Biographical on Dr. Meichenbaum
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and Distinguished visiting Professor at University of Miami, school of education. He is currently Research Director of The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment of Victims, in Miami, Florida (www.melissainstitute.org) and (www.teachsafeschools.org). The Melissa Institute is designed to bridge the gap between research findings and clinical and educational practices and public policy.
Dr. Meichenbaum is one of the founders of Cognitive behaviour therapy and his book Cognitive Behaviour Modification: An Integrative Approach is considered a classic in the field. He has also authored several other books including Stress Inoculation Training; A Clinical Handbook for Assessing and Treating Adults with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; and Treatment of Individuals with Anger-Control Problems and Aggressive Behaviors: A Clinical Handbook. He has also co-authored Pain and Behavioral Medicine; Facilitating Treatment Adherence: A practitioner's Guidebook; and Nurturing Independent Learners; and co-edited Stress Reduction and Prevention and The Unconscious Reconsidered. He was one of the founders of the Journal of Cognitive Therapy and Research and served as its Associate Editor, as well as being on the editorial boards of a dozen other journals.
Dr. Meichenbaum was a recipient of the prestigious Izaak Killiam Fellowship Award administered by Canada Council and appointed Honorary President of the Canadian Psychological Association. The Killiam award allowed him to devote his full time to research. Dr. Meichenbaum is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Fellow of both the American and Canadian Psychological Associations.
In a survey reported in the American Psychologist, North American clinicians voted Dr. Meichenbaum “one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the century”. During his academic career, a citations analysis indicated that Dr. Meichenbaum was identified as the most cited psychology researcher at Canadian universities. He has presented workshops and lectured worldwide including all of the U.S. states (except Alaska), Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Japan, the Caribbean, and Russia. He has consulted widely for such varied clinical populations as patients in psychiatric hospitals, residential programs, adolescent offenders, individuals with developmental delays and those with traumatic brain injury, military organizations, industrial and educational institutions.
Dr. Meichenbaum’s workshops received the highest accolades as he combines scholarship, critical-mindedness, clinical perspicacity and humor in his presentations.
Dr. Meichenbaum can be contacted at dhmeich@aol.com.
