological Association, Annual Midwinter Convention: La Jolla, California: February 8, 1998. 28. Projective Identification, Attunement & Mutually Constructed Enactments. Fundacion Maria Escalon de Nunez, San Salvador, El Salvador: March 3, 1998. 29. Whose Gift? Special Pressures And Developmental Considerations In The Families of Gifted Children. Meadow Brook Farms Parent Teachers Group: April, 1, 1998. - 6 -
30. Furtive Attacks in the Mind-Body Wars: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Psychosomatic Illness. Newport Hospital Grand Rounds: May 1, 1998. 31. The Radical Sabbatical. Thirty-four multi-media, lecture-slideshows given nationwide about taking the time to explore the inner and outer world from the deck of a small sailboat: 2005-2007. 32. Forced Terminations: When You Fire All Your Patients Transference and Countertransference Ramifications. Rhode Island Association of Psychoanalytic Psychologies: October, 2006. 33. Call it Snooping or Call it Research: Secret Knowledge of Public Data and its Impact on Transference, Counter-transference and the Clinical Play Space, Rhode Island Association of Psychoanalytic Psychologies: September, 2008; International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Seattle, Washington, 2010; Psychoanalytic Educational Forum of Boston, 2012. 34. Money: it is WAY dirtier than sex. Guest lecture for Brown psychiatry residents, 2011-2012. UNIVERSITY TEACHING ROLES Chapman College, 1987-1989 1. Introduction to Clinical Psychology 2. Abnormal Psychology George Washington University, Washington, DC 1989-1990 1. Seminar in Research Methodology University of Rhode Island, North Kingston, RI 1991-1994 1. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 2. Transference and Counter-transference Clinical Supervisor: PHD Candidates Brown University Medical School Providence, RI 1998-2001 and 1. Introductory Clinical Seminar (1998-2001) (PG-1) 2. Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - 7 -
() (PG-2) 3. Play therapy (2010-Present) 4. Clinical Supervisor: (1998-2001) Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis, Boston, MA 2007-2010 1. Clinical Seminar on Technique, Transference & Counter-transference Clinical Supervisor: Psychoanalytic Candidates China American Psychoanalytic Association 2009-2010. 1) Clinical Seminar on Theory and Technique: Second Year 2) Supervision of Chinese Physicians via SKYPE - 8 -