Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
ROBERT JEFFRY MAURER
Family Medicine Spokane
Fifth & Brown Medical Center
(509) 25-2771
e-mail: sciencofexcellence@verizon.net
BIRTHDATE:
March 11, 1946
EDUCATION:
University of California, Berkeley, 1964-1965
University of California, Los Angeles, 1965-1968
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:
2004-Present
Clinical Instructor
University of Washington
Department of Psychiatry
2005-Present
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Department of Family Medicine
2003-Present
Director of Behavioral Sciences
Family Medicine Spokane
University of Washington School of Medicine
- Curriculum development and implementation
- Provide lectures, demonstrations, and consultations to residents and faculty
- Evaluation of residents’ skills in behavioral science
- Create and conduct workshops and programs for weight loss and weight management
1980-Present
- Behavioral Science Instructor
- Family Practice Residency Program
- Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
- Supervision of professional staff and trainees
- Provide lectures, demonstrations, and consultations to Family Practice residents and faculty
- Program planning and curriculum development
- Hospital consultations
- Create and supervise a weight loss program for patients and staff
Senior Instructor: UCLA Extension
- Associate Clinical Professor
- Department of Medicine
- University of California, Los Angeles
Consultant: British Government
- Provide workshops for government officials on psychological topics
- Conduct seminar on team building, stress reduction, and conflict resolution
Consultant: U.S. Navy
- Provide training in negotiation skills
- Conduct seminars on stress management, team building
Consultant: Canyon Ranch
- Conduct lectures and workshops on health promotion and enhancing success
- Provide individual counseling for spa guests on weight loss and weight management
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
- 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 psychologists
- 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 in medical settings
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 between departments within Mental Health Department and within the county
- 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 and 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 therapy 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, 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. and J.C. Baxter, “Images of the Neighborhood and the City Among Black, Anglo, and Mexican-American Children, “Environment and Behavior,” 1972, 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
Maurer,R. One Small Step Can Change Your Life. New York: Workman Press, 2004
Sur, D. Maurer, R. and Hairir,K. Stress and the modern male. In Joel Heidelbaugh (Ed). Clinical Men’s Health. Evidence in Practice. New York: Saunders, 2006
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
- Abnormal Psychology
- Assessment of Adult Problems
- Compliance
- Creativity
- Differential Diagnosis of Obesity
- 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, California
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, California
Hypnosis Training
- A five-day program on neuro-linguistic Programming by Richard Bandlet
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
CERTIFICATION:
- American Board of Hypnotherapy American Board of Medical Psychotherapy
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:
- Board of Psychology, State of California
- Board of Psychology, State of Washington
REFERENCES:
- Available upon request