Robert Weisz, Ph.D.
Robert Weisz is a clinical psychologist, consultant, trainer, and life coach in private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Born in Lima, Peru, in 1944. Parents were Jewish German refugees who fled the Holocaust. Lived in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile before immigrating to the USA in 1957 at the age of thirteen. After graduating from high school, attended the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for three years before graduating in psychology and philosophy at the University of South Dakota. Earned MA in psychology, Ph.D. in clinical/community psychology from the University of Wyoming. During graduate school years, conducted research and authored a number of articles in scientific journals in the field of sleep and dreams. After graduate work at the University of Wyoming, completed a 1-year clinical internship in Wichita, Kansas, then served as an officer with the US Army Medical Service Corps.
Licensed as a psychologist in 1972. Managed comprehensive community mental health center in Gillette, Wyo. from 1972 to 1979. Authored two chapters in books about mental health in boom towns. Moved to New Mexico in 1979, took a year’s sabbatical, began private practice and a 26-year involvement in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy as a trainer and practitioner. Co-founder of the Milton Erickson Institute of Clinical Hypnosis and Behavioral Sciences of New Mexico. Interest in the healing potential of altered states of consciousness led to 22 years of healing work and study with South American shamans and healers in Peru, Ecuador, the USA, and Brazil.
Served as an educator on the faculties of the University of Wyoming, Southwestern College, Webster University, and the Clinical Faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
Co-author with Deuter (1991) of tape series of eight hypnotherapeutic healing journeys published by Health Communications, Inc. Deeply interested in the spiritual/philosophical path of Nonduality. Favorite activities include hiking, kayaking, snowshoeing, SCUBA diving, poetry, animal psychology, photography, and the investigation of consciousness. In private practice since 1980, now in Santa Fe, feel very fortunate to be engaged in work which I love and which brings me into deep, authentic connection with my clients. My practice now includes a new role as an expert practitioner and trainer in Brainspotting, a new treatment modality for conditions arising from trauma and other types of negative emotional conditioning.
Currently living near Glorieta, New Mexico, about 25 miles Northeast of Santa Fe, with partner Diane, three dogs, and many tree friends in a country home on ten acres of beautiful mountain land.
CURRICULUM VITAE
ROBERT WEISZ, Ph.D.
Address:
(Work) 1800 Old Pecos Trail, Suite B
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505-4787
(505) 983-9456
(Home) 39 Camino La Cueva
Glorieta, New Mexico 87535
(505) 757-2148
Website: www.robertweiszphd.com email: robert.weisz1@gmail.com
Date of Birth: June 24,1944
Place of Birth: Lima, Peru (naturalized USA citizen)
PRESENT STATUS
Licensed Clinical Psychologist Life Coach, Trainer, and Consultant in private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico
(New Mexico Psychologist License #201)
Director, The Brainspotting and Hypnotherapy Clinic of New Mexico
Director, Milton Erickson Institute for Clinical Hypnosis and Behavioral Sciences of New Mexico
Providing treatment, coaching, and consultation services through Brainspotting and Hypnotherapy Clinic and the Milton Erickson Instittute
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Clinical/Community Psychology, University of Wyoming, 1972
M.A. Psychology, University of Wyoming, 1968
A.B. Psychology, University of South Dakota, 1966
Minors: Philosophy, Physics, Mathematics
Honors: Dean’s Honor List, Spring, 1965
Gilifillan Award to Most Promising Senior Creative Writer
High School: Rapid City High School, Rapid City, South Dakota, Graduated 1961
Attended public and private schools in Evanston, Illinois; Lima , Peru; Siglo XX, Bolivia; and Santiago, Chile.
