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).