CoA Abbreviated Curriculum Vita
Name: Fallon, April E.
Highest Degree Earned: Ph.D., Psychology (Clinical, Social)
Date of Degree: 1981
Institution Awarding Degree: University of Pennsylvania APA/CPA Accredited: Yes
Psychology Internship Completed: Yes Year: 1980-1981
Name of Site: Friends Hospital, Philadelphia
Type of Setting: Private Psychiatric Hospital
APA/CPA Accredited Internship: Yes
Psychology Postdoctoral Residency Completed: Yes
Year: 1981-82
Name of Site: Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia
Type of Setting: Psychiatric Hospital
APA/CPA Accredited Postdoctoral Residency: No
Area of Emphasis: Psychoanalytic Psychology
Psychology Licensure: Yes
State: PA
ABPP Diplomate: No
Specialty: No
Currently listed in National Register and/or Canadian Register: No
Primary Professional Appointment: School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University
Position: Faculty (unranked)
Type of Setting: University
Academic Position, Rank, Tenure-Status: NA
Year of appointment to Program under review: 7/1/1997
Describe Clinical/Services Delivery Position or Responsibilities in Current Position: N/A
Professional Honors & Recognition:
Alden Scholar, Allegheny College (1972-1975)
Doane Scholarship, Allegheny College (1972-1974)
Cease Psychology Award, Allegheny College (1974)
Phi Beta Kappa (1974)
National Science Foundation Fellowship (1975-1978)
Seymour Rosenberg Memorial Lectureship (1985)
Psychiatry Resident Teaching Award, Medical College of Pennsylvania (1989, 1993-1999, 2002, 2003, 2005)
Certified Group Psychotherapist, American Group Psychotherapy Association (1996)
Psychiatry Resident Teaching Award, Drexel College of Medicine (2006, 2007)
Selected Presentations to Professional /Scientific Groups in Last Seven Years:
Fallon, A. Brabender, V. Famadoor, M.& Kuehner, R. (2008, May). The therapist's entrance into fatherhood and its impact on
psychotherapy. Presented at American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Selected Publications in Last Seven Years:
Fallon, A., & Brabender, V. (2003). Awaiting the therapist’s baby. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Brabender, V., Fallon, A., & Smolar, A. (2004). Essentials of group psychotherapy. New York: Wiley.
Schmidt, C. A., Fallon, A. E., & Coccaro, E. F. (2004). Assessment of behavioral and cognitive impulsivity: Development and
validation of the lifetime history of impulsive behaviors interview. Psychiatry Research, 126(2), 107-121.
Fallon, A. (2006). Informed consent. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. 56(4), 431-453.
Brabender, V. & Fallon, A. (in press). The ethics of combined therapy. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
Association.
Brabender, V. & Fallon, A. (in press). Group development in practice: Guidance for clinicians and researchers on stages and
dynamics of change. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Selected Funded Research Grants or Training Contracts in Last Seven Years:
2006: Co-principle Investigator, Mediating Factors Between Physical Abuse and Negative Outcomes, Fielding Research Grant,
$8,002.
Other Professional Activities:
1983-present: Private Practice (Adjunct), Bala Cynwyd, PA.
1987-present: Residency Steering Committee in Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
1991-present: Board of Directors, Philadelphia Area Group Psychotherapy Society.
1999-present: Clinical Associate Professor in Psychiatry (Adjunct), Drexel College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Past President, Delaware Valley Group Psychotherapy Society.