VITAE JAMES P. FLANDERS, Ph.D. PAGE -1-
CURRICULUM VITAE
JAMES P. FLANDERS, Ph.D.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Date of birth:November 12, 1942
Place of birthCornwall, New York
Address1408 44th Avenue, Gulfport, MS39501
Daytime phone(228) 867-5202; fax (228) 867-5007
After hours phone(228) 863-6788
CitizenshipUnited States
FamilyWife Juanita (m. 1969), son Carl (b. 1969), daughter Leah (b. 1972)
EDUCATION DEGREES
B.S. psychology at University of Illinois, Urbana; major psychology, minor mathematics; June 1964
M.A. psychology at VanderbiltUniversity; major in social psychology; August 1966
Ph.D. psychology at VanderbiltUniversity; Nashville, TN, major social psychology; January 1968
Doctoral training program clinical psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, APA-approved program; advisor Dr. Theodore Millon, September1977- March 1981
Clinical psychology internship, Veterans Administration Medical Center (VA), Miami, FL, APA-approved internship; 1979- February 1981
CLINICAL TRAINING DETAILS
1977-1979: APA-approved coursework in clinical psychology "lateral training" program, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, FL; individual program of studies was negotiated, which together with my prior training, is comparable to that of the usual student who receives a Ph.D. in clinical psychology
1978: Clinical practicum at Youth Hall, Miami, FL supervisor Dr. Walter Reid; largely diagnostics and recommendations on juvenile offenders awaiting trial
1978: Clinical practicum at Henderson Clinic, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, supervisor Dr. Bady Quintar; largely therapy with adult outpatients
1979: Double clinical practica at Children's PsychiatricCenter, Miami, FL, supervisor was Dr. Larry Dayton; diagnostics, individual therapy and family therapy
1979-1981:APA-approved clinical psychology internship at VA Medical Center, Miami, FL; experiences included long-term individual therapy up to 18 months, dynamic psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, inpatient group therapy, diagnostics, seminars, behavioral medicine, biofeedback, and brief psychotherapy; clients included neurotics, drug addicts, alcoholics, compulsive gamblers, and psychotics; treatment modalities included numerous therapeutic techniques; supervisors included Dr. Elbert Russell, neuropsychologist
1981-present: Ongoing continuing education (CE)
Other CE in areas including brief therapy for managed care, Wechsler Scales, computers in clinical practice, chronic pain, legal psychology, ethics, quality control, women in psychology, gay clients, children, schema-focused therapy, geriatric psychology, sexual trauma, obsessive compulsive disorder, DSM, child custody, divorce, false and hidden memories, depression, group psychotherapy, couples therapy, prescription privileges, dialectical behavior therapy, borderline personality disorder, licensure review, chronic pain, psychology and the law, and numerous others.
EMDR Level 1 and Level 2
LICENSING AND CERTIFICATIONS
State of Mississippi License No. 29-411, Psychology in the Clinical Area
State of Wisconsin Psychologist License No. 957-057
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology No. 33079
Certified provider for numerous third party payors including insurance companies, EAPs, PPOs, HMOs, workman’s comp, and others. Representative providers include Aetna, Ameriben, Champus/Tricare, Value Options, Mailhandlers, GEHA, HAI, First Health, Horizon, MHN, EMAX, Value BH, GHE, VMC, Medicare, Medicaid, Magellan, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, UBH, and many others. Current contracts with managed care providers occupy a file cabinet of about eight feet.
Certified provider for General Psychological Services, subsidiary of the National Register
CAREER PHASES
1964-1968 Grad student, got Ph.D. in social psychology
1968-1970 Army Officer
1970-1985 College professor, two major universities
1978-1981 APA-approved clinical training and internship at U. Miami, FL, under advisor Theodore Millon and Miami VAMC
1985-1990 Clinical psychology private in my own clinics, Northern WI
1990-1996 Clinical psychology practice in Vicksburg (Vicksburg Medical Clinic)
1996-2007 Clinical psychology practice in Vicksburg (private practice)
2007-present Clinical psychology practice in Gulfport (Memorial Behavioral Health)
SPECIAL EXPERIENCES
1942 Born at West PointMilitaryAcademy, grew up with duty, honor, country
1968-1970 Research at Walter Army Institute of Research
1972-1985 One of seven founding members FIU Psychology Department, was prime mover in setting up many programs
1976 Published PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY (PP), an adjustment text with Harper & Row. Unique as an undergraduate text at the time, this book did several things "mere" textbooks of the time were not supposed to do: It presented practical but research-backed information, stayed in print three times the usual duration, presented a major theory of interpersonal relations that reigned for several years with innumerable citations in Science Citations Abstracts, and presented the second instructor's manual in any field with a wide range of instructor resources rather than only a bank of test items. Ten years later most adjustment texts looked like PP, and virtually all instructors manuals in all fields looked just like PP's.
