Dr. Gibson's Resume

Professional Services Offered:

Mentoring, coaching, counseling, training by telephone. Specialty with cancer patients and caretakers.
Personal, marriage and family counseling and psychotherapy.
Seminars on family living, on brief counseling techniques, and on parenting our own elderly parents, presented internationally.
Retreat speaker alone and with wife.

Background:

Birthplace/Early Schooling: Chicago, IL
Wife: Ruth Flesvig Gibson
Sons: Steven, David, Scott (all adults)

College Education:

Ph.D. Degree, 1970
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN
Major: Psychology
Minor: Educational Psychology
Thesis title: Prediction of verbal behavior of individuals in small counseling groups.

(1960 – 1966)
Central Michigan University - Mt. Pleasant, MI
Courses in Psychology/Business Administration

B.S. degree 1960
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
Major: Chemical Engineering
Walter P. Murphy academic scholarship.
Honors in sports, fraternity and professional societies.

Work Experience:

(1974 – Present) Wheaton, IL
Private Practice - Clinical Psychologist

(1987) Chicago, IL.
Moody Bible Institute - Evening School Instructor

(1974 – 1975) Wheaton, IL
Wheaton College - Part-time teacher

(1973 – 1974) Warrenville, IL
Warrenville Clinic - Psychologist

(1971 – 1973) Wooster, OH
College of Wooster - Assistant Professor Of Psychology

(1960 – 1966) Midland, MI
The Dow Chemical Company - Chemical Engineer

Publications:

Book: (2002) What To Say When... Counseling manual available on-line at http://VitalityTherapy.com.

Paper: (1998) Socratic questions in Prochaska’s early stages of change. APA Midwinter Convention, San Diego, CA.

Paper: (1996). Solution therapy with a dependent non-customer. American Association of Counselors Regional Conference, Chicago area.

Paper: (1989, April). Vitality Therapy. Presented at the annual convention of CAPS (Christian Association for Psychological Studies), Philadelphia, PA.

Book: (1991). The Sandwich Years. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. (W/Ruth Gibson). Available on-line at http://SandwichYears.com.

Book: (1989). Vitality Therapy. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. Available on-line at http://VitalityTherapy.com.

Book: (1987). The Strong-Willed Adult. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. Available on-line at http://selfdiscipline.dennisgibson.com.

Article: (1985, Summer) Doubting Thomas, the Obsessive. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 4 (2), 34-36.

Articles: (1985). Adlerian Psychotherapy (pp. 23-25) Communication skills training (193-194) Conjoint Family Therapy (219-220)Contracts, therapeutic use (231) Family Communications Theory (391-394) In D.G. Benner (Ed.) Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House

Article: (1983, Fall). The Obsessive personality and the evangelical. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 2(3), 30-35.

Articles: (1975 – Present). Various. Moody Monthly, Today’s Christian Woman, and Power for Living.

Patent: U.S. #3,322,684. A Method of Generating Froth (W/D.S. Chisholm)

Additional Training:

Alfred Adler Institute of Chicago (Psychotherapy Program, 1979 - 1981)

Brief Family Therapy Center, Milwaukee, WI (Extensive workshops and personal supervision in solution/focused brief therapy, 1989 - 1992)

Clinical training program in transactional analysis under William H. Holloway, M.D., Akron, OH (1972 - 1974)

Cognitive Behavior Modification (Workshop from Dr. Donald Meichenbaum, 1991)

Cognitive Therapy Winter Workshop (by Dr. Christine Padesky, Feb. 7-11, 1994)

Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (Level I & II Training, 1994, 1997)

Family Institute of Chicago (many seminars and workshops 1974 - present)

Masterson Institute, New York (workshops and personal supervision in psychotherapy of personality disorders, 1986 - 1990)

Minnesota Couples Communication Program (Instructor training, 1975)

Parent Effectiveness Training (Instructor training, 1972)

Postdoctoral internship in clinical psychology, Norfolk Regional Center, Nebraska (1970 - 1971)

Licensed clinical psychologist in state of Illinois #71-1808