---------------------------------------------Richard M. Gray, Ph.D.

-------------------------------------------richardmgray@comcast.net

EDUCATION

• THE UNION INSTITUTE, Cincinnati, Ohio

--------Ph.D. Psychology 1993

• FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, Bronx, New York

--------MA Sociology 1983

• CENTRAL COLLEGE, Pella, Iowa

--------BA Psychology 1970

PUBLICATIONS

• "NLP and Levels of Motivation." Suppose, the Official CANLP/ACPNL Bilingual Newsletter. Fall, 2008, pp. 20-24.

• About Addictions: Notes from Psychology, Neuroscience and NLP. Raleigh, NC: Lulu.com, 2008.

• Transforming Futures: The Brooklyn Program Facilitator's Manual. Raleigh, NC: Lulu.com, 2008.

• "Consider Mind Mapping." New Jersey Criminal Justice Educator, Vol. 38(1). Fall, 2006.

• "Thinking About Drugs and Addiction" Boulder CO: NLP Comprehensive. September 2005. Published on the WWW at:
http://www.nlpcomprehensive.com/articles/AddictionsGray.html

• "The Brooklyn Program: Innovative Approaches to Substance Abuse Treatment." Federal Probation Quarterly. Vol. 66 No.3 December 2002

• "NIDA Hosts Conference on MDMA." News and Views:The Biweekly Newsletter of the Federal Corrections and Supervision Division of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Vol.XXVI, No. 18, P.3, August 27, 2001

• "Addictions and the Self: A Self-Enhancement Model for Drug Treatment in the Criminal Justice System."Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. Vol.1, No.2, 2001

• "Archetypal Determinants of Reframes in Addictions. 1)Addiction And The Nature Of Meaning: Reframing In Substance Abuse Treatment. 2) Ericksonian Approaches to the Ego-self Axis: Establishing Futurity and a Sense of Self in Addictive Clients." (Presentations) Seminar: Innovative Approaches to the Treatment of Substance Abuse for the 21st Century. St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY. June 5,1997. Published on the WWW at http://www.temperance.com/nlp-addict/articles.html.

• Archetypal Explorations. London: Routledge. 1996

• Materials Towards an Archetypal Sociology (Doctoral Dissertation). Ann Arbor: University Microfilms. 1993.

• "Jung and Levi-Strauss Revisited: An analysis of Common Themes" The Mankind Quarterly. Vol XXXI, No. 3. Spring 1991

• "Tools for the Trade: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Art of Communication" Federal Probation Quarterly. Vol LV. No.1. March 1991

• "Probation: an Exploration in Meaning." Federal Probation Quarterly. Vol L. No. 4. December 1986

• "A Challenge Answered: Changes in the Perception of the Probation Task." Federal Probation Quarterly. Vol. XLIX. No. 4. December, 1985

PRESENTATIONS:

• "Feeling Better: Simple Techniques for Affective Change." National Association of Social Workers, Institute on Addictions, Fordham University, NY, NY. May, 2003.

• "The Brooklyn Program: Cognitive applications of the physiological correlates of spiritual experience. The Dr. Lonnie E. Mitchell National HBCU Substance Abuse Conference. Howard University, Inner Harbor Marriott Hotel, April 2, 2003.

• "Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Substance Abuse in a Strength-Based Context: The Brooklyn Program: Facilitator Training." Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

• "The Brooklyn Program: Creating Futures in Criminal Justice Populations." Treating Addictions in Special Populations: Research Confronts Reality. State University of New York, Binghamton and Broome County Community College, Binghamton Regency Conference Center, Binghamton, New York October 7 and 8, 2002.

• "The Brooklyn Program: Strength Based Behavioral Interventions with Mandated Clients." National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors. Research to Practice. Annual Conference on Addiction Treatment. Boston Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA. July 3-7, 2002.

• "Feeling Better: Simple Techniques for Affective Change." National Association of Social Workers, Institute on Addictions, Fordham University, NY, NY. May, 2002.

• Panelist: "Pharmacological Interventions In Substance Abuse." The Dr. Lonnie E. Mitchell Historically Black Colleges and Universities National Substance Abuse Conference. Howard University. Inner Harbor Marriot Hotel, Baltimore, MD. April 4, 2002.

• "Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Substance Abuse in a Strength-Based Context: The Brooklyn Program: Facilitator Training." Rehoboth McKinley Christian Medical Center. Gallup, NM December, 2001.

• "Self-Efficacy in the Treatment of Addictions." Staten Island Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. Staten Island, NY, May 2001.

• "Pseudo-Orientations in Time: Outframing Addictive Behaviors." National Association of Social Workers, Institute on Addictions, Fordham University, NY, NY. May, 2001.

• "Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Substance Abuse in a Strength-Based Context: The Brooklyn Program: Facilitator Training." United States Probation Department, Eastern District of New York April, 2001.

