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Ph.D. Miami University

Oxford, Ohio
Clinical Psychology
August, 1991

M.S. Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Clinical Psychology
August, 1982

B.A. University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
December, 1973, Cum laude
Major: Psychology
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Ohio (Psychologist, No. 4632, issued 12/8/92)

Private Practice
11189 Jardin Place
Blue Ash, Ohio 45241
(December 1992 to present)

Outpatient psychotherapy specializing in women’s issues; eating disorders, body image issues, healing from sexual abuse, depression, fear, anger, anxiety. Individuals, couples, traditional and non-traditional families, groups, lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, straight. Assessment as needed.

Private Practice
Ashland Psychological Services
2334 Ashland Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
Supervisor: Barbara Brewer, Ph.D.
(September, 1989 to October, 1993)

Outpatient psychotherapy in private practice specializing in women’s issues, depression, eating disorders. Four to twenty-two clients per week. Psychological assessment as needed.

Private Practice
9200 Montgomery Road
Building D, Suite 15B
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Supervisor: Ann Kearney-Cooke, Ph.D.
(June, 1992 to January, 1993)

Outpatient psychotherapy specializing in eating disorders and women’s issues. Individual, couples, family and group psychotherapy. Twenty to twenty-five clients per week.

Senior Staff Therapist/ Adjunct Faculty
Eating Disorders Clinic
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
Cincinnati, Ohio
Supervisor: Susan Wooley, Ph.D.
(July, 1991 to August, 1992)

Co-therapy in experiential body image and trauma groups, co-therapy in behavioral food group, co-therapy in process group, multi-family therapy all in residential treatment program for women with severe eating disorders. Individual and family therapy on an out-patient basis. Out-patient group for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Teaching psychiatric residents. Grand Rounds presentations. Research on eating disorders and depression. Professional presentations and writing.

Staff Therapist Eating
Disorders Clinic
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
Cincinnati, Ohio
Supervisor: Susan Wooley, Ph.D.
(September, 1989 to July, 1990)

Co-therapy in experiential body image group, co-therapy in behavioral food group, co-therapy in process group, multi-family therapy all in residential treatment program for women with severe eating disorders. Individual and family therapy on outpatient basis. Average twenty-two hours per week.

Psychology Intern
APA Approved Internship
Psychological Services Center
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio Supervisors: Maria Blake, Ph.D., Edna Rawlings, Ph.D., Karen Edwards, Ph.D., Milton Foreman, Ph.D., Will Poland, Ph.D. (September, 1988 to August, 1989)

Individual psychotherapy with an urban, multiethnic population. Concentrated experiences in community mental health and women’s programs and services including adult survivors of incest group, consulting to shelter for battered women, teaching selected topics in psychology of women course, Stockholm Syndrome seminar. Supervising therapy cases of less advanced students. Twenty direct service hours per week. Weekly training conferences. Case presentations.

Psychology Trainee
Community Mental Health
Middletown Area Mental Health Center
Middletown, Ohio
Supervisor: A. J. McNamara, M.A., Licensed Psychologist
(September, 1987 to August 1988)

Individual, group, family, and couples therapy in outpatient, community mental health setting. Psychological assessment as needed. Crisis intervention. Ten to twelve direct service hours per week.

Psychology Trainee
Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
Middletown Regional Hospital
Middletown, Ohio
Supervisor: Leigh Finkel, Ph.D.
(August, 1986 to August, 1987)

Intellectual and personality assessment of inpatient adolescents and adults with various emotional and behavioral disorders. Group therapy. Treatment planning. Participation in milieu on a twenty-three bed adult mental health unit. Community education. Staff development.

Psychology Clinic, Miami University
Individual Psychotherapy
Personal Construct Therapy Practicum
Supervisor: Larry Leitner, Ph.D.
(January, 1985 to July, 1986)

Individual clients seen in psychotherapy once or twice weekly for sixteen to ninety sessions using George Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory as a treatment model. Three clients seen.

Psychology Clinic, Miami University
Family Therapy
Family Therapy Practicum
Supervisors: Carl Paternite, Ph.D., Roger Knudson, Ph.D.
(August, 1985 to July, 1986)

Clients were seen using a family therapy approach once per week for one to 24 sessions using the work of Boxzormenyi-Nagy as the theoretical starting point. Four clients seen.

