Barbara L. Wood, Ph.D., APA-CPP Substance Use Disorders
Licensed Psychologist
4915 St. Elmo Ave. Suite 404
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
PH: (301) 652-4147
blwood@alcoholismandthefamilv.com
www.alcoholismandthefamilv.com
SUMMARY
Senior clinician with expertise in addictions, acute and chronic trauma and dual diagnoses; author of two books on familial alcoholism; administrative, forensic and academic experience.
Clinical and Clinical/Administrative Experience
LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST
BETHESDA. MARYLAND
Independent Practice
1983-Present
Provide individual and group psychotherapy, psychological assessment, psycho-education, psychological supervision and forensic consultation in a private setting. Specialize in the provision of services to chemically dependent individuals and their families, dually diagnosed patients and survivors of both chronic and acute trauma. Also provide clinical consultation and training on selected topics to organizations and agencies that serve addicted patients and their families and/or trauma survivors.
GREENBELT-COLLEGE PARK COUNSELING CENTER COLLEGE PARK, MD.
Director 1979-1982
Administered an outpatient drug abuse counseling program sponsored by the Prince Georges County, Maryland Health Department. Supervised clinical staff, provided community education and offered individual, group and family psychotherapy to chemically dependent clients; consulted with area courts and criminal justice agencies; Coordinated a school-community prevention and intervention team seeking to educate the community and develop innovative programming for adolescents on the topic of chemical abuse and dependency.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COUNSELING CENTER
COLLEGE PARK. MD
Staff Counselor
1977-1979
Performed individual personal-social counseling and structured group treatment with college students; supervised advanced practicum students.
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY COUNSELING CENTER
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Psychological Counselor
February 1977-June. I977
Interim appointment. Provided individual and group counseling to college students; performed campus and community outreach; supervised practicum students and interns.
KENYON COLLEGE COUNSELING CENTER
GAMBlER, OHIO
College Counselor
August 1976-January, 1977
Provided individual and group counseling with college students: consulted with faculty members. staff and students; trained resident advisors; performed some administrative duties.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COUNSELING CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD.
Intern 1975-1976
Fulfilled responsibilities associated with a full-time staff position, including individual and group counseling, campus and community outreach activities and supervision of students in basic practicum courses
NORTH VIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN CENTER., MINNESOTA
Intern 1972-1973
Provided individual and group counseling to students in grades 7 -9, consulted with parents and teachers; performed intra-institutional research.
Teaching Experience
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF
COLLEGE PARK. MD.
COUNSELING AND PERSONNEL SERVICES
Adjunct Assistant Professor
1985-1989
Developed and taught a new course designed to provide instruction for graduate counseling students in the physiological, psychological and pharmacological bases of addiction and the clinical management of chemically dependent individuals and families.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF
COLLEGE PARK. MD.
COUNSELING AND PERSONNEL SERVICES
Instructor 1978-1980
Provided instruction in counseling theory and practice to graduate counseling students; supervised graduate students in community and college practicum courses.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF
COLLEGE PARK. MD.
COUNSELING AND PERSONNEL SERVICES
Teaching Assistant
1974, 1977 and 1979
Provided instructional assistance in courses designed to train graduate counseling students in basic counseling and assessment skills.
Professional Affiliations
American Psychological Association, Maryland Psychological Association (Fellow)
Awards
Phi Kappa Phi National Honorary Society, EPDA Fellow at the University of Minnesota, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, cited by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the top 123 psychotherapists in the Washington. D.C. area
Publications and Presentations
Wodiska, L.B and Wood, B.L. Is Your Trauma Showing: The Recreation of Unconscious Traumatic Experience between Co-Leaders. Conference of the American Group Psychotherapy Association; Day-Long Workshop, San Diego February 25, 2010.
Wodiska, L.B and Wood, B.L. Is Your Trauma Showing: The Recreation of Unconscious Traumatic Experience between Co-Leaders. Conference of the American Group Psychotherapy Association; ½ Day Workshop, Washington, D.C. February, 2009.
Wood, B.L. The Shadow of Our Immigrant Ancestors: An Object Relations Perspective on the Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma Associated with Cultural Transition. Paper presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2004.
Wood. B.L, Raising Healthy Children in an Alcoholic Home. Crossroads/Continuum, New York, 1992.
Wood, B.L. Transference Phenomena in Group Psychotherapy with Adult Children of Alcoholics: The Key to Recovery and Re-growth of the Self. Paper presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990.
Wood. B.L. (1989) {Review of The Alcoholic Family} in Contemporary Psychology, 34. (2), 127.
Wood, B.L. Daughters of Alcoholics in Addictive, Abusive Relationships: A structural perspective. Paper presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association. Atlanta, Georgia. 1988.
Wood. B.L. Children of Alcoholism: The Struggle for Self and Intimacy in Adult Life. New York University Press, New York, 1987. (An alternate selection of the Psychotherapy and Social Sciences Review; identified in the New York Review of Books Reader’s Catalog as one of the best hooks in print)
Wood. B.L. Understanding and Treating Intimacy Fear in Adult Children of Alcoholics. Paper presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association. Washington. D.C., 1986.
Wood. B.L. Children of Alcoholics: Caught in the Infinite Loop. Paper presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles. California, 1985.
Wood, B.L. The ACOA Therapist: When the Family Hero Turns Pro. Paper presented at Children of Alcoholics: Treatment Perspectives, a national conference for mental health professionals. Washington, D.C. 1984.
Callahan. M. & Wood. B.L. Group Psychotherapy with Children of Alcoholics. Paper presented at Children of Alcoholics: Treatment Perspectives, a national conference for mental health professionals, Washington D.C. 1984.
Wood. B.L. & Perrin. T. Children of Alcoholic Parents: Adult Dysfunction and an Approach to
Treatment. Paper presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Association. Toronto, Canada. 1984.
Wood. B.L. & Zager. J. Counseling Women: The Problem of Affiliation-Achievement Conflicts. Paper presented at the Convention of the American College Personnel Association, Boston. Massachusetts, 1980.
Knefelkamp, L.L.,Widick, C. & Stroad, B.L. Cognitive-Behavioral Theory: A guide in Counseling Women. The Counseling Psychologist, 1976, 2, l5-l9.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK MD.
Ph.D. Counseling and Student Personnel Administration, minor in Psychology 1979
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
M.A. Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology,
Minors in Psychology and Child Psychology
1974
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
BA. Psychology
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi National Honorary Society
Professional Credentials
LICENSURE IN PSYCHOLOGY MARYLAND
Maryland License 01428
1981
APA COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Abuse Disorders
1996
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL HYPNOSIS
Certification in Clinical Hypnosis
1996
THE ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Certificate of Completion
1986
A four year course of study in psychoanalytic theory and practice
References
Available upon request
