BIRTHDATE:
March 11, 1946

EDUCATION:
University of California, Berkeley, 1964-1965 San Fernando Valley State College, 1968-1969 University of Houston, 1969-1972

DEGREES:
B.A., 1968, UCLA
M.A., 1971, University of Houston
Ph.D., 1972, University of Houston

EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE:
1980-Present: Director of Behavioral Sciences, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
-Supervision of professional staff and trainees
-Provide lectures, demonstrations, and consultations to Family Practice residents and staff
-Program planning and curriculum development
-Hospital consultations

Senior Instructor: UCLA Extension Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

Consultant: British Government, Northhampton, England
-Provide workshops for government officials on psychological topics
-Conduct seminar on team building, stress reduction, and conflict resolution

Presidential Advisory Board, Luxe Worldwide Hospitality Consultant: U.S. Navy
-Provide training in negotiation skills
-Conduct seminars on stress management, team building
-Advisary Board Member, Luxe Hotels

1975-1979: Director of Behavioral Sciences
Valley Medical Center of Fresno
Department of Family Practice
Assistant Clinical Professor,
Division of Ambulatory and Community Medicine
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
University of San Francisco School of Medicine
-Programming planning of Behavioral Science curriculum for Family Practice staff and residents
-Provide lectures., demonstrations, and on-site supervision for residents and hospital nurses
-Consultant to hospital administrative staff
-Psychological assessment
-Individual, group, and family therapy
-Supervision of doctoral-level psychology students
-Conduct research and program evaluation
-Supervision of Behavioral Science staff including social workers, and psychologist
-Instructor, Family Nurse Practitioner Program

1973-1976: Behavioral Science Consultant
Sierra Hospital
Fresno County, California
-Lectures and demonstrations in improving staff-patient communication and the psychology of illness and health
-Consultant for staff on the management of behavioral problems of general hospital patients Instructor
California State University, Fresno
-Taught graduate courses in psychotherapy

1973-1974: Clinical Psychologist
Pre-Care Coordinator and Monitor
Fresno County Department of Mental Health
-Individual, conjoint, marital, family and group therapy with adult outpatients
-Diagnosis assessment
-Program evaluation
-Consultant to the Fresno County Jail
Clinical Psychologist
-Consultant to Telephone Hotline
-Consultant to Family Practice Service of the County Hospital
-Supervision of Master's-level psychology and social work students from California State University, Fresno
-Behavior therapy program of obesity
-Administrative responsibility for team of psychiatrists, social workers, and paraprofessionals
-Supervision of psychiatric residents
-Program planning for Crisis Services
-Responsible for developing effective referral system among agencies and between departments within Mental Health Department
-Training of Paramedical Emergency Rescue Team
-Training of hospital nurse staff in Crisis Intervention techniques
Core Instructor
California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno
-Teach courses in techniques and theory and psychotherapy to doctoral candidates
-Supervise doctoral students in individual psychotherapy
-Supervise doctoral students in consulting with physicians and general hospital patients
Instructor
California State University, Fresno (Extension)

1972: Intern in Clinical Psychology
Houston Veterans Administration Hospital
-Diagnostic Assessment
-Individual and group psychotherapy
-Consultant to halfway House for Federal parolees
-Consultant to Juvenile Probation Department
-Group psychotherapy with addicts and consultation with staff on a Methadone Maintenance Program
-Family therapy with diagnostic assessment of children

1971: Intern in Clinical Psychology
Houston Veterans Administration Hospital
-Assessment and therapy on renal dialysis ward
-Group therapy with nurses working with terminal patients
-Individual, group, and hypnotherapy with spinal injured patients
-Instructor of undergraduate course.
Doctoral Candidate
University of Houston, Clinical Psychology Program
-Coursework: Research and Practicums
-Ecological Research at a physical rehabilitation hospital
-Diagnostic assessment, individual and group psychotherapy at a community mental health center

1970: Master's Candidate
University of Houston
Clinical Psychology Program

1969: Deputy Probation Officer
Los Angeles County Probation Department
-Family therapy and vocational counseling with adult and child probationers

HONORS AND HONORARY SOCIETIES:
-Senior Resident's Award for Excellence in Teaching in Family Practice, Dec. 1981, 1997
-National Institute of Mental Health Predoctoral Fellowship (awarded 1970) -Phi Kappa Phi -Ph.D orals passed with Honors

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
-American Association of Suicidology
-American Board of Hypnotherapy
-American Psychological Association
-American Psychotherapists Guild
-Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
-Association for Humanistic Psychology
-Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
-Fellow Diplomate. American Board of Medical Psychotherapists and Psychodiagnostics

PUBLICATIONS:
-Maurer, R.J., July 7, "While you Sleep" and "Untitled" (two poems), Class 1970, Pgs.9 and 95 -Maurer, R.J. and J.C. Baxter, "Images of the Neighborhood and the City Among -Black-Anglo, and Mexican-American Children, "Environment and Behavior," 1972, Pgs. 4.351-388. -Maurer, R.J., "Family Assessment," Family Practice Recertification. August 1983,
Vol 5., No.8, Pgs. 27-41, 158-160. -Maurer, R.J., Suicide. In R. Rakel (Eds.). Saunders Manual of Medical Practice., Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1995

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Ecology of institutional Care and Deviant Lifestyles
-Quantitative description of the behavior of adults with drug addition
-Behavioral ecology of the hospital treatment system Procedural and Theoretical Extension of the Group-induced Shift Toward Risk
-Efforts of variations in experimental instructions and composition of groups
-Age, sex, and ethnicity as factors in the shift
-Naturalistic studies of risk taking and the group-induced shift towards risk Psychological Aspects of Medical Problems
-Nature of family adjustment following kidney Continued: dialysis and transplant
-Adjustments of patients and relatives to terminal illness
-Adherence to medical regimens
-Personality, social, and environmental correlation of disease
-Patient and medical staff expectations and their effect on the disease process

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
-Abnormal Psychology
-Assessment of Adult Problems
-Compliance
-Creativity
-Ethics and Issues in Clinical Psychology
-Family Therapy
-Health Issues in Psychology
-Human Sexuality
-Interviewing
-Marriage and Family Problems
-Personality
-Projective Testing
-Psychology of Storytelling
-Psychotherapy
-Self-defeating behavior
-Storytelling
-Suicide

ADVANCED TRAINING:
Behavior Modification: Application of Medicine
Pacific Medical School, San Francisco
Family Therapy Training: 150 hours advanced training by George and Ruth McClendon, Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy, Watsonville, CA
Group Therapy Training: One-month intensive workshop in group psychotherapy using transactional analysis, and Gestalt principles, Bob and Mary Goulding, Western Institute for group and Family Therapy, Watsonville, CA.
Hypnosis Training: A five-day program on neuro-linguistic programming by Richard Bandler.
Advanced Reitan Workshop: 40 hour training in neuropsychological assessment conducted by Ralph Reitan, Estes Park, Colorado.
Sex, Therapy Workshops: 50-hour training in the principles of sex counseling, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Human Sexuality Program.
"Type A" Behavior Pattern Risk Reduction: Two-week training with Meyer Friedman, M.D.

CERTIFICATION:
American Board of Hypnotherapy American Board of Medical Psychotherapy

REFERENCES:
Available upon request