Selected Presentations

​Selected Refereed Conferences (in reverse order)

1. Multicultural psychology: Visibility or invisibility? A Maltese voice. National Conference of Psychologists for Social Responsibility - Counselors for Social Justice (2005).
2. 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).
3. Balancing mainstream requirements and critical perspectives in a traditional setting: How I teach psychology. 2nd North American Critical Psychology Conference (2005).
4. Racial narratives in Maltese identity: Implications for interracial psychotherapy with Maltese clients. 8th International Congress on Constructivism and Psychotherapy (2003).
5. Unacknowledged therapist constructs about major psychiatric disorders cause clinical harm. 8th International Congress on Constructivism and Psychotherapy (2003).
6. 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).
7. Social construction of homosexuality. 8th International Congress on Constructivism and Psychotherapy (2003, with G. Ciancio).
8. 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).
9. 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).
10. 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).
11. 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).
12. Hypnosis for cancer pain management. 6th Mediterranean Medical Congress: Challenges for the New Millennium (2000).​

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Invited Academic / Clinical Presentations (in reverse order)

1. Schizophrenia as trauma beyond PTSD. Liberty Street Counseling Services (2009).
2. Schizoaffective disorder as trauma beyond PTSD: Differential diagnosis and treatment. Behavioral Health Network 1st Grand Rounds (2009, with L. Smith).
3. Psychosis as trauma beyond PTSD. Liberty Street Counseling Services (2008).
4. Lacan in the clinic. Liberty Street Counseling Services (2008, with R. Ohayon). 
5. Inclusive practice in counseling in multicultural contexts. Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University (2008).
6. Applied multicultural counseling. Department of Social and Communication Studies, University of Chester (2007).
7. Ethical counseling practice. Department of Social and Communication Studies, University of Chester (2007).
8. Racism in professional psychology in the United States. Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University (2007).
9. Narrative therapy. Pioneer Valley Mental Health Clinic (2006).
10. Psychological testing in clinical work. Pioneer Valley Mental Health Clinic (2005).
11. Balancing mainstream and critical perspectives in psychology. Departmental colloquium, Holyoke Community College (2005).
12. 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).