From 1993-2000 I was the only private psychologist in MS on contract with the Vet Center of Jackson, MS, treating mostly Vietnam Veterans suffering Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. That experience was enormously interesting and satisfying, so much so that I took a special interest and got training in trauma treatment. I continue to get referrals from out of town and out of state to assess and treat trauma.
EMPLOYMENT
* = Postdoctoral full-time primary jobs
1962 Summer: Undergraduate research assistant for Dr. Harold L. Hake, University of Illinois
1964 Summer: Summer student, ElginStateMental Hospital, Elgin, IL
1965 Summer: Graduate research assistant Dr. Donald L. Thistlethwaite, VanderbiltUniversity
1965-1966: United States Public Health Trainee, VanderbiltUniversity
*1968-1970: Captain in U.S. Army, Departmental of Experimental Psychophysiology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
*1970-1972: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Bowling GreenStateUniversity, Bowling Green, OH
*1972-1973: Assistant Professor of Psychology, FloridaInternationalUniversity, Miami, FL
*1973-1985: Associate Professor of Psychology, FloridaInternationalUniversity (FIU)
1979-1981: Clinical psychology internship, VeteransAdministrationHospital, Miami, FL
1981-1985: I began clinical practice in 1981 after completing APA approved academic and internship clinical training in Miami, FL, under Dr. Theodore Millon, who had just become director of the clinical program. I practiced in a large converted office closet, seeing 2-4 clients weekly. In time I became the consultant for Bishop David Richards, Office of Pastoral Development, Coral Gables, FL, for whom I prepared about 65 comprehensive reports on Episcopal clergy in crisis and their families from around the world. Two excellent experiences accrued during these times: First, I got to select and use the best clinical instruments from all that existed regardless of cost. Second, I got to work with Bishop Richards, formerly Bishop of Panama and surely the wisest person I have ever met.
*1985-1990: Private practice of clinical psychology, Eagle River, WI. In 1985 I moved to Three Lakes, WI, to be nearer to family. My moves to new locations have always been personal, not professional. From 1985-1990 I worked about two days weekly at the small inpatient psychiatry unit at St. Mary's Hospital in nearby Rhinelander, WI, and three days per week in a flourishing private practice based in Eagle River, WI. Charlene Burton, MD, was the psychiatrist at the Human Support Unit, St. Mary's Hospital, Rhinelander, WI. During the last two years I partnered with and rented space to Mary Bierman, who was nearing retirement. She oversaw about 500 chemical dependency and EAP facilities around the US and had earned masters degrees in nursing and chemical dependency counseling. Wisconsin had mandated 90% coverage with no deductible for mental health at the time, so clients overflowed. When I closed down my Wisconsin practice, I exchanged the two state-certified clinics I owned (valuable commodities at the time, as the State of WI had put a moratorium of new such clinics several years past) for a public-private mental health clinic nearby to simply take over the lease and move in to operate a branch office. I simply shut my practice down. Clients in Spring of 1985 were given proper notice; most were terminated; and a very few were transferred. (Unit psychiatrist was Dr. Charlene Burton, MD).
1985-1987: Consulting Psychologist, Chemical Dependency Treatment Unit, Sacred HeartHospital, Tomahawk, WI
1986-1988: Consulting Psychologist, Lutheran Social Services, GraceLutheranChurch, Tomahawk, WI
1987-1988: Director and owner: Tomahawk Psychology Associates, State-certified Outpatient Psychotherapy Clinic, Tomahawk, WI
1988-1990: Director and owner, Eagle River Psychology Associates Outpatient Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Clinic, Eagle River, WI
1989-present: Director, Hometown Project, design and build livable residential neighborhoods in village style to better meet human needs
*1990-1996: In 1990 I moved to Mississippi to join the Vicksburg (Multispecialty Medical) Clinic so (a) my wife could get a decent job with her MLS plus Ph.D. in Education Administration and (b) we could be nearer to her aging mother. For six years I was the only Mississippi psychologist in a multi specialty medical clinic. When the big corporations took over, I became administratively marginalized but kept my office, moved to a different hospital office, but have always maintained the same relations with the doctors including the independents. In 1996 I set up my S-Corporation, James P. Flanders, Ph.D., and continued to rent space from the hospitals from July, 1996-April, 2001.
1993-2000 I was the only private psychologist in MS on contract with the Vet Center of Jackson, MS, treating mostly Vietnam Veterans suffering PTSD as described above under SPECIAL EXPERIENCES.
