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Donald Meichenbaum |
Donald Meichenbaum
Research Director of The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment of Victims -- Miami, Florida
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D., is one of the founders of Cognitive Behaviour Modification (CBM),
and his book Cognitive Behaviour Modification: An Integrative Approach is considered a classic in the field.
He has also authored Coping with Stress; Stress Inoculation Training;
A Clinical Handbook for Assessing and Treating Adults with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder;
co-authored Pain and Behavioral Medicine; and Facilitating Treatment Adherence:
A practitioner's Guidebook; and co-edited Stress Reduction and Prevention and The Unconscious Reconsidered.
He was Associate Editor of Cognitive Therapy and Research from its inception and is on the editorial board
of a dozen journals. He is the editor of the Plenum Press series on Stress and Coping.
He is currently Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,
and a clinical psychologist in private practice. He was a recipient of
the prestigious Izaak Killiam Fellowship Award administered by Canada Council.
This award allowed him to devote his full time to research.
Dr. Meichenbaum is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
He is Research Director of The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment of Victims, in Miami, Florida.
The Melissa Institute is designed to bridge the gap between research findings and clinical application and public policy.
In a survey reported in the American Psychologist, North American clinicians voted
Dr. Meichenbaum "one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the century".
A survey of academic psychologists in Canada indicated that Dr. Meichenbaum was
the most cited psychology researcher at Canadian universities.
He has presented workshops and lectures throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico,
Europe, Israel, Japan, the Caribbean, and Russia. He has consulted widely for adolescent offenders,
developmentally delayed, head injured clients, as well as for educational institutions.
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Carolyn Stone |
Carolyn Stone
Professor, University of North Florida
Carolyn Stone has been a Counselor Educator at the University of North Florida
since 1995 where she teaches and researches in the area of school counselors in
the accountability climate of educational reform and legal and ethical issues.
Prior to becoming a counselor educator, Carolyn spent 22 years with the public
schools in Jacksonville, Florida as Supervisor of Guidance for 225 counselors,
an elementary counselor, high school counselor, and a teacher at the middle
school level. Dr. Stone is President-Elect of the American School Counselor
Association and currently serves as ASCA's Ethics Chair. Dr. Stone is a
Past-President for the Florida Counseling Association and the Florida
Association for Supervisors and Counselor Educators. Her 60 publications
include three books for school counselors on school counselors as leaders,
advocates, and systemic change agents in an accountability driven climate
and legal and ethical issues. Dr. Stone's professional path at every level
has prepared her with first hand experience and an understanding of the
richness and challenges of the world of school counselors.
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Rick Rigsby |
Rick Rigsby
President of Impact World Group
Dr. Rick Rigsby is recognized as one of the most dynamic speakers in America.
As President and CEO of Impact World Group and as Founder of Impact Family Ministries,
Dr. Rigsby inspires audiences worldwide by offering electrifying presentations that encourage and
challenge audiences of all ages.
As President of Impact World Group, Dr. Rigsby speaks to corporations, service organizations and
school groups on issues such as character, teamwork, excellence, leadership and effective communication.
As Founder of Impact Family Ministries, he speaks at churches, men's gatherings, family camps and youth conferences.
The award-winning professor holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University.
Additionally, he serves Coach Dennis Franchione as chaplain for the Texas A&M football team.
Rigsby also holds appointments with the Center for Executive Development in the College of Business and
the Program in Presidential Rhetoric, affiliated with the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M.
A two-time winner of Texas A&M's prestigious Distinguished Teaching Award, Dr. Rigsby earned his Master's degree from
California State University, Chico and his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.
In 2000 his alma mater, California State University, Chico named him as its Distinguished Alumni of the Year.
Prior to graduate school, Rick was a television news reporter for a CBS affiliate in Northern California.
Rick Rigsby resides in College Station, Texas with his wife Janet and four sons ranging in age from
college senior to preschooler.
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