MILITARY SERVICE
U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, Inactive Reserve, 1966-1976
Honorably discharged, 1976 with rank of Captain. Attended U.S. Army Medical Field Service School, 1970-1971
WORK EXPERIENCE
1986 to 1992
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
August, 1988 to July, 1990
Consulting Psychologist, St. Vincent Hospital Pain Management Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
September, 1986 to August, 1988
Consulting Psychologist, Clinical Director, Margaret Strong Pain Clinic, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
September, 1979 to Present
Taught graduate, undergraduate, and postgraduate courses in mental health, counseling, and human relations through the University of New Mexico, New Mexico Highlands University, Southwestern College, Webster University and the Milton Erickson Institute.
Private Practice of psychotherapy, general clinical practice.
Private practice as a consultant on the needs and problems of boom towns.
Specialized services as expert on the use of clinical hypnosis and, since 2007, in Brainspotting.
Trainer to health care professionals in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and, since 2008, in Brainspotting.
Life Coach since 2003.
September, 1981 to September, 1983
Principal investigator for a Bureau of Land Management, Outer Continental Shelf Office project, under contract to Louis Berger and Associates, to develop a methodology of social indicators for monitoring community stresses and changes in community well-being in Native American (Aleut and Inupiaq Eskimo) communities in Alaska.
The tools developed are now being used to predict and monitor social changes stemming from mineral resource developments in Alaska and other areas.
October, 1980 to February, 1981
Conducted a Social Impact Assessment of Cuba, New Mexico and surrounding area, a tri-ethnic (American Indian, Hispanic, and Anglo) community which was to be impacted by the development of a large underground coal mine and other mining operations. The study was contracted by the Office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, as part of an Environmental Assessment.
September, 1972 to July, 1979
Clinical/Community Psychologist and Campbell County Coordinator, Northern Wyoming Mental Health Center, Gillette, Wyoming – a rural, five-county comprehensive Community Mental Health Center. Responsibilities included coordinating delivery of a broad range of mental health services in a county of 25,000. The program grew from a one man office (myself) in 1972 to eight full-time professional positions in 1979 to meet the needs of a rapidly growing community impacted by the development of coal mining and oil drilling.
I functioned as a psychologist and a therapist providing a full range of mental health services; as a supervisor to other staff on clinical problems; as a diagnostician and evaluator; as a mental health consultant to schools and human service agencies; and taught graduate and undergraduate classes through the University of Wyoming.
My administrative duties included managing the office, developing programs, recruiting staff, quality assurance, and advocacy.
The boom town conditions in Gillette (its population almost tripled in the seven years I lived there) created a heavy demand for new and expanded services, against a context of overtaxed resources, rapid change and instability.
October, 1971 to September, 1972
Half-time psychologist II, Sedgwick County Department of Mental Health, Wichita, Kansas. Individual and group psychotherapy, consultant to halfway houses, rehabilitation center (February, 1972 to September, 1972). Half-time private practice in psychotherapy.
September, 1970 to September, 1971
Clinical Psychology Internship at Sedgwick County Mental Health Center and the Wichita Guidance Center, Wichita, Kansas. Diagnosis and treatment of children, families, and adults. Consultation with schools, police, methadone maintenance program.
June, 1970 to August, 1970
Summer internship, Northern Wyoming Mental Health Center, Gillette, Wyoming. Functioned as staff member providing a full range of mental health services.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, AND ORGANIZATIONS
Licensed Psychologist, State of New Mexico, License #201, November, 1979 to Present.
National Provider Identifier #1306810205
Who’s Who in the West. Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care, 2000.
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHING
Graduate courses taught through Webster University:
Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy – 1982, 1983, 1984
Issues in Human Relations – 1980, 1981
Interpersonal Communications – 1980, 1981
Graduate Courses taught through New Mexico Highlands University:
Clinical Hypnosis – 1982
Graduate Courses taught through Southwestern College:
Models of Consciousness – 1984
Advanced Counseling – 1984
Research Methods – 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Shamanism – 1990, 1991
Graduate and undergraduate courses taught through the University of Wyoming:
Introductory Psychology – 1968, 1969
Seminar in Behavior Modification – 1973
Seminar on Contingency Contracting – 1974
Psychology of Learning – 1974
Individual Mental Testing – 1974, 1976
Seminar in Teacher Effectiveness – 1974, 1975, 1976
PUBLICATIONS
Weisz, Robert, and Deuter, CH. Surviving Your Own Life: Series of eight hypnotherapeutic audio tapes, published by Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, Florida, 1992. Titles include: Accessing Your Inner Child; Letting Go of Guilt; Healing from Divorce; Coping Constructively With Anger; Letting Go Into Forgiveness; Transforming Depression; Rediscovering the Joy Within; and Healing the Heart.