• "Creating Resource States for Risk Reduction and Personal Growth." Treating Women's Addictions, State University of New York, Binghamton, Owego, NY, October, 2000.

• "Efficacy, Hope and the Future: Cognitive Behavioral Interventions in the Structure of Wholeness." National Association of Social Workers, Institute on Addictions, Fordham University, NY, NY. May, 2000.

• "The Brooklyn Program: A Self-Efficacy Model for Change in Substance Abuse." Grand Rounds, Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. December 1999

• "The Brooklyn Program: A Self-Efficacy Model for Change in Substance Abuse." Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State, Third Annual Statewide Conference. Partnership: A Light to the Future, The Sagamore, Lake George, NY. November, 1999.

• "Addictions and the Self: A Self Enhancement Model for Drug Treatment in a Group Setting." National Association of Social Workers, Institute on Alcoholism, Fordham University, NY, NY. May, 1999

• "Creating Futures: The Archetypal Self and the Mandated Client." New York Open Center. Psyche, Spirit and Addiction 2. Union Theological Seminary, NY, NY. April, 1998.

• "Filling the Void." Fountain House, NY, NY. March, 1998.

• "Archetypal Determinants of Reframes in Addictions. 1)Addiction and The Nature of Meaning: Reframing in Substance Abuse Treatment. 2) Ericksonian Approaches to the Ego-self Axis: Establishing Futurity and a Sense of Self in Addictive Clients." Innovative Approaches to the Treatment of Substance Abuse for the 21st Century. St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY. June, 1997.

• "Communication Techniques for Probation Officers"Split Rock Resort, Pocono, NY. September, 1996.

• "Substances of Abuse" Split Rock Resort, Pocono, NY. September, 1994

AWARDS

• 2005 Co-recipient of the NLP World Community Awards for the use of NLP in education. Presented by Leslie Lebeau, one of the original co-developers of NLP, at the Canadian Association of NLP Convention in Montreal, Canada. April 10, 2005.

• 1999 Charles Lionel Chute, Northeast Regional Line Officer of the Year Award. Presented by the Federal Probation Officer's Association for service exemplifying the highest ideals of the profession during 1998.
  

• 1997 Second Circuit Merit Award for Outstanding Service. Co-recipient of an award given to the drug treatment staff of the Eastern District of New York for advances in drug treatment.
  

• 1997 Special Achievement Award. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. An award given in recognition of efforts to provide innovative treatment for drug abusing offenders.
  

INNOVATIONS

Creator of the Brooklyn Program, a 16 week strength based approach to substance abuse using tools from Neuro-Linguistic Programming and depth psychology to provide alternative treatment to substance abusers in the Federal System. The program focuses on building experiences of efficacy, self esteem and future orientation to move participants into active goal oriented sobriety.

Designer of the Eastern District of New York's first Drug Court program within the United States Probation Department.

2009 The Brooklyn Program is discussed in an article by Frances Coombes in the January '09 issue of Positive health Online.

2008 Extensive interview by Nick Kemp on www.NLPMP3.com about the Brooklyn Program and the nature of substance use disorders.

2001 Highlighted by the Federal Probation System on the Federal Judicial System's J-net intra-net system as "Expert of the Month" for work in substance abuse treatment and training.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR School of Criminal Justice, Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, NJ. 2004--- present

• SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT COORDINATOR United States Probation Department, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York. 1999--- 2004

• SENIOR UNITED STATES PROBATION OFFICER: DRUG TREATMENT SPECIALIST United States Probation Department, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York. 1993 - 1999

• SENIOR UNITED STATES PROBATION OFFICER: AUTOMATION LIAISON United States Probation Department, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York. 1992 - 1993

• UNITED STATES PROBATION OFFICER: SPECIAL AUTOMATION ASSIGNMENT United States Probation Department, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York. 1988 - 1992

• UNITED STATES PROBATION OFFICER United States Probation Department, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York. 1983 -1988

• PROBATION OFFICER Monmouth County Probation Department, Freehold, New Jersey. 1977 - 1983

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Department of Psychology, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York. Instructor, Introduction to Psychology, Human Sexuality. 1997 - 2000

• ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR Department of Sociology, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, New Jersey. Instructor, Introduction to Sociology, Marriage and the Family. 1994 - 2000
  

• ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR Department of Psychology, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, New Jersey. Instructor, Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Addiction Studies, Addiction and the Family. 1996 - Present
  

CERTIFICATIONS

• MASTER PRACTITIONER IN NEURO LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING., New York Training Institute for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, 1991

• ERICKSONIAN HYPNOSIS, American Board of Hypnotherapists, 1999

• CERTIFICATE IN FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY, New York University, 2002.

--------An itemized list of further professional training will be supplied upon request.

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