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NAME:  Marcia Pavlou                                                                        TELEPHONE:  312- 346 -7733

FAX: 708-848-0152                                                                               EMAIL:

ADDRESSES:

     721 N. Grove Avenue                                                                      180 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1915

     Oak Park, Illinois 60302                                                                   Chicago, IL 60601

EDUCATION:

Loyola University of Chicago                                                               Ph.D., Clinical Psychology

Rush Medical Center, Chicago                                                            Residency in Clinical Psychology

Center for Religion and Psychotherapy                                             Certificate in Psychology and Religion

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Position:  Clinical Psychology, Full time private practice. 1983—present.

Duties:  Short and long term psychotherapy with adults, young adults, and older adults.

Illinois Registration: Clinical Psychologist, #71-1959. 

Position:  Assistant Professor, and Assistant Attending Staff.  Department of Psychology, Department of Neurology, Rush Medical College, Rush College of Health Sciences, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. 1975-1983.

Duties: Long and short term therapy with adults; group therapy; counseling; intake; program development with people, families, and caregivers with chronic and serious medical problems, multiple sclerosis, cancer, surgery, rheumatoid arthritis, fertility difficulties; community education and speaking, teaching in the Medical School,  supervision of interns in clinical psychology, consultation with medical personnel, research, grant writing and publication.

Position: Psychologist, Dupage County Law Enforcement Commission. 

Duties: Clinical work with people with alcohol and drug related problems.

PUBLICATIONS: Listed separately.

TEACHING AND TRAINING:

Human Sexuality; Disease, Stress, and Biofeedback; Professional Issues in Medicine; Medical Interviewing.  Courses for medical students at Rush Medical College

Short-term training project of national scope.  The Vocational Rehabilitation Perspective in Multiple Sclerosis.  National training project for vocational administrators.  Project director.

Community and professional education.  Courses and programs for medical, nursing, and rehabilitation professionals on topics in the psychological aspects of medical problems.

Introductory psychology; abnormal psychology.  Undergraduate courses at Loyola University.

 WORKSHOPS:

Parenting 401—The Young Adult in Your Family . Three half day workshops.

When You Can't Fix It—An Effective Ministry of Presence.  Three half day workshops.

Serious Illness and Spiritual Struggle.  Three half day workshops.

The Challenge of Breast Cancer.  Various workshops for Y-ME.

Life with Multiple Sclerosis.  Numerous workshops through the Chicago Chapter of the MS Society, and the National MS Society,  the Rush Multiple Sclerosis Center, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

The Pursuit of Fertility.  Workshop for interns in psychology, Rush University.

Somatization and Chronic Disease.  Workshop for interns in psychology, University of Chicago.

Jointly Occurring Character Disorders and Chronic Medical Problems.  Illinois Psychological Association, American Psychological Association annual meetings.

Life Stress and Adjustment in MS.  American Psychological Association.

A  Program of Psychologic Service Delivery for People and Families with Multiple Sclerosis.  Behavioral Interventions in Neurology.  Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute of Neurologic and Communicative Disorders and Stroke.  Published Proceedings.

Group Work with Medical Patients.  Illinois Psychological Association.

The Mental Health Professional and the Medical Group.  Illinois Psychological Association.

A Case of a Hysterical Character Organization in a Woman with Breast Cancer.  American Psychological Association.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Chair, Board of Trustees.  Bishop Anderson House, Chicago. 2010—present.

Center for Religion and Psychotherapy of Chicago.  Consulting staff. 2005-2009.

Clinical Case Conference, 1988-present.

Study Group in Self Psychology.  Kenneth Newman, MD.  1988-2000.

Study Group.  Christopher Bollas, Ph.D.  1994-2002.

President, Illinois Association of Psychologists in Health and Rehabilitation.

Medical Advisory Committee, National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Study Group in Gender Issues. 1992-1995.

WorkGroup Consultants.  Principal. 1994-2000.

Speaker's Bureau.  Y Me.

American Psychological Association.  Member in good standing.

National Register for Health Service Providers in Psychology. Member in good standing.