About Dr. Robert Maurer  As Director of Behavioral Sciences for the Family Practice Residency Program at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and a faculty member with the UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Maurer has traveled extensively presenting seminars and consultations on a broad spectrum of issues that people face in today's societies. As a consultant to the British government in Northhampton, England, he has addressed professional organizations and government agencies abroad. Dr. Maurer, a distinguished and effective translator of a new psychology of success, has developed over 40 seminars and lectures that highlight traits for success. Some of these are: Immunity to Stress, Why People Overeat, Getting Along With Your Children, How Successful People Succeed, The Psychology of Storytelling (for writers), How Successful People Change, Attaining What You Want: The Visionary Approach, At War With Yourself: A New Perspective On Self-Defeating Behavior. The impact of Dr. Maurer's unique approach to personal happiness and success is reinforced by his commitment to scientific research and hands-on studies. He has researched, conducted and participated in numerous scientific research projects including the study of psychological aspects of medical problems, the behavioral ecology of the hospital treatment system, drug addiction and deviant lifestyles, human sexuality and marriage and family problems. Dr. Maurer's work at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center involves training family practice physicians in communication and counseling skills. He trains the resident doctors in recognition of early signs of psychological problems and has developed effective and brief techniques that allow the physician to intervene and assist families to cope with the emotional problems that cause or accompany illness. In addition to his continued research and his work at the hospital, Dr. Maurer lectures extensively to cancer patients and their families. His highly entertaining and uplifting programs address the question of what skills are essential to enhance physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being when facing the challenges of diagnosis and illness. Using extensive audiovisual examples, he provides practical and effective strategies for creating and sustaining healthy change when facing a health crisis. For more on the scientific investigation of excellence, please see About the Science of Excellence Seminars. Dr. Maurer has been a guest lecturer and consultant for a number of theatrical companies around the country and has appeared on ABC/TV's "20/20" in connection with his research and work in the area of "anger." A recent Los Angeles Times profile highlighted his work with writers and the psychological challenges of their creative endeavors.
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| CURRICULUM VITAE |
| 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., 197 1, 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 |