Curriculum Vitae 

Suzanne Stonbely, MSW; PhD; ChT

Professional Licenses

2010                  Licensed Clinical Social Worker New York State #0079184  

1995-1997         Licensed Independent Social Worker, Ohio License # 17057

1993-Current    Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Florida License # SW

0003450

1984-1994         Radiological Technologist, Florida

Professional Associations

Membership since:        Association

        2001        American Psychological Association

        1999        South Florida Medical-Legal Bioethics Committee

        1998        Dade County Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster 

                        DCVOAD

        1997        National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists

        1997        Association of Death Counselors and Educators

        1997        Shake-A-Leg

        1995        National Association of Social Workers

                        Committee on Managed care

        1990        National Association of Social Workers

        1990        Council of Social Work Education

        1992-        American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Task Force

        1991        Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

        1983        American Registry of Radiological Technologists

Fellowships and Honors

1993-94        Who's Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges

1992-94        Graduate Scholarship

        School of Public Affairs and Services

        Florida International University

1993-94        Doctoral Fellowship

        School of Public Affairs and Services

        Florida International University

1992-93        Doctoral Fellowship

        School of Public Affairs and Services

        Florida International University

1991-92        Doctoral Fellowship

        School of Public Affairs and Services

        Florida International University

1990-91        Outstanding Scholar Award

                 Florida International University

                 School of Public Affairs and Services

1985        Dean's list - University of Miami

1983        Dean's Community Recognition

                Miami - Dade-Community College

1982-83        Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

1982-83        Dean's List Miami - Dade-Community College

Employment

•  1993-Present

  Private Practice

          Clinical  practice: Mind Body Medicine Behavioral Medicine , Cognitive- behavioral ,  Individual, group and family in patient and outpatient psychotherapy;

  child, adult and geriatric populations on clinical issues of : Adjustment to

  illness, Pain Management, Stress management, Eating Disorders, Grief

  and Bereavement,  Holocaust Issues, Crisis intervention, Psycho education, Psychosocial Oncology, Cognitive training for disorientation, memory deficits due

  Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Accelerated Healing and Preoperative  Surgical Preperation , Mood disorders, Schizophrenia, Substance-abuse related disorders Patient and Family adjustment relating to neuropsychiatric changes due to aging, dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, medication, AIDS, MS, and chemotherapy. Health Care

  Professional  Stress Management , Program Development, Relaxation

  Training, Alternative, Clinical Supervision

  Television Contributor/Consultant

          On -air contributor for WAMI , and Local networks in Miami on areas

  of stress management,wellness and mind/body. Consulting and behavioral intervention for Reality Television programs.

  Trainer

                Mindfulness,  MindBody Medicine, Self Hypnosis, Guided Visualizations.          Imagery. Meditation,Mindful Practice, NLP, EMDR. 

                Stress Management, Integrative Medicine, Health and  

                Wellness Designed and presented professional development on child

                development.

  2000-Present  

   Executive Coach

   Celebrity Coach

  Lecturer/Seminar

  Speaker/Facilitator

  Case Review and therapeutic issue with Pyschiatric Residents

  Dr. Robert Cava co facilitator

  Reality Show Consultant/ Behavioral Specialist

     Retreats and seminars for executive stress management, wellness ,

  mind /body interventions and mindful living.

   Celebrity, Model,  

  Physicians,Attorneys , Health Care professionals and Media

  personalities.   CD recordings

  WAMI On Camera Wellness Contributor

  Lido Spa Lecturer

  Professional Development of faculty

  Mindful Parenting Seminars

  Social Media writer and consultant

  1997        Adjunct Professor /Florida International University School of

                  Social Work

                  Evaluative Research / Master’s Level

                  Evaluative strategies for Cognitive-behavioral practice.  Treatment

                  planning and       

           documentation methods for managed care

  2011-        Author and Consultant

  present ly       Writing a book on the Mind Body Medicine.  Clinical

  Intervention and Program        Design,

  Research and Staff Development for Hospitals, Providers, and  Brief

  Therapy for Managed Care providers.

  1994        Researcher and Editor

          Designed and created clinical treatment outcome and evaluation

         measures  (computer generated psychometrics)for A Primer on Single  Subject           Design for  Clinical Social Workers (Tripodi, 1994; NASW Press)       

  1992-        Florida International University

  1994        Title: Teaching Fellowship

          Medical Social Work (undergraduate and graduate levels)

  Developed and implemented multi-media syllabi focused on

  Bio-psycho-social model of medical/psychiatric social work.  Knowledge

  of medical terminology, and practice skills were developed to interface

  in classroom role plays. presentations, and interviews.  Clinical

  interventions developed patient Psycho education, crisis intervention,

  and group therapy for inpatient and ambulatory settings. Cultural

  aspects of the disease process highlighted. Psychosocial assessment,

  community resources, and discharge planning exercises were developed to

  imprint the importance of successful rehabilitation of clients. Stress

  management for healthcare workers and patients.  HMO, Quality Control

  and Managed Care and the role of the medical social worker. Class

  enrollees included students of nursing, physical therapy, and social

  workers

  Research Methodology (undergraduate and graduate levels)

  Developed and implemented syllabi focused on increasing student

  research interests and performance. Examination of cognitive

  distortions regarding research courses, paper writing and student's

  unsuccessful beliefs concerning library searches and statistics.

  Promoted conceptualization of abstract theories.

  Assignments designed to target problem areas and structure the steps of

  the research process.  Cost-benefit analysis of social services and

  program implementation

  Evaluative research and single-subject designs integrated with student

  internship experience to maximize understanding and implementation in

  field practicums.

  Social Work Practice (undergraduate)

  Developed and implemented a multi- media syllabus to provide the

  beginning student with an overview of the social work profession.  

  Focus on a comprehensive presentation of the evolution of social work

  models and practice to familiarize the student with the underpinnings

  of the social work knowledge base.  Emphasis on developing practice

  skills, group therapy, ethical issues, social work values and the NASW

  Code of Ethics interfaced with the classroom exercises to aid in the

  student's development of sound social work practice skills.

  1991-94    Florida International University/ Department of Social

          Work Title: Social Work Intern 

         Responsibilities:    Psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, counseling,  information

  and referral