CURRICULUM VITAE
02/15/2015
NAME:
Thomas E. Fink
BIRTHDATE:
December 13, 1946
BIRTHPLACE:
Harrisburg, PA
HOME ADDRESS:
514 Benton Road
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Home: 717-695-3996
Cell: 717-877-0524
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
Acorn Health Associates, P.C.
4410 Linglestown Road
Harrisburg, PA 17112
(717) 545-1938
Fax: (717) 545-1948
EDUCATION
B.A., 1968, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. Major: Psychology
M.A., 1977, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Psychology
Ph.D., 1985, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Psychology, Major Advisor: Robert
S. Weisberg, Ph.D., Dissertation Topic: Working memory constraints in the
comprehension of complex verbal materials
HONORS AND AWARDS
Gettysburg College Academic Scholarships, 1964-68
Ray S. Shoemaker Scholarship Foundation Grant, 1964-68
Psi Chi Award, 1968, Gettysburg College
Graduation with Honors, Department of Psychology, Gettysburg College, 1968
National Science Foundation, Traineeship, 1972
Research Grant, Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1974
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Private Practice in Psychology, Acorn Health Associates, P.C.: Rehabilitation
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Psychology, Treatment of psychological sequelae to neurological injury and disease,
Neurofeedback, Behavior therapy and consultation, July 1997-present.
Consulting Psychologist, Bureau of Disability Determination, Commonwealth of PA,
Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre offices. Review of psychiatric evidence used in the
adjudication of disability cases, May 1993 - present.
Consulting Psychologist, Danville State Hospital, Danville, PA, Psychological
rehabilitative consulting, providing training and assistance to staff working with patients
with chronic mental illness. Behavioral management techniques are used to aid progress
toward community placement, April 1999 - 2003.
Consulting Psychologist, Harrisburg State Hospital, Harrisburg, PA. Psychological
rehabilitative consultation, April 1995 – May 2001.
Partner and Psychologist, Riverside Associates, P.C., Harrisburg, PA. Practice focusing
on special populations, including persons with mental retardation and head injury,
children with behavioral disorders, and rehabilitation psychology, July 1990 - June 1997.
Psychotherapist, Millersburg Individual and Family Counseling Center, Millersburg, PA.
Individual and family therapy, August 1992 - June 1997.
Director of Behavioral Services, Program Coordinator, Partner, The Capital Recovery
Center, Camp Hill, PA. Multidisciplinary outpatient rehabilitation and work- hardening
for persons with pain and vocational disability, September 1988 - January 1993.
President and Clinical Director, Treatment Resource Collaborative, Inc., Harrisburg, PA.
Behavior therapy, training and consulting practice for persons with mental retardation
and head injury, 1987 - 1990.
Program Director, Harrisburg Pain Treatment Center, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Multidisciplinary outpatient treatment for persons with chronic pain, 1983 - 1987.
Program Consultant, Psychologist, Harrisburg Pain Treatment Center, Harrisburg, PA,
1980 - 1983.
Clinical Design Specialist, Holy Spirit Hospital Community Mental Health Center,
Partial Hospitalization Program, Camp Hill, PA, 1976 - 1980. Included two years of
supervised clinical experience in individual, family, couple, and group therapy and
psychological evaluation and testing.
Consultant, Mental Retardation Unit, Harrisburg State Hospital, Harrisburg, PA, 1973 1975.
Program Director, Behavior Modification Ward, Harrisburg State Hospital, Dauphin
Unit, Harrisburg, PA, 1970 - 1971.
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TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Teaching Associate, Harrisburg Hospital Family Practice Residency Program, The
Capital Recovery Center. Assisted in training of Family Practice Residents by
participating in Behavioral Medicine rotation, 1988 - 1992.
Teaching Associate, Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Taught undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology, research methods, and advanced
introductory psychology, 1973 - 1976.
Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Coordinated operant conditioning research laboratory for Philip Hineline, Ph.D., 1972 1973.
PUBLICATIONS
High anxiety, deep depression. (with S. Larsen), in S. Larsen (2006), The healing power
of Neurofeedback. Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press.
Neurofeedback: A brief introduction. (August, 2004). The Pennsylvania Psychologist,
11-12.
Psychological treatment of persons with chronic pain. (November,1999). The
Pennsylvania Psychologist, 8-10.
The use of phonemic information to solve anagrams. (with R.W. Weisberg) Memory and
Cognition, 1981. 9, 402-410.
Clinical guide to the assessment of suicide potential. The Bridge, November 1976. 1(8),
4-6.
SELECTED WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS
Mental Illness is not a brain disease. Workshop presented June 17, 2011, at the
Pennsylvania Psychological Association annual meeting, Harrisburg, PA.
Psychopharmacology: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Workshop presented June 27,
2007, at the Pennsylvania Psychological Association annual meeting, Harrisburg, PA.
What mental illness is (and isn’t): An integrative account. Workshop presented June 16,
2005, at the Pennsylvania Psychological Association annual meeting, Harrisburg, PA.
EEG Biofeedback: What is it and what does it do? Workshop presented June 16, 2005, at
the Pennsylvania Psychological Association annual meeting, Harrisburg, PA.
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What’s physics got to do with it?: Implications of the “New Sciences” for understanding
and treating psychopathology. Workshop presented June 20, 2003, at the Pennsylvania
Psychological Association annual meeting, Harrisburg, PA.
Redefining psychological interventions: Why current models don’t work (with R. Small).
Workshop presented June 21, 2002, at the Pennsylvania Psychological Association
annual meeting, Lancaster, PA.
