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Wayne G. Siegel, Ph.D., ABPP

Licensed Psychologist
Clinical Psychologist

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Dr. Siegel earned his doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Iowa in 1993. He is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota and an Adjunctive Assistant Professor at the University of St. Mary's, Minneapolis. He has taught graduate level courses in psychological assessment and trained graduate students and doctoral interns in psychological assessment and psychotherapy at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Dr. Siegel also has interest and experience in the assessment of adolescents. Other areas of expertise include the research of and the treatment of comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders, pathological gambling, and survivors of childhood and adult trauma.

Curriculum Vitae

  • EDUCATION:

    August, 1993 Ph.D., The University of Iowa (APA Approved), Iowa City, IA
    Major: Counseling Psychology
    Minor: Childhood Personality Assessment
    Dissertation Title: Alcoholism Treatment Process and Outcome: The Effects of Self-Efficacy and Expectancy
    Master's Equivalency Thesis: Personality, Recidivism, and Social Support Among Alcoholics.

    July, 1988. B.A., The University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    Major: Psychology (Honors)
  • APPOINTMENTS:

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
    Adjunctive Assistant Professor, University of St. Mary’s, Minneapolis, MN

  • LICENSURE:

    Licensed Psychologist, December, 1995 - Present. Minnesota #LP3393

  • EXPERIENCE:

    Staff Psychologist, September 1993 - Present, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

    · Served as the psychologist and coordinator for a multidisciplinary treatment team serving both inpatient and outpatient veterans with substance abuse disorders and a full range of comorbid psychiatric and medical disorders. Responsibilities include: administrative duties, program development, personality and neuropsychological assessment, individual and group therapy, case management, and research development.
    · Consult to the Impotence Clinic.
    · Conduct compensation and pensions disability evaluations.
    · Coordinate all psychology compensation and pension evaluations.
    · Supervision of doctoral level psychology interns and practicum students in assessment and individual and group psychotherapy.
    · Design and conduct intervention based research with substance abuse patients.

    Private Practice, July 1996 - Present, Gary Fischler and Associates P.A. / The Institute For Forensic Psychology, Minneapolis, MN


    · Forensic psychological evaluation of children, adolescents, and adults.
    · Individual psychotherapy addressing a full range of psychological and psychiatric disorders.

    Adjunct Assistant Professor, July 1996 - Present, University of St. Mary’s, Minneapolis, MN

    · Developed and taught graduate level course in adolescent and adult personality assessment.
    · Developed and taught course in introductory psychological assessment.
    · Developed and taught course in advanced psychopathology.

    Clinical Internship, August 1992 - August 1993, Vanderbilt University Veterans Affairs Medical Center Internship In Professional Psychology (APA Approved), Nashville, TN

    Main Placement: VA Medical Center - Nashville

    · Consultation and liaison to medicine, surgery, neurology, cardiology, renal dialysis, chemical dependency, inpatient psychiatry, transplant, and geriatrics on questions of diagnosis, management, and compliance.
    · Mental Health Duty Officer responsible for expedient assessment and disposition of persons presenting to the Medical Center for mental health problems including acute crisis and emergencies.
    · Provided short and long-term individual, group, and marital psychotherapy to veterans with a variety of psychiatric disorders including: schizophrenia, affective disorders, anxiety disorders, severe personality disorders, dissociative disorders, and somatoform disorders.
    · Multidisciplinary treatment team member providing diagnostic clarification, and inpatient group psychotherapy on an inpatient psychiatric unit.
    · Served as treatment coordinator and multidisciplinary team member providing initial screening, assessment and diagnostic clarification, group and individual psychotherapy, and didactic instruction for inpatient chemical dependency program.

    Secondary Placement: Vanderbilt Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital

    · Provided short and long-term psychotherapy for adolescents presenting with a variety of problems including: sexual abuse, affective disorders, anxiety, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and sexual disorders.
    · Provided play psychotherapy for three- and four-year-old physically and sexually abused children.
    · Conducted psychological assessment of children and adolescents presenting with a full range of psychiatric disorders.

  • PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS:

    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (March, 1999). Presentation to the University of Minnesota Addiction Psychiatry Fellows: “Psychotherapeutic Interventions with Individuals with Substance Use and Other Comorbid Disorders.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (September, 1998). Presentation to doctoral interns “Diagnostic Interviewing.”
    · American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco (August, 1998). Symposium on “Innovative Treatments of Substance Use Disorders.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (September, 1997). Presentation to doctoral interns “Diagnostic Interviewing.”
    · Anoka Metro regional Treatment Center (June, 1997). Presentation to the psychology staff “Assessment and Treatment of Dual Disordered Patients.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (April, 1997). Presentation to the University of Minnesota Addiction Psychiatry Fellows: “Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Substance Use Disorders.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (April, 1997). Staff Development Presentation “The Assessment of Depression and Suicidal Risk.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (March, 1997). Psychiatry Grand Rounds Case Presentation “Psychotic Disorders: Psychoanalytic & Biological Treatment Perspectives.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (December, 1996). Staff Development Presentation “Cocaine Dependence & Treatment.”
    · Minnesota Veterans Home, Hastings, MN (October, 1996). Presentation to the Veterans Home clinical staff: “Implementing Motivational Interviewing Techniques.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (September 1996). Presentation to psychology interns on diagnostic interviewing.
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (June, 1996). Presentation to the Dual Disorder Treatment Team: “A Review and Update of DSM-IV.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (May, 1996). Presentation to the University of Minnesota Addiction Psychiatry Fellows: “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a Substance Abuse Population.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (February 1996). Case Presentation: “Severe Mental Illness and Substance Abuse.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (February 1996). Presentation to Univ. of MN Counseling Psychology Students on Careers in Counseling Psychology.
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (January, 1996). Presentation to the University of Minnesota Addiction Psychiatry Fellows: “Psychological Testing in a Substance abuse Population.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Psychiatry Service Grand Rounds (March, 1995). Case presentation: “Objective and Projective Psychological Assessment.
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (March, 1995). Presentation to the University of Minnesota Addiction Psychiatry Fellows: “Treatment Outcome in Substance Abuse.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (February, 1995). Presentation to the University of Minnesota Addiction Psychiatry Fellow: “Psychological Testing in a Substance Abuse Population.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (January & February, 1995). Two part presentation to the Addictive Disorders Section, Psychiatry Service: “The Assessment and Treatment of Compulsive Gambling.”
    · St. Mary’s University, Minneapolis (April 1995). Guest lecture: “The Assessment and Diagnosis of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders.”
    · Vinland National Center, Lake Independence, MN (October, 1994). Presentation: “Working with Chronic Alcoholism.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (April 1994 to Present). Co-faculty, Personality Disorders Seminar.
    · St. Mary’s University, Minneapolis (March 1994). Guest lecture: “Projective Psychological Assessment Focusing on Exner’s Comprehensive System for the Rorschach.”
    · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (June 1993). Research Presentation: “Alcoholism Treatment Process and Outcome: The Effects of Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations.”

  • PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

    1988-PresentAmerican Psychological Association

    1995-1998Minnesota Psychological Association

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