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Clinical Psychology
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Paul Fauteck (Psy.D. ’89) worked in the Department of Forensic Clinical Services of the Circuit Court of Cook County from 1987 – 2000 after retiring from a position as a senior staff psychologist. He continued his private clinical and forensic practice until the end of 2006. Dr. Fauteck is currently busy promoting his book, Going Straight: An Ex-convict/Psychologist Tells Why and How and lecturing offender groups. For more information, visit www.going-straight.com. Dr. Fauteck is also seeking to publish a novel, Snakeshot, this fall.
psychological effects of trauma for victims of UXO (unexploded ordnance). She is a film critic and journalist for a weekly nationally syndicated public radio show based in San Francisco, Calif. In 2004, she co-wrote a book for professionals on child sexual abuse. She moved to Carrboro, N.C., this fall to attend The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.
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Tammy (Speck) Bopp (Psy.D. ’93) has been working for the state of Hawaii for the last 15 years, 11 of which were spent serving infants and toddlers in early intervention.
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Arleen Cromwell (Psy.D. ’91) is currently working in rural Utah where she supervises a community mental health/substance abuse center.
Joan Widdifield (Psy.D. ’92) is directing/ producing a documentary, Epilogue of War (working title). Since 2001, she has been advising an NGO in Vietnam about the
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Steven Nakisher (Psy.D. ’96) co-founded a new consulting business, Cornerpiece Consulting, in Chicago. Read about it at www. cornerpiececonsulting.com.
Charles Barringer (Psy.D. ’97) is working for the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations as the chief staff counselor with
the Mission in Liberia, Africa. He has been in Liberia for two years and expects to be rotated to Sudan or New York in the near future.
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Marcy Rubin (Psy.D. ’99) has hosted a medical segment in psychology on the cable show Health and Lifestyle Weekly. She is also working on a new television show based on the book she is currently writing, Love and Marriage.
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Ingrid (Duerme) Hansen (Psy.D. ’01) lives in upstate New York where she is employed in full-time practice, specializing in neuropsychological evaluations (pediatric, adolescent, and adult) and cognitive rehabilitation therapy. | Avytal Izaak (Psy.D. ’01) established a part-time private practice in 2003. She was recently hired as supervising psychologist at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, working in the Adult Outpatient Clinic. | Daniel Klein (Psy.D. ’01) operates a full-time private practice in suburban Detroit, Mich., specializing in children, adolescents, and families. He was recently quoted in
Meet the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year: Dr. Richard Macur Brousil (Psy.D. ’91) “He embodies a servant leader,” are the words Dr. Cynthia Langtiw (Psy.D. ’05) uses to describe Richard Macur Brousil, Psy.D. The two work together at Mount Sinai Children’s Hospital, stationed in Lawndale, one of Chicago’s most at-risk neighborhoods. Dr. Macur Brousil began his career as a psychologist at Mount Sinai in 1991, the same year he graduated from The Chicago School. He’s been there ever since. It was at Mount Sinai where Dr. Macur Brousil helped pioneer programs for child and adolescent behavioral health. One of them is Under the Rainbow, which provides for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. In addition, he has created and implemented training programs at Mount Sinai for third-year doctoral-level psychology externs. “What we do here at Mount Sinai is very much in line with what The Chicago School teaches,” said Dr. Macur Brousil reflecting that many of his externs are Chicago School students. “We are in a sense learning from one another.” Sixteen years after walking across the stage to get his diploma, Dr. Macur Brousil was back at The Chicago School’s Commencement this