Trauma Response Profile
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.
Joseph S. Volpe, Ph.D., F.A.A.E.T.S.
Editor, Trauma Response
Director, Professional Development
Thousands of individuals from around the world including patients, professionals, and organizations have benefitted from the work of Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. Dr. Meichenbaum is Professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada and a member of The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. He was the innovator of Cognitive Behavior Modification (CBM) and at the forefront of the "Cognitive Revolution" in the field of psychology in the 1970s and 1980s. He was voted one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the century by North American clinicians in a survey reported in theAmerican Psychologist, the official publication of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Meichenbaum is Editor of the Plenum Press series on stress and coping and serves on the editorial board of a dozen journals. He has authored and coauthored numerous publications including the classicCognitive Behavior Modification: An Integrative Approach(1977),Stress Reduction and Prevention(1983),Pain and Behavioral Medicine: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach(1983),Stress Inoculation Training(1985),Facilitating Treatment Adherence: A Practitioner's Guidebook(1987), and more recently,A Clinical Handbook/Practical Therapist Manual For Assessing and Treating Adults with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)(1994).
JSV:I know that you keep quite busy as a clinician, lecturer, consultant, researcher, and author. Can you tell me about the various roles and/or positions that you currently hold?
DM: I am a Professor at the University of Waterloo who has recently retired. I am maintaining a full lab, as well as being a clinical consultant. I consult at a number of child, adolescent and adult programs, inpatient and outpatient, where a sizable percentage of the clientele have a history of victimization. I am also the Editor of a series for Plenum Press on stress and coping. And, perhaps, most exciting, I recently became involved as the Director of an Institute in Miami, Florida called "The Melissa Institute." Melissa was a young lady who was brutally murdered in St. Louis and her family has recently established an Institute in her name designed to explore issues on the prevention of violence and the treatment of victims of violence. The intent of the Institute is to bridge the gap between research findings and practical applications. The Institute is starting to take on more and more of a central role in my functioning. It ties directly into my work with victimized individuals.
JSV:When did you retire from the University?
DM: Just this last July
JSV:Well, congratulations!
DM: That's not the way my mother put it! My mother, who is 81-years old, works full-time in New York City. When I told her that I was retired, a perplexed look came upon her face. She said, "you're retired and I am working full-time. What am I going to tell my friends?" (laughs).
JSV:With so many exciting changes taking place in the area of traumatic stress (e.g., neurobiological findings, etc.), what things do you believe are in need of greater investigation?
DM:ThatisreallyabigquestionandIthinktheanswertoitdependsonwhichspecificpopulationoneislookingat.Idon'tthinkthattherearerobustquestionsthatcutacrossallpopulations.Ingeneral,atthelevelofadult,weneedtoexaminetheinterrelationshipbetweenvariousspheresofbehavior.Thatis,neurobiological,psychosocial,cognitive,andcultural.Myownareaofinterest,aswewillgetintoinamoment,istryingtobetterunderstandthecognitivearena.Oncewehavedevelopedametricforeachoftheseareas,thenwecanstarttolookattheinterdependenceofthesefactorsacrossdomains.Asecondmajor
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