Selected Presentations

​Refereed Conferences

• Multicultural psychology: Visibility or invisibility? A Maltese voice. National Conference of Psychologists for Social Responsibility - Counselors for Social Justice (2005).
• Multicultural counseling: Navigating the intersection between social values and clinical psychology, National Conference of Psychologists for Social Responsibility - Counselors for Social Justice (2005, with K. Hodges and S. Hawes).
• Balancing mainstream requirements and critical perspectives in a traditional setting: How I teach psychology. 2nd North American Critical Psychology Conference (2005).
• Racial narratives in Maltese identity: Implications for interracial psychotherapy with Maltese clients. 8th International Congress on Constructivism and Psychotherapy (2003).
• Unacknowledged therapist constructs about major psychiatric disorders cause clinical harm. 8th International Congress on Constructivism and Psychotherapy (2003).
• From Gestalt to deconstructionism: Co-creating a new “voice” through awareness and acceptance of the dichotomous self. 8th International Congress on Constructivism and Psychotherapy (2003, with J. Brunelle).
• Social construction of homosexuality. 8th International Congress on Constructivism and Psychotherapy (2003, with G. Ciancio).
• The examined life: Literary themes and personal stories. 8th International Congress on Constructivism and Psychotherapy (2003, with D. W. Paar, G. Ciancio, and J. Brunelle).
• Hypnotherapy for AD/HD: Preliminary ​evidence for its effectiveness. In Efficacy of Hypnotic Treatment Symposium, 110th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association (2002, with T. Benton).
• Hypnotherapy for chronic tics ​and Tourette syndrome in children. In Efficacy of Hypnotic Treatment Symposium, 110th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association (2002, with B. Pomerantz and C. Niesen).
• Hypnotherapy for Tourette’s syndrome: Evidence for its effectiveness and treatment protocols for use in familial and non-familial cases. 16th Annual Janez Faganel International Symposium on Movement Disorders (2000).
• Hypnosis for cancer pain management. 6th Mediterranean Medical Congress: Challenges for the New Millennium (2000).​

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Invited Academic/Clinical Presentations

• Schizophrenia as trauma beyond PTSD. Liberty Street Counseling Services (2009).
• Schizoaffective disorder as trauma beyond PTSD: Differential diagnosis and treatment. Behavioral Health Network 1st Grand Rounds (2009, with L. Smith).
• Psychosis as trauma beyond PTSD. Liberty Street Counseling Services (2008).
• Lacan in the clinic. Liberty Street Counseling Services (2008, with R. Ohayon). 
• Inclusive practice in counseling in multicultural contexts. Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University (2008).
• Applied multicultural counseling. Department of Social and Communication Studies, University of Chester (2007).
• Ethical counseling practice. Department of Social and Communication Studies, University of Chester (2007).
• Racism in professional psychology in the United States. Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University (2007).
• Narrative therapy. Pioneer Valley Mental Health Clinic (2006).
• Psychological testing in clinical work. Pioneer Valley Mental Health Clinic (2005).
• Balancing mainstream and critical perspectives in psychology. Departmental colloquium, Holyoke Community College (2005).
• Neurophysiology of hypnosis. Department of Psychology, Baypath College (2003) and Institute of Healthcare, Saint Luke's Hospital (1990).

Invited Lectures (Department of Psychology, Springfield College; 2003-2009)

• Critical psychology and personality disorders
• Critical psychology and psychotherapy
• Constructionist and narrative psychotherapies
• Constructivist and psychoanalytic personality theories
• First and second-order change with clinical and personality disorders in managed care
  systems
• Integrating mainstream and critical approaches to diagnosis
• Multicultural-psychodynamic psychotherapy

Invited Media Contributions

• Clinical hypnotherapy. Two public service talks on Television Malta (1992).
• Lenti. Co-developed and hosted NPR weekly series on clinical hypnotherapy on Radio Malta 1 (1991-1992, with J. Grech).