Weisz, Robert. Social Impact Assessment of the Community of Cuba, New Mexico and Surrounding Area: The Social Consequences of Developing La Ventana Mine. Final report submitted to Office of Surface Mining, U. S. Department of the Interior, 1981.
Weisz, Robert. Coping With the Stress of a Boom: Mental Health Alternatives for Impacted Communities. In Davenport, J.A., and Davenport, J. (Eds.) The Boom Town: Problems and Promises in the Energy Vortex. Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming, 1980.
Weisz, Robert. Stress and Mental Health in a Boom Town. In Davenport, J.A., and Davenport, J. (Eds.) Boom Towns and Human Services. Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming, 1981.
With Dorothea Smith, co-authored a manual for for self-contained course on child management, 1974.
For three years, wrote weekly, self-help oriented column on mental health matters for the local newspaper, the Gillette (Wyoming) News-Record, 1972-1975
Weisz, Robert. Phenomenological correlates of discrete events in NREM sleep: The K-complex as a NREM phasic indicator. Psychophysiology, 1972, 9, 127
Weisz, Robert, and Foulkes, D. Home and laboratory dreams collected under uniform sampling conditions. Psychophysiology,1970, 6, 588-596.
Weisz, Robert. Dreams of the aged: An EEG study. Psychophysiology, 6, 267, 1969.
Molinari, S., Foulkes, D., and Weisz, R. Psychological correlates of phasic and tonic events during sleep. Psychophysiology, 6, 2, 1969.
Molinari, S., Foulkes, D., and Weisz, R. The phenomenology of different sleep periods: Psychological correlates of phasic and tonic events. Rivista de Psicologica. Fasicolo Speciale, 1968, 47-49.
Molinari, S., Foulkes, D., and Weisz, R. La fenomenologia di differenti periodi del sono: Correlati psicolgici de eventi tonici a fasici. Rivista Sperimentale de Freniatria, 1968.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Weisz, R. Human Consequences of Boom Town Conditions. First International Conference on the Human Side of Energy , Laramie, Wyoming, July, 1980
Weisz, R. Consequences and implications of energy-related developments upon the people of Northeastern Wyoming and their mental health needs and services. Conference on Primary Prevention, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and Mental Health Training Center of Central California, Fresno, California, May, 1979.
Weisz, R. Measuring social stress related to major energy development in Gillette, Wyoming. Capon Springs Public Policy Conference #3, Population Food Fund, Arlington, Virginia, September, 1978.
Weisz, R. Psychological consequences of rapid growth in Gillette, Wyoming. North Dakota Public Health Association, Bismarck, North Dakota, April, 1978.
Weisz, R. Phenomenological correlates of discrete events in NREM sleep. First International Congress, Association for the Psychophysiological Study of Sleep, Bruges, Belgium, June, 1971.
Molinari, S., Foulkes, D. ,and Weisz, R.The phenomenology of different sleep periods: Psychological correlates of phasic and tonic events. Association for the Psychophysiological Study of Sleep, Boston, Massachusetts, March, 1969.
Weisz, R. Dreams of the aged: An EEG study. Association for the Psychophysiological Study of Sleep, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1969.
Weisz, R. The validity of dreams. Wyoming Psychological Association, Laramie, Wyoming, October, 1968.
Weisz, R., and Foulkes, D. A comparison of home and laboratory dreams collected under uniform sampling conditions. Association for the Psychophysiological study of Sleep, Denver, Colorado, March, 1968.
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