Management of the dually diagnosed (MH/MR) patient. Lecture/workshop presented
September 27, 2002, at Warren State Hospital. Warren, PA.
Management of MH/MR dually diagnosed patients. Lecture given March 11, 2002, at
Clarks Summit State Hospital, Clarks Summit, PA.
New concepts in behavior therapy. Lectures given May 9, 2001, at Danville State
Hospital, Danville, PA, and May 10, 2001, at Harrisburg State Hospital, as part of the
Harrisburg State Hospital Teaching Conference Series.
Traumatic Brain Injury: Overview to the vocational rehabilitation challenge. Training
provided to the PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, April 12, 2000.
Behavior management with persons who are head injured. Working with families of
persons with head injury, Presented to staff of Living Unlimited, Hershey Medical
Center, October, 1998.
Need - based behavioral therapy: An integrative approach to the management of behavior
problems. Lecture presented as part of the Harrisburg State Hospital Teaching
Conference Series, Harrisburg, PA, and the Regional Developmental Behavioral Health
Center, Pottsville, PA, October 16, 1997.
Communication in marriage seminar. Presentation given for the Millersburg Area United
Methodist Cooperative Ministry, Millersburg, PA, July 16, 1994.
Promoting emotional growth within the family. Presentation to the ARC of Dauphin
County, Harrisburg, PA, April 27, 1994.
Family and marriage counseling seminar, Grace United Methodist Church, Millersburg,
PA, March 5 - 7, 1994.
Helping families cope with youth violence and suicide. Paul K. Girton Seminar
presented in conjunction with the United Methodist Home for Children and Family
Services, Mechanicsburg, PA, October, 15, 1993.
Coping with pain. Talk to the Arthritis Foundation, Central Pennsylvania Chapter, Camp
Hill, PA, September 1, 1993.
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Making behavioral programs work. One-day workshop for staff in community programs
for persons with mental retardation and developmental disability. Plymouth Meeting,
May 15, 1992, Pittsburgh, PA, June 24, 1992.
Behavior management in the 1990’s: Do’s and Don’ts. One day workshop for staff
working with persons with mental retardation, New Cumberland, PA, February, 1992.
Chronic pain management. Talk given as part of a one-day symposium on pain presented
by Occupational Rehab and Research Associates (ORRA), Harrisburg, PA, October
1995.
Behavior modification in traumatic brain injury. (with R. Nelson) One-day workshop,
New Cumberland, PA, April 29, 1992.
Pain can be a pain. Television presentation for WGAL Spotlight series, Lancaster, PA,
August 12,1986.
Chronic pain management. Presentation at Woman Care Resource Center, January 12
and March 9, 1992.
Coping with chronic pain. WHP radio talk show, “Ask the Psychologist,” Harrisburg,
PA, May 20, 1991.
Persistent pain: Its impact and clinical management. Talk presented to Critical Care
Nursing students, Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, PA, October 10, 1988, July 11, 1990.
Coping with arthritis. Presentation at Seidle Memorial Hospital, April 20, 1989.
Managing chronic pain. Radio talk show presentation, WMSP radio, Harrisburg, PA,
April 5, 1989.
Symptom magnification versus malingering in medical disability, (with P.M. Keyes, P.T.,
and E.S. Batista, Ph.D.) One day workshop presented to health care providers, Seidle
Memorial Hospital, Mechanicsburg, PA, December 14, 1987.
Managing problem behaviors: A balanced approach. One-day workshop sponsored by the
York County Association for Retarded Citizens, November 7, 1985.
Multidisciplinary aspects of pain treatment. Talk presented at the Pain Management
Conference, Lebanon Veterans Administration Hospital, Lebanon, PA. November 15,
1984.
Behavioral management of persons with TBI. Presentation for county residential staff,
Alternatives in Community Treatment (ACT), Inc. May 10, 1984.
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Chronic pain management. Talk to nursing staff, Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, PA.
May 8, 1984.
Psychologically-effective behavior modification. Presented at the 1984 Conference of
the Pennsylvania Association or Rehabilitation Facilities, Philadelphia, PA. April 1984.
Chronic pain. Presentation at workshop sponsored by International Rehabilitation
Associates, Inc. November 1, 1983.
The treatment of chronic pain. Presentation at the Chambersburg Hospital,
Chambersburg, PA. September 28, 1983.
The multidisciplinary treatment of chronic pain. Presented at a one-day workshop on
chronic pain, Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, PA. May 21, 1981.
The use of evening partial hospitalization to promote social and vocational development
for psychologically dysfunctional mentally retarded persons. American Association of
Partial Hospitalization 24th annual conference, September 1980.
Recognizing the mental health needs of mentally retarded persons. (with R. Benner),
One-day workshop sponsored by Horizon Homes, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, April 1980.
The community mental health needs of mentally retarded persons. (with R. Benner),
Presented at the 1979 conference of the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens,
Carlisle, PA.
Treatment oriented intake services in a rural community mental health center: A case
report. (with R.L. Fink), Presented at the 1978 Conference of the National institute for
Social Work in Rural Areas, West Virginia University, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Psychological Association, Member, 1978 – present. Division memberships:
Rehabilitation, Neuropsychological, and Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 2011 - present
International Society for the Psychological Treatment of the Schizophrenias and other
Psychoses, 1998 – present
International Society for Neurofeedback and Research, Member, 2002 - present
Northeast Regional Biofeedback Society, Member, Board Member, and Treasurer, 2014.
Pennsylvania Psychological Association, Member and Fellow, 1982 – present
LICENSURE
Pennsylvania State License: PS – 003606 - L, Psychology, 1981 - present
REFERENCES -- Available upon request.
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