ABRIDGED CURRICILUM VITA

Wendel Alfred Ray, Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT, LPC

Academic Degrees:

      Ph.D.   Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.     1989  Marriage &  Family  Therapy

        M.S.W.  U. of Southern MS, Hattiesburg, MS.   1983  Social Work

        B.S.  U. of Southern MS, Hattiesburg,  MS.        1981   Sociology; Political  Science

Selected Professional Experience:

        The University of Louisiana (ULM) – Monroe, 1990-present, Hammond Endowed Prof. of Ed.; Tenured Full Prof. of Family System Theory, Coll. of Ed. & Human Dev.

        Sr. Research Fellow, former Director, Mental Research Institute (MRI),  

Palo Alto, CA

      

Founding Director, Don D. Jackson Archive of Systemic Literature

        Teaching Faculty: Mental Research Institute (1989-2009); 

The Milton H. Erickson  Foundation (1999); 

University of Oregon (2000-2004),               

Abilene Christian U. (2000-2003), 

Hinks-Delcrest Institute,     Toronto,Canada (1999-2004)

      Private practice, Individual, couple, and family therapy, 1983-present

      Post Graduate Training: MRI Brief Therapy (1987-2004); Ericksonia Hypnosis & Therapy (1999); Milan Systemic Family Therapy  (1983-2003)

Selected Professional and Academic Association Memberships:

  Approved Supervisor and Clinical Member, AAMFT

  Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #34 (LMFT) Louisiana

Licensed Clinical Social Worker #2732 (LCSW), Louisiana

        Licensed Professional Counselor #1558 (LPC) Louisiana

Professional Journal Editorial Board Membership

- Journal of Systemic Therapies; Journal of Brief Therapy; European Journal of Strategic Therapy; American Journal of Brief, Strategic & Systemic Therapy; Human Systems

Selected Publications: (Books) (7 of 12)

    Ray, W., & Nardone, G. (2009) (Eds.). Paul Watzlawick – Insight may cause blindness & other essays, Phoenix, AZ: Zeig, Tucker, Theisan, Ltd.

    Ray, W. (Ed.). (2009). Don D. Jackson – Interactional Theory in Clinical Practice, Selected Essays, Volume II, Phoenix, AZ: Zieg, Tucker, & Theisan, Ltd.

     Fisch, R., Ray, W., & Schlanger, K. (2009). Focused Problem Resolution – Selected  Papers of the MRI Brief Therapy Center. Phoenix, AZ: Zeig, Tucker, Theisan, Ltd.  

     Cecchin, G., Lane, G., & Ray, W. (1992), Irreverence: A Strategy for Therapists’Survival. London, UK: Karnac. (also available in Spanish, German &Italian)

     Ray, W., & de Shazer, S. (Eds.), (1999), Evolving Brief Therapies. Iowa City, IA: G. & R.

    Weakland, J. & Ray, W. (Eds.). (1995), Propagations: Thirty Years of Influence from the Mental Research Institute. NY: Haworth.

    Ray, W., & Keeney, B. (1993), Resource Focused Therapy. London,  UK: Karnac.

(Articles) (12 of 75+)

    Ray, W. & Borer, M. (2007), Tracking Talk in Therapy-12 Useful Maps, Journal of Brief, Strategic Therapies, 1 (1), April, p. 69-84. Also published in French and Greek

 Ray, W. & Watzlawick, P. (2005) The Interactional Approach-Enduring Conceptions from the Mental Research Institute. Journal of Brief Therapy, 6,1, 1-20. Also in Spanish & Italian.

 Ray, W., & Sutton, J. (2007). Befriending your problem: Successful treatment os self-mutilation. In G. Burns (Ed.), Healing with Stories, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, p. 178-189.

 Ray, W. (2004). A tradition of inquiry, Journal of Systemic Therapies,  23 (4), 1-4.

 Ray, W. (2004). Interaction Focused Therapy, In G. Nardone (Ed.), Brief Strategic & Systemic Therapy European Review, 1 (1), 36-45 (Also in Italian & Japanese).

  Ray, W. (2004). Brief therapy with a couple in alcoholic transaction,J.Brief Therapy,3,1

 Ray, W. & D?az, B. (2004). Don’t Get Too Bloody Optimistic: John Weakland at work. S. Green & D. Flemons (Eds.), Handbook of Brief Sex Therapy. NY: Norton, 213-249.

Ray, W. (2001). Pivotal moments in the evolution of paradoxical prescription.  In J.

Zeig, (Ed.), Changing Directives: The Strategic Psychotherapy of Jay Haley, pp. 29-41, Phoenix, AZ: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, Inc.

    Becvar, R., Ray, W., & Becvar, D. (1996). A modest/ Immodest Proposal: Reciprocal Foster Families. Contemporary Family Therapy, 18 (2); 257-265.

    Cox, R., & Ray, W. (1994). The role of theory in the treatment of adolescent substance abuse. Contemporary Family Therapy, 16 (2), 131-144.

    Cecchin, G., Lane, G., & Ray, W. (1993). From strategizing to non- intervention: Toward irreverence in systemic practice.  Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 19: 2; 125-136.

Ray, W., & Saxon, W. (1992). The use of nonconfronti videoplayback in brief familytherapy. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 18: 1; 63-69.

Selected International, National, and Regional Presentations

175+ presentations since 1985 at International, National, Regional, and State forums: including 21 at AAMFT Nat. Conf.; 60+ Int. seminars in Belgium, England, Germany, Poland, Italy, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, & Ireland. Recent Examples:

10^th International Congress on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis & Psychotherapy, Phoenix, AZ, 3 presentations, 12/6-9/07

 European Brief Strategic Therapy Assoc. 3^rd meeting, Arizzo, Italy,12-1/114/07

 Master Class, La Thérapie Familiale dan un contexte historique,              Lille France, 3/21/07

  Doing therapy briefly. Family Therapy Assoc. of Greece, Athens,  3(17) 18/07

  Advances in MRI Brief Therapy, Monterey, Mexico, 8/23-24/04

  Interactional Theory & Therapy – Bateson, Jackson, & Erickson’s  Legacy, Tokyo, Japan, 8/1-2/2004

Service to the University

   Numerous Program, Department, College & University committees since  1990; Dissertation Committees (30 as Chair), (24 Committee Member). Rep. Sample:

   Hammet, M. (In Process) Infertility diagnosis and treatment: A qualitative  study                                                                                                                       

     Franks, S. (Spring 2008). Effectiveness of a family based services                 program used with rural northeast Louisiana families referred by FINS & OYD.

  Sutton, J. (2002). Domestic violence: Client experiences in a  therapeutic group utilizing psychoeducational & solution-focused  philosophies & techniques.

    Granit, A. (2003). Analysis of the structure & sequence of questions asked during thefirst interview by Richard Fisch, M.D., Founder, MRI brief therapy approach

    Phillips, B. (2004).  Residential treatment of male young adult substance abuse

   Gibson, F. (2003). Indigent Client Perception of Barriers to Marriage & Family  Therapy

   Warner, J. (2006, Fall). Context and character: Father and son relationships

   Govener, D. (2001). Paradigm lost: A study of the theory & therapy of     Don Jackson

   Moorman, C. (2003). Reexamination of basic systemic premises: Relational contexts  of “symptomatic” behavior

   Oseni, R. (2005). Parenting from prison: Experiences of incarcerate African American parents