Dr. Paul Murray Ph.D., R. Psych.! ! Registered Psychologist! ! 201-1544 Marine Drive Suite, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V7V 1H8! Tel: (604) 925-1950 Fax: (604) 925-1952 Cell: (604) 240-5299! [email protected] www.paulmurray.ca! ! Education:! ! !!!! !Doctor of Philosophy! ! Duquesne University !! 1981 - 1990! !Master of Arts!! Duquesne University!! 1980 - 1981! !Bachelor of Arts, Honours University of Guelph!! 1973 - 1978 ! ! Professional Affiliations:! !!!! American Psychological Association, Division 32: Humanistic Psychology! Association for Humanistic Psychology! Association for Transpersonal Psychology! British Columbia Psychological Association! Canadian Register of Health Services Providers in Psychology ! College of Psychologists of British Columbia ! Institute of Noetic Science! International Human Science Research Conference! International Network on Personal Meaning! International Society for Existential Psychology and Research! North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics! !Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy! ! !Professional Experience:! !Current ! 1993 - !Present Private Psychotherapy Practice ! Psychotherapy practice since 1978 providing Individualized, psychotherapy services for a broad range of adult clientele who are struggling with interpersonal problems, anxiety, depression or adjustment to life circumstances. Areas of particular interest include: persistent interpersonal disharmony, assertiveness, self-esteem, anxiety attacks, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, phobias, performance anxiety, career dissatisfaction, work stress, acute stress reaction, trauma recovery, crisis management, depression, bereavement, loss of meaning or purpose. Existential-Humanistic psychotherapeutic approach. See web site for! details. ! !Previous! !2000 - 2001 !Urgent Response Psychologist ! Assessment and Treatment Services, Mental Health Services, North Shore Health Region. (Formerly: NSCMHS). Responsibilities: To provide assessment and treatment services to adults. This ! position developed out of the amalgamation of NSCMHS !(below) with Lions Gate Hospital.! 1992 - 2000!! Urgent Response Psychologist ! ! ! Adult Short Term Assessment and Treatment Team (ASTAT), North Shore Community Mental Health Services (NSCMHS). Responsibilities: To provide crisis response and !management, assessment and short term individual psychotherapy. ! !1995 -1999!! Sessional Instructor ! Counselling Psychology Department, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia. Responsibilities: To provide instruction, training and supervision of !undergraduate student-counsellors.! 1990-1991!! Psychologist ! !!!! Community Mental Health Services, Psychology Department, Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. Responsibilities: To provide clinical assessments, psychometric testing and !short term psychotherapy services.! 1987 - 1989!! Psychotherapist/Researcher! !!! Cognitive Psychotherapy Unit, The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry. Responsibilities: To provide short term cognitive-interpersonal psychotherapy in the treatment of adults with anxiety and depressive disorders, qualitative research on the psychotherapy process, !supervision and training of graduate interns.! 1985 - 1986!! Psychotherapist ! !!!! Day Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, York Central Hospital. Responsibilities: To provide clinical, psychometric and vocational assessments, as well as individual & group psychotherapy services. Developed and coordinated the vocational component of the Day Program. ! ! 2! ! 1983 - 1985!! Counsellor ! !!!! Northern Communities Mental Health (Pittsburgh Pa.). Responsibilities: Counselling !and crisis intervention for group home residents, supervision and consultation of staff.! 1982 - 1983!! Counsellor ! !!!! Duquesne University Testing Bureau. Responsibilities: To provide ! psychological/ !vocational testing & counselling for university students. ! 1982 -1983!! Psychotherapist ! !!!! Psychology Department, Duquesne University. Responsibilities: Lead Gestalt psychotherapy groups, attend consultation groups, assist in the training and !supervision of graduate students. ! 1981 - 1983!! Researcher ! !!!! Psychology Department, Duquesne University. Responsibilities: To assist in the research design, literature review and (qualitative) analysis of data for several publications and for the development of lecture ! material. Assistant to Dr. !Amedeo Giorgi.! 1981 - 1983!! Counsellor ! !!!! Pittsburgh Community Transitional Services. Responsibilities: To provide care and !supervision for group home residents, consultation and supervision of staff.! 1981 - 1983!! Psychology Instructor ! !!!! Psychology Department. Duquesne University. Responsibilities: To instruct introductory psychology courses. ! ! 1981 - 1983!! Psychotherapist ! !!!! Psychotherapy Center. Duquesne University. Responsibilities: To ! provide short term !existential-humanistic psychotherapy. ! 1979 - 1980!! Psychiatric Assistant ! !!!! Homewood Sanitarium (Guelph, Ont.). Responsibilities: Assisting psychiatric team in the !care and supervision of residents.! !1977 - 1979!! Family Psychotherapist/Child Care Worker ! Humber Bay Child And Family Clinic, Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital. Responsibilities: !To provide family group psychotherapy, play therapy and child care services. ! ! ! !Publications and Presentations :! Safran, J.D., McMain, S., Crocker, P., Murray, P.: The therapeutic ! alliance rupture as !a therapeutic event for empirical investigation. Psychotherapy, 1990.! Murray, P.: An existential-phenomenological investigation of the psychotherapeutic interpretive process enabling immediate insight. Duquesne University Dissertation !Abstracts, U. M. I., 1991.! Murray, P.: Psychological Profile of Matthew Good. Paper! commissioned for the !promotion of the 2001 Matthew Good Band USA Tour. January, 2001.! Murray, P.: Electronic Media and Health Psychology. BC Psychologist. Spring Issue, !2003.! Murray, P.: Frontiers of Existential Humanistic Psychotherapy: Preserving the Human Element in Cyber Space. Presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, 2003.! ! 3! !Continued Educational Activities ! (Partial Listing)! ! !2010! August 4 – 8, 2010. 29th International Human Science Research Conference. Seattle !University, WA. ! !April 24 – 26, 2010. Annual Professional Retreat. Salt Spring Island, BC.! September 17 – 19, 2010. North American Society for Philosophical Hermeneutics !Conference: Wozu Hermeneutik? 50 years since Truth and Method. Seattle, WA.! !January – December, 2010. Ongoing Peer Consultation with Dr. Tom Gilligan.! January – December, 2010. Ongoing Qigong meditation training with Grandmaster !Shou-Yu Liang.! !2009! August 6 – 9, 2009. American Psychological Association 117th Annual Convention. !Toronto, ON.! April 24 – May 1, 2009. Annual Professional Retreat. Salt Spring Island, BC. Review of clinical practice and related literature, i.e., clinical file review, review of Code of !Conduct and readings from reading list.! !January – December, 2009. Ongoing Peer Consultations with Dr. Tom Gilligan.! January – December, 2009. Taiji training and ongoing Qigong meditation training with !Grandmaster Shou-Yu Liang.! !2008! ! !July 24 - 28, 2008. International Network on Personal Meaning Conference. Toronto.! October 16, 2008. Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Duquesne !University, Pittsburgh.! !January - December, 2008. Ongoing Peer Consultation with Dr. Tom Gilligan.! January - December, 2008. Ongoing Qigong meditation training with Grandmaster !Shou-!Yu Liang.! !2007 ! June 18 - 22, 2007.! Annual Professional Retreat. Salt Spring Island. Review of clinical practice and related literature, i.e., clinical file review, review of Code of Conduct and !readings from reading list.! December 6 - 10, 2007.! Tenth International Congress on Erickson Approaches to !Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. The Milton Erickson Foundation. Arizona.! January - December, 2007. Ongoing Peer Consultation with Dr. Tom Gilligan. Discussions on hypnosis and psychotherapy; law and ethics, Existential psychotherapy; applications and philosophical foundational issues, integration of cognitive- interpersonal and existential psychotherapy, clinical case review, issues relating to practice; ethical issues related to clinical case review and spirituality, coping with !cancer; practice approaches.! January - December, 2007. Taiji training and ongoing Qigong mediation training with !Grandmaster Shou-Yu Liang.! ! 2006! ! October 21. 2006.! “New Frontiers in Ethical Decision-Making”. One day workshop !sponsored by BCPA in Victoria B. C.! !July 21 - 23, 2006.! The 4th Biennial International Meaning Conference. ! June 2, 2006.! “Testifying In Court: The Expert Witness”. One day workshop with !Dr. Stanley Brodsky. ! April 24 - 28, 2006! Annual Professional Development Retreat. Quadra Island, B. C. !Review of practice and related literature. ! January 13 - 14, 2006! “The First Five Minutes of Buddhist Psychotherapy”. !Workshop instructed by David and Caroline Brazier. ! 4! !January 12, 2006! “Feel the Buddha”. Workshop with David and Caroline Brazier. ! January 9, 2006! “Buddhist Psychology & Psychotherapy”. Workshop instructed by !David and Caroline Brazier.! January - December, 2006. Ongoing Peer Consultation with Dr. Tom Gilligan. Discussions !on Buddhist psychology and psychotherapy, spiritual issues in psychology (Paul !Tillich and A.van Kaam), testifying in Court & general issues regarding operating a psychotherapy practice, Existential Psychotherapy,