Internship: Duke University Medical Center

Licensure: Pennsylvania

Clinical/Services Delivery Position or Responsibilities:
• Supervision of graduate students in clinical interviewing, assessment, diagnosis, and report writing, including use of the SCID and Beck self-report inventories
• Supervision of graduate students in cognitive-behavioral therapy for mood and anxiety disorders
• Coordinate the practicum and internship training for masters students

Professional Memberships:
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Pennsylvania Psychological Association (PPA)
• Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT)
• Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT)
• Philadelphia Behavioral Therapy Association (PBTA)

Professional Honors & Recognition (e.g. Fellow of Professional or Scientific Society; Diplomate):
• Fellowship status in PPA and ACT
• Secretary of PBTA
• Letter of Commendation, University of Miami
• Kirk Danhour Award, University of Miami
• Graduated with High Honors, Emory University, May 1994

Publications in Last Five Years:
Newman, C.F. & Fingerhut, R. (in press). Avoidant personality disorder. In G. Gabbard, J. Beck, and J. Holmes (Eds.), Concise Oxford textbook of psychotherapy. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.

Johnson, S.L. & Fingerhut, R. (in press). Negative cognitive styles predict the course of bipolar depression, not mania. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 18.

Johnson, S.L. & Fingerhut, R. (in preparation). Life events as predictors of relapse, depression, and mania in bipolar disorder.

Presentations to Professional or Scientific Groups in Last Five Years:
Fingerhut, R. (2004, April). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Postpartum Depression. Continuing education workshop presented at La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA.

Johnson, S.L. & Fingerhut, R. (2004, November). Negative cognitions as predictors of mania and depression in bipolar I disorder. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

Lectures by Invitation:
February 2004, January 2004, “Cognitive Therapy in Primary Care
January 2002, November 2001, Settings” - Lecture to Primary Care
January 2000, March 2000 Residents at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

September 2001 “Cognitive Therapy for Panic Disorder” – Lecture to Psychiatry Residents at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

August 2001 “Interviewing & Diagnosis” – Lecture to Psychiatry Residents at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

November 2002, May 2001 “Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety & Panic” – Master Lecture Series, Center for Cognitive Therapy

May 2001 “Therapist Self-Care” – Basic & Advanced Cognitive Therapy Lecture Series, Center for Cognitive Therapy

May 2001 “Cognitive Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder” – Basic & Advanced Cognitive Therapy Lecture Series, Center for Cognitive Therapy

May 2001 “Interviewing & Diagnosis” – Basic & Advanced Cognitive Therapy Lecture Series, Center for Cognitive Therapy

September 2000 “Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety & Panic” – Lecture at the Community Council for Mental Health & Mental Retardation

October 1999 “Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety & Panic” – Westchester University

Clinical and Research Interests:
My current clinical interests include structured clinical interviewing, case conceptualization, and cognitive-behavioral therapy for major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. My research interests have focused on understanding cognitive and environmental risk factors associated with postpartum depression and bipolar disorder.

Other Professional Activities in Last Five Years:

Clinical Experience
Instructor, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Center for Cognitive Therapy, 8/00 – 8/03
Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Center for Cognitive Therapy, 8/99 – 7/00

Teaching Experience

Masters Level:
Counseling Laboratory, La Salle University, 8/03 – 8/04
Professional/Case Seminar, La Salle University, 1/04 - 8/04
Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy, 8/03
Theories & Strategies: Cognitive & Behavioral, Rosemont College, 1/01 –1/02
Cognitive-behavioral Approaches in Counseling and Psychotherapy, La Salle University, 8/00 – 8/04

Doctoral Level:
Practicum Seminar, La Salle University, 1/04 - 8/04
Psychotherapy I: Individual Approaches, La Salle University, 5/04
Psychopathology, La Salle University, 1/04