Psychology Clinic, Miami University
Couples Therapy
Couples/ Assessment Therapy Practicum
Supervisor: Gary Schneider, Ph.D.
(January, 1986 to May, 1986)

Couples therapy was conducted once weekly for ten sessions. Emphasis was given to integrating assessment and psychotherapy. Four clients seen.

Neuropsychometrist
Neuropsychology Section
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Supervisor: Thomas Hammeke, Ph.D.
(July, 1983 to August, 1984)

Psychological and neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents, and adults with various neurological, learning, behavioral, and emotional disorders in inpatient and outpatient settings. Participation in courses taught by the section and in Grand Rounds. Participation in journal club. Assistant in research on multiple sclerosis and heart surgery grants. Approximately 300 clients seen.

Behavior Education Counselor
Nutri-System Weight Loss Program
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(August, 1982 to July, 1983)

Supportive group therapy and teaching of behavior modification techniques to adults enrolled in weight loss program.

Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex
Lutheran General Hospital
Adult Assessment Practicum
Supervisors: Raymond McCall, Ph.D., Rita McDonald, Ph.D.
(August, 1981 to December, 1981)

Intellectual and personality assessment of adults with various emotional disorders in an inpatient setting.

Marquette University Psychological Clinic
Child Assessment Practicum
Supervisor: Marianne Siderits, Ph.D.
(January, 1982 to May, 1982)

Intellectual and personality assessment of children with various learning, behavioral, and emotional disorders in an outpatient setting.

Milwaukee Public Schools
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(September, 1974 to November, 1976)

Team-taught reading to third and fourth grade inner-city children in federally funded reading program.

Student Teacher
I-Team
Cherry Creek Public Schools
Aurora, Colorado
(September, 1973 to December, 1973)

Taught reading, math, and mini-courses in psychology to ninth and tenth grade learning disabled and emotionally disturbed students in an alternative school program with a multi-disciplinary emphasis.

Etiology, phenomenology, and treatment of depression and eating disorders. Gender differences as they relate to treatment issues. Sociopolitical factors in clinical issues. Ethnography and narrative methodologies.

Schneider, C. K. (1991). Breaking the isolation: A benefit of group treatment.

Professional Counselor , 6, 18.

Schneider, C. K. (1991). Etiology and phenomenology of depression in women:

An ethnographic approach . Ann Arbor: University Microfilms
International.

Schneider, C. K., and Stiles, W. B. (1993). Women’s Experiences of Depression:

Their Lessons for Us. Resources in Education, April, ED351656.

Schneider, C. K., and Stiles, W. B. (1995). A person-centered view of

depression: Women’s experiences. Person Centered Journal , 2, 67-77.

Schneider, C. K., and Stiles, W. B. (1991, November). Women’s experience of

depression: Implications for therapy . Paper presented at the North
American Society for Psychotherapy Research Conference, Panama City,
Florida.

Schneider, C. K. (1991, December). Psychotherapeutic Treatments of Eating

Disorders . Grand Rounds Presentation at the University of Cincinnati
Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Schneider, C. K. (1992, February). Depression as Women’s Reality: An

Emancipatory Approach . Paper presented at the Association for Women
in Psychology 1992 National Feminist Psychology Conference, Long Beach, California.

Schneider, C. K. (1992, July). Treating Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse .

Workshop on the Topic of Child Abuse and Neglect. Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio.

Schneider, C. K., and Stiles, W. B. (1992, August). Women’s Experiences of

Depression: Their Lessons for Us . Paper presented at the American
Psychological Association 1992 Centennial National Convention,
Washington, D.C.

Stiles, W. B., and Schneider, C. K. (1992, August). Assessing Qualitative

Research for Publication and Practice . Paper presented at the American
Psychological Association 1992 Centennial National Convention,
Washington, D.C.

Schneider, C. K. (1993, June). Effects of Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Abuse

on Relationship . Woman to Woman Lecture Series, “Resolving
Relationship Issues.” Dartmouth Hospital, Dayton, Ohio.

Cincinnati Psychological Association 1992 Graduate Student Research Award.

American Psychological Association – Division 35
Association for Women in Psychology
Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
Ohio Psychological Association
Society for Psychotherapy Research