Plenary Session:
Invited Address by Raymond DiGiuseppe, PhD—

Anger Disorders: From Science to Practice (2208)

Friday, Aug. 7, 1:00–1:50 p.m., Room 801A

Raymond DiGiuseppe, PhD, received his BS degree from Villanova University and PhD from Hofstra University. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Albert Ellis Institute, where he began a 32-year collaboration with Albert Ellis. He has remained affiliated with the Albert Ellis Institute and has trained hundreds of therapists in rational emotive behavior therapy and cognitive behavior therapy. He joined the St. John’s University faculty in 1987, where he serves as professor and chair of the psychology department. Dr. DiGiuseppe has received the Jack Krasner Early Career Contribution Award from APA’s Division 29 and has been elected a fellow of APA’s divisions of psychotherapy, clinical, school, and family psychology. He has served as chair of the Division 29 Publications Board and on that division’s convention program committee. He also has been active in the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), serving on the Behavior Therapy Diplomate Board (1986–1990), as associate program chair (1995), program chair (1996), convention coordinator (1997–2000), associate convener for the 2001 World Congress for Behavior Therapy and representative-at-large (2001–2003), and as ABCT president (2006–2007). Dr. DiGiuseppe has published six books and more than 100 chapters and articles and has given more than 150 convention presentations. His current research concerns the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of anger problems. With his collaborator Chip Tafrate, he has proposed criteria for the Anger Regulation and Expression Disorder diagnostic category. They have published the Anger Disorder Scale (Multi-Health Systems, 2004) and Understanding Anger Disorders (2007) and are developing a measure of dysfunctional anger for children and adolescents.

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