*1996-2007: Private practice of clinical psychology, Vicksburg, MS. In 2001 I finally decided to get my own place. In Spring of 2001 I bought and refurbished the Belmont House, a nice bungalow built in 1900, huge front porch, 2100 sq. ft., polished wood floors, high ceilings, working kitchen, and overall the nicest doctor’s office by far in town. As a solo practitioner small businessman, I bring business in, manage my office and one office manager, supervise billing, pay taxes, and perform the full range of business activities. Once ensconced in the beautiful Belmont House, the client flow continued.
*2007-present: Memorial Behavioral Health, Gulfport, MS, downtown outpatient clinic
HOSPITAL PRIVELEGES
Current
VicksburgMedicalCenter, Vicksburg, MS
RiverRegionMedicalCenter, Vicksburg, MS
MemorialHospital, Gulfport, MS
Prior
St. Mary's Hospital, Rhinelander, WI
EagleRiverMemorialHospital, Eagle River, WI
Sacred HeartHospital, Tomahawk, WI
NorthwoodsHospital, Phelps, WI
CharterHospital, Jackson, MS (until its bankruptcy)
PUBLICATIONS
Flanders, J.P. & Thistlethwaite, D.L. (1967). Effects of familiarization and group discussion on risk taking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 5, 91-97. Also reprinted in P.B. Smith (Ed.). (1970). (pp. 367-379) Group processes. Harmondsworth, Middlessex, England: Penguin Books.
Flanders, J.P. (1968). A review of research on imitative behavior. Psychological Bulletin, 69, 316-337. Also reprinted as report P-632 in the Bobbs-Merrill Reprint series in social sciences.
Flanders, J.P. & Thistlethwaite, D.L. (1968). Effects of vicarious reinforcement, verbalization, and task difficulty upon imitation. Proceedings of the 76th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, 395-396.
Flanders, J.P. & Thistlethwaite, D.L. (1970). Effects of informative and justificatory variables upon imitation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 6, 316-328.
Flanders, J. P. (1971). Informal innovations in teaching: A précis. New Directions in Teaching, 3, 3-7.
Goodale, J.G. & Flanders, J.P. (1971). Predicting and explaining risky and cautious shifts with situational stimuli. Proceedings of the 79th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Division 8, 253-254.
Flanders, J.P. (1972). Application of the baseline methodology in psychology. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 3, 47-59.
Mendels, G. & Flanders, J.P. ((1973). Teachers' expectations and pupil performance. American Educational Research Journal, 10 (Summer), 203-212.
Gordon, S.M., Flanders, J.P. & Cranny, C. J. (1973). Inside the black box: A content analysis of group discussions involving risk. Proceedings of the 81st Annual American Psychological Association, Division 8, 283-284.
Flanders, J.P. (1976). Practical psychology. New York, NY: Harper and Row. This book took several years to create and has numerous unique features. Upon request I will supply more details such as review in Contemporary Psychology.
Flanders, J.P. (1976). Instructor's learning aids to accompany practical psychology. New York, NY: Harper & Row. This was also a book, in fact the second instructor’s manual (Biehler was first) in any discipline (not just psychology) to contain more than just test questions, but also a full range of instructor’s aids.
Flanders, J.P. (1982). A general systems approach to loneliness. In L. A. Peplau and D. Perlman ( Eds.). (pp.166-179). Loneliness: A sourcebook of current theory, research, and therapy.New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience.
Flanders, J. (1985a). Televiewing process effects I: The behavioral sponge theoretical viewpoint. Unpublished manuscript. The main effect of television is watching it--still true but a minority opinion. Will be sent on request.
Flanders, J. (1985b). Televiewing process effects II: A demonstration of observations in households. Unpublished manuscript.
Flanders, J., & Kurtines, W. (1985). Does televiewing hurt your image? Effects of televiewing, competence, and sex on person and family environment perception. Unpublished manuscript.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Flanders, J.P., & Thistlethwaite, D.L. (1968, September). Effects of vicarious reinforcement, verbalization, and task difficulty upon imitation. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Flanders, J.P. (1970a, September). Does the risky shift generalize to a task with demonstrably nontrivial decision consequences? Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, FL.
Flanders, J.P. (1970b, May). The risky shift: Generality and methodology. Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Cincinnati, OH.
Johnson, D.L., & Flanders, J.P. (1971a, April). Does the nature of pretesting affect the risky shift? Paper presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Miami Beach, FL.
Goodale, J.G., & Flanders, J.P. (1971b, September). Predicting and explaining risky and cautious shifts with situational stimuli. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Flanders, J.P. (1972, Spring). Teaching of values in introductory and first-level courses: A précis. Paper presented at conference on "Teaching of Values in Higher Education," Bowling GreenStateUniversity, Bowling Green, OH.
Flanders, J.P. (1973, April). Defining, generating, and disseminating user-applied information about behavior. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Gordon, S.M., Flanders, J.P., & Cranny, C. J. (1973, August). Inside the black box: A content analysis of group discussions involving risk. Presentation at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Montreal.
Flanders, J.P., Havelock, R.G., Linquist, J. & O'Brien, G.M.S.L. (1974, September). (Chairperson: M. Sashkin) Making contact--collaboration for research on knowledge diffusion and use. Symposium at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Flanders, J., Fogel, M., Hershman, Y. & Reeves, S. (1978, August). New delivery service for children and youth: Local "Children's Guides." Presentation at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto.
Flanders, J.P. (1979, May). A general systems approach to study and control loneliness. Invited presentation at the UCLA Conference Loneliness Research, Los Angeles, CA.
Flanders, J.P. (1981, May). Household televiewing: Theoretical paradigm for analysis of the most pervasive daytime behavior. Presentation at the meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Milwaukee, WI.
Flanders, J.P. (1982, July). Household televiewing as a behavioral sponge, which competes with personal relationships and generally wins. Paper presented at the International Conference on Personal Relationships, Madison, WI.
Flanders, J. P. (1993, October). EMDR, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Amazing treatment for PTSD or what? Paper presented at the joint meeting of the Mississippi and Louisiana Psychological Associations, New Orleans, LA.
Flanders, J. P., & Sayner, R. (1994, September) EMDR symposium and round table. Presentation at the meeting of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Biloxi, MS.
Flanders, J. P., & Sayner, R. (1995, September) Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): 4th annual update/discussion session. Presentation at the meeting of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Biloxi, MS.
Evans, P., & Flanders, J. P. (1995, September) Trauma resolution in the context of marital therapy. Presentation at the meeting of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Biloxi, MS.
Flanders, J. P., & Sayner, R. (1996 & 1997, September) Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): 5th (& 6th) annual update/discussion session. Presentation Mississippi Psychological Association, Biloxi, MS.
Flanders, J. P., & Hawks, J. (1998, 1999, & 2000 September) Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): 7th 8th, & 9th annual update/discussion session. Presentation Mississippi Psychological Association, Biloxi, MS.
Flanders, J. P., & Freitag, W. (2001, April) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): First Annual Update/Discussion. Presenation at the meeting of the Wisconsin Psychological Association, Madison, WI.
Flanders, J. P., Brunsell, P, & Grabowski-Miller, J. (2003, April) Psychology applied to design healthy neighborhoods: New Urbanism, Middleton Hills in Madison, Dr. Flanders Hometown. Presentation at the meeting of the Wisconsin Psychological Association, Madison, WI.
Flanders, J. P., & Gann, J. L. (2003, September) New Urbanism: Making it work for real people. Presented at the meeting of the Pennsylvania Planning Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Flanders, J. P., & Gann, J. L. (2004, October) Plan and Zone New Style Communities. Presented at the Planning at the Crossroads: Making Great Communities Happen in the Heartland Regional Planning Conference of nine states and ILUC, Indianapolis, IN.
MEMBERSHIPS
American Psychological Association
Mississippi Psychological Association
Wisconsin Psychological Association (I plan to retire half time in WI some day, half time in MS)
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology No. 33079
Psi Chi
Sigma Xi
Prior Board of Directors, Tri-County Commission on Domestic Violence, Oneida County, WI
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIENCE: PROBLEM AREAS TREATED
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST AND COMPETENCE
Abuse and trauma
Eating, relationship with food, Positive Psychology interventions including I’M OK Group Program
Positive Psychology including (coping and communication) skills training
ABUSE
Sexual
Physical
Emotional
Past affecting present
Child abuse
Combat
ACCIDENTS
Industrial
Motor vehicle
Work-related
ACTIVITY LEVEL
Too hyper
Too slow
ADULT PROBLEMS IN LIVING (all ages)
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
AGGRESSION
ALCOHOL PROBLEMS
AMNESIA, FORGETTING
ANGER
ANXIOUS MOOD
Avoidance
Fears
Worry
Panic
Obsessive/compulsive
APPETITE
Lack or excess
Compulsive
Change, “no reason”
Distorted body image
ATTENTION DEFICIT AND HYPERACTIVITY
ATTENTION SEEKING
Excess medical complaints
Showing up, “no reason”
Clinging
BODY IMAGE AND SELF-ESTEEM
Individual Therapy
I’M OK Group Program
CHILD PROBLEMS (all ages except infant)
Discipline
Oppositional
Anxious
School
Delinquency
Enuresis and encopresis
Parenting education and treatment
Peer relations problems
School learning difficulties
Stress problems
Suicide danger and prevention
CAREER
Lack of