Arnold SlivePage 1

Arnold B. Slive

11603 Ladera Vista Dr #27

Austin Texas 78759

Phone:H (512) 330-4300

W (210) 431-6711

E-mail:

EDUCATION

Ph.D., IndianaUniversity, Bloomington, Indiana, 1974

Major: Clinical PsychologyMinors: Social Psychology, Sociology

NIMH Predoctoral Clinical Internship in Community Psychology,

H. DouglasSingerZoneCenter, Rockford, Illinois,

September 1971 - September 1972.

B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1967.

Major: Psychology, Honors Program Minors: Mathematics, Sociology

CAREER INTERESTS

  • Ericksonian and post-modern approaches to individual, couple, and family psychotherapy
  • Brief therapy approaches
  • Teaching and training of psychotherapists
  • Research and writing about psychotherapy
  • Development of mental health resources for the community

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2007Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Our Lady of the LakeUniversity, San Antonio, Texas

  • Teaching post-modern approaches to brief psychotherapy
  • Supervision of graduate student psychotherapy practicums
  • Assist in the development of a community counseling center

1995 to 2006Independent Practice in Clinical and Consulting Psychology

  • General private practice in clinical and consulting psychology with emphasis on children and adolescents, families, couples, and mediation of custody and access disputes
  • Clinical Quality Assurance Consultant/Risk Officer: Woods' Homes

1994 to 2006Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Calgary, Program

in Clinical Psychology.

1985 to 1995Wood's Homes, Calgary, Alberta.

1995 to PresentQuality Improvement Coordinator (part-time consultant)

1985 to 1994Clinical Director

1994 to 1995Director, Calgary Residential Services

1993 to PresentDirector, Certificate Programs in Single Session and Focused

Therapies, Eastside and Westside Family Centres

1988 (6 months)Acting Executive Director.

2002 to 2005Clinical Consultant, Calgary Counselling Centre

1996 to 2001President-elect, President and Past-president, Alberta Association from Marriage and Family Therapy

1999 to 2000President, Registry of Marriage and Family Therapists in Canada

1985 to PresentCo-Founder and Adjunct Faculty Member, Family Therapy Training Program (AAMFT Accredited), Holy Cross Hospital, Calgary, Alberta.

1984 to 1985Family Therapy Consultant, Project Trust, Calgary, Alberta

1984 to 1985Clinical Associate Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary

Pasadena, California.

1983Family Therapy Consultant, Catholic Family Services, Calgary, Alberta.

1982 to 1985Team Director, Mental Health Services, HolyCrossHospital

Calgary, Alberta.

1981 to 1982Family Therapy Consultant, Social Work Department

Calgary GeneralHospital, Calgary, Alberta.

1981 to 1984Family Therapy Consultant, Community Alternatives Ltd.,

Calgary, Alberta.

1980 to 1985Psychological Consultant, Canada Employment Centre,

Calgary, Alberta.

1980 to 2006Custody Mediation Services, Calgary, Alberta

1979 to 1985Lecturer, Clinical Psychology Division

Department of Educational Psychology

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

1978 to 1982Family Therapy Training Co-coordinator, HolyCrossHospital

Mental Health Centre, Calgary, Alberta.

1977 to 1978Clinical Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine,

University of WesternOntario, London, Ontario.

Teach Medical students and psychiatry residents interviewing

techniques

1976 to 1977Assistant Clinical Professor, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology, University of WesternOntario

Teach psychology graduate students interviewing and

assessment skills.

1973 to 1978Clinical Psychologist, Outpatient Psychiatry Department

St. Joseph's Hospital, London, Ontario

1972 to 1973Associate Instructor, IndianaUniversity, Bloomington, Indiana

Supervision of beginning practicum students

1972Psychology Intern, H. Douglas Singer Zone Centre, Rockford, Illinois.

1970 to 1971Psychology Trainee (part-time)

VeteransAdministrationHospital, Indianapolis, Indiana.

1969 to 1970Teaching Assistant, IndianaUniversity, Bloomington, Indiana

Supervision of beginning practicum students at the

IndianaUniversity Psychological Clinic

1967 to 1968Departmental Assistant, Psychology Department, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana.

Assisted Dr. Richard H. Price in teaching and research, and

assisted in the teaching of an undergraduate psychology course.

1967Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois,

Urbana, Illinois. Assisted Dr. Keith Scott.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING:

Extended

Family Therapy Training Program, McMasterUniversity, Hamilton, Ontario

September 1976 to February 1978.

Summer Practicum, Family Therapy Institute of Washington, D.C.

Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes. June 1982.

Training in Family Therapy Supervision, Dr. Lorraine Wright.

October 1982 to June 1983.

Management Communications Seminar, BanffSchool of Management,

Banff, Alberta, February 1991.

Workshops

Attended numerous workshops, seminars and conventions in the areas of family therapy, supervision, hypnosis, gestalt therapy, sexual counselling, program development, and management training.

PRESENTATIONS, COURSES and WORKSHOPS

Provided numerous presentations, courses and workshops ranging in length from two hours to five days throughout North America.

  • brief, strategic therapy
  • marital therapy
  • residential treatment
  • eating disorders
  • custody mediation
  • Eriksonian approaches to family therapy
  • application of hypnotic techniques to individual, couple and family therapy
  • adolescents and their families
  • single session therapy

Recent workshops have focused on walk-in, single session therapy presented at:

  • Texas Psychological Association Convention, San Antonio (November, 2007)
  • Milton H Erickson Foundation Brief Therapy Convention, San Diego (December, 2006)
  • Alberta Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (September, 2006)

Recent courses taught (at Our Lady of the LakeUniversity, San AntonioTX):

  • Systemic Approaches to Counseling
  • Theories of Group Psychotherapy
  • Single Session Therapy
  • Postmodern Perspectives in Psychotherapy

PUBLICATIONS

Miller, J.K. & Slive, A.B., Breaking Down the Barriers to Clinical Service Delivery: The Process and Outcome of Walk-in Family Therapy, Journal of Marriage and Family Therapy, 30 (1), pp. 95-103, 2004.

Slive, A.B., McElheran, N., & Lawson, A., Family therapy in walk-in mental health centers: The Eastside Family Centre, in MacFarlane, M.M. (Ed). Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice. New York: Haworth, 2002.

Miller, J.K., Protinsky, H.O., & Slive, A. B., Investigating New Clinical Delivery Systems: Walk-in Single Session Therapy and ClientSatisfaction, submitted for publication, 2001.

Lawson, Ann, McElheran, Nancy, Slive, Arnold B., Walk-in Single Session Therapy, FamilyTherapy News, May 1998.

Slive, Arnold B., & Martin, Sandra, The Eastside and Westside Family Centres: Psychologists Finding Creative Ways to Contribute to the Community, PAA Psymposium, 1995.

Slive, Arnold B., Guest Editor, Special Issue on "New Forms of Service Delivery", Journal of Systemic Therapies, 14 (1), pp. 1-32, 1995.

Slive, Arnold B., MacLaurin, Bruce, Oakander, M., & Amundson, J., Walk-in Single Sessions: A New Form of Clinical Service Delivery, Journal of Systemic Therapies, 14 (1), pp. 3-11, 1995.

Slive, Arnold B., Uncooperative Adolescents: Ideas for Families and Educators, Guidance and Counselling, 5, 3, 1990.

McConkey-Radetski, Nancy & Slive, Arnold B., Family Focused Treatment Services, Issues in Youth and Child Care Practice in Alberta, Charles, S. & Saber, P. (Eds), Lethbridge Community College, 1988.

Slive, Arnold B., & Young, F., Bulimia as a Form of Substance Abuse: Treatment Implications, Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 5 (3), pp. 7-22, 1986.

Kneier, Gary & Slive, Arnold B., Family Mediation, Alberta Psychology, 14, 1, 23-24, 1985

Mckinnon, Laurie & Slive, Arnold B., If One Should Not Marry a Hypothesis, Should One Marry a Model? Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 3, 3, 26-39, 1984

Slive, Arnold B., Family Assessment for Therapeutic Decision Making, Alberta Psychologist, 12, 6,1983

Leahy, Maureen & Slive, Arnold B., Treating Families and Adolescents: An Ecological Approach, Canadian Journal of Community Health, 2, 2, 21-28, 1983.

Price, Richard H. & Slive, Arnold B., Association Value and Label Relevance in Shape Recognition, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 31, 43-46, 1970

Price, Richard H. & Slive, Arnold B., Verbal Processes in Shape Recognition, J. Exp. Psychol., 83, 3, 1969.

TITLE OF DISSERTATION

The relative contribution of roles versus personality to behavior in a psychotherapy analog situation

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Fellow, American Orthopsychiatric Association, 1979 to 1990.

Psychologist's Association of Alberta, 1979 to present.

Clinical Member, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy,

1978 to present

Approved Supervisor, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy,

1984 to present

Ontario Psychological Association, 1976 to 1980.

Midwestern Psychological Association, 1968 to 1970.

Psi Chi, University of Illinois, 1965 to 1967.

BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

President, Alberta Division, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, 1999-2000.

Chair, Registry of Marriage and Family Therapists in Canada, 1999-2000

President-elect, Alberta Division, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, 1997-1998

Board Chairperson, TempleB'Nai Tikvah, Calgary, Alberta, 1994.

Chairperson, Education Committee, Alberta Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 1983 to 1987.

Vice President, TempleB'Nai Tikvah, Calgary, Alberta, 1985 to 1987.

Board of Trustees, Alberta Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 1983 to 1987.

Chairperson, Nominating Committee, Alberta Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 1982 to 1983.

Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 1981 to present

Chairperson, Divisional Screening Committee, Alberta Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 1981 - 1982.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Divisional Contribution Award, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 2003

Innovative Services to Families Award, Alberta Division, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 1995

Graduate with highest distinction in psychology, University of Illinois, 1967.

U.S. Public Health Service Scholarship, 1968 to 1969.

REGISTRATION/LICENSING

Chartered Psychologist, Province of Alberta (# 830)

Provisionally Licensed Psychologist, State of Texas (#33488)

Clinical Member, American Association for

Marriage and Family Therapy

Approved Supervisor, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

Registry of Marriage and Family Therapists, Canada

Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology

Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (CPQ status)