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David J. Kutz, Ph.D.

 

Address:                                           9426 Indian School Rd. NE, Suite 1

                                                         Albuquerque, N.M.  87112

Telephone:                                        (505) 903-3106

Louisiana License:                            #949

New York License:                           #014209

New Mexico License:                       #1031

 

Education:                             

 

August 1993- January 1999               MCP/Hahnemann University,

                                                           Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

Philadelphia, PA

                                                          

September 1989- May 1993              The University of Michigan,

                                                           B.A. in Psychology

                                                           Ann Arbor, MI

 

Postdoctoral Education:

 

September 2004-February 2007             Alliant International University

                                                           California School of Professional Psychology

                                                           M.S. in Clinical Psychopharmacology

 

Current Positions:

 

November 2007-Present                       Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP

                                                           Staff Clinical Psychologist

                                                           Albuquerque, N.M.

 

January 2008-Present                           Clinical Assistant Professor

                                                           University of New Mexico

                                                           School of Medicine

                                                           Department of Psychiatry

                                                           Albuquerque, N.M.

                                                          

                                                                                                                     

Employment History:

 

May 2007-October 2007                       Visiting Associate Professor

                                                           Center for Clinical Psychiatry and Psychology

                                                           Nagoya University

                                                           Nagoya, Japan

 

February 2004-April 2007                     Director: Cognitive-Behavioral Clinic of New Orleans

Metairie, LA

 

July 2000- January 2004                       Columbia University Medical Center

                                                           The Psychiatric Institute, Anxiety Disorders Clinic

                                                           New York, NY

  

Faculty Positions Held:                    

 

Clinical Instructor

                                                           Department of Psychiatry and Neurology

                                                           Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, LA

 

Instructor of Clinical Psychology

                                                           Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

                                                           New York, NY

 

                                                           Adjunct Clinical Instructor of Psychology in Psychiatry

                                                           Cornell University Medical Center

                                                           New York, NY

           

Postdoctoral Fellowship:

 

July 1998- July 2000                             New York Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Medical Center

                                                           Cornell Cognitive Therapy Clinic

                                                           Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic

                                                           New York, NY 

 

 

Predoctoral Clinical Internship:

 

July 1997- July 1998                             Tulane University Medical Center

                                                           Department of Psychiatry and Neurology

                                                           New Orleans, LA

 

 

Graduate Clinical Experience:

 

Predoctoral Psychotherapist, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Cognitive Therapy, Philadelphia, PA

August 1996- June 1997

Duties: provided cognitive-behavioral therapy for adults suffering from a wide array of psychiatric difficulties; obtained formal supervised training in cognitive therapy; conducted comprehensive diagnostic clinical intakes; formulated intake evaluation summaries.

 

Advanced Practicum Student, University of Pennsylvania, Counseling and Psychological Services, Philadelphia, PA

September 1996- May 1997

Duties: provided short-term cognitive-behavioral therapy for undergraduate and graduate students, and conducted comprehensive clinical intake assessments as a member of a triage team.

 

Consultant Psychotherapist, John F. Kennedy Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Poplar Guidance Clinic, Philadelphia, PA

June 1995- April 1997

Duties: provided psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults with both acute and chronic psychiatric disorders; conducted diagnostic intake sessions.

 

Practicum Student, MCP/Hahnemann University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, Philadelphia, PA

July 1995- July 1996

Duties: provided comprehensive psychological assessments; conducted weekly group therapy sessions; formulated and implemented behavioral treatment plans; served the role of psychology consultant to a multidisciplinary treatment team.

 

Psychotherapist, MCP/Hahnemann University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, Philadelphia, PA

September 1995- December 1995

Duties: led individual and group therapy sessions teaching interpersonal problem-solving skills in an effort to decrease aggressive behavior.

 

Practicum Student, University of Pennsylvania, Counseling and Psychological Services, Philadelphia, PA

September 1994- May 1995

Duties: provided short-term cognitive-behavioral therapy for undergraduate and graduate students; conducted comprehensive intake assessments as a member of a triage team.

 

Research Experience:

 

Dissertation Research, MCP/Hahnemann University, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Philadelphia, PA

May 1996- January 1999

Duties: studied the relationship between psychosocial variables, adherence to treatment protocols, and metabolic control in adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus; successfully defended dissertation on this subject (January, 1999).

 

Predoctoral Research, MCP/Hahnemann University, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Philadelphia, PA

December 1995- May 1996

Duties: examined barriers to adherence protocols in women suffering from gestational diabetes mellitus.

 

Predoctoral Research, MCP/Hahnemann University, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Philadelphia, PA

September 1994- November 1996

Duties: studied the phenomenon of denying one's own symptoms of emotional distress, and how that is exhibited on self-report scales; studied autonomic reactivity associated with denial; presented findings at AABT.

 

Research Intern, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

May 1993- August 1993

Duties: researched various methods of evaluating the efficacy of educational systems.

 

Undergraduate Research, The University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, Ann Arbor, MI

November 1992- June 1993

Duties: studied drop-out rates of short-term psychotherapy; conducted a comprehensive literature review and participated in data collection for this project; co-authored a poster presentation.

 

Undergraduate Research, The University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, Ann Arbor, MI

September 1992- April 1993

Duties: conducted a comprehensive literature review on maladaptive peer interactions that was used directly as course material for an undergraduate psychology course.

 

Research Intern, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

May 1992- August 1992

Duties: conducted a number of literature reviews for projects on risk analysis and risk communication; investigated varying means of communicating industrial and environmental risks to the public.

 

Teaching Experience:

 

Adjunct Instructor, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA

January 1998- May 1998

Duties: Taught two courses in Introduction to Psychology.

 

 Adjunct Instructor, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA

September 1997- December 1997

Duties: Taught a course in Abnormal Psychology.

 

Professional Memberships:

 

American Psychological Association

Anxiety Disorders Association of America

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation

 

Publications and Presentations:

 

            CBT: New Directions. (2007, October). Lecture presented to a behavioral therapy conference sponsored by Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan.

 

            CBT for Panic Disorder. (2007, October). Lecture presented to the psychiatry staff at Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.

 

            CBT for Children and Adolescents. (2007, June – September). A group of 12 lectures presented to faculty and students in the Department of Child Clinical Psychiatry and Psychology at Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.

 

            Kutz, D., & Streltzer, J. (2005, April). Management of the Opioid Dependent Chronic Pain Patient.  Course presented at the 36th Annual Medical-Scientific Conference of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Dallas, TX.    
           

Kutz, D., Seraydarian, L., Olsowka, S., & Smith, C. (1996, November). Looking favorable on self-report scales. Poster presented at the at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, NY

 

            Gutfreund, M.J., & Kutz, D. (1993, June). Using survival analysis to investigate patient length of stay in treatment: Effects of patient demographic variables, interpersonal style, diagnosis, and therapist's experience. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Pittsburgh, PA.

 

References:

 

Michael R. Liebowitz, M.D., Director, Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Institute, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY (212-543-5370)

 

Baruch Fishman, Ph.D., Director, Cornell Cognitive Therapy Clinic, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Payne-Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, New York, NY (212-821-0714)

 

Phillip T. Griffin, Ph.D., ABPP (Clinical), Professor and Chief of Psychology, Tulane University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, New Orleans, LA (504-427-0746)

 

(Additional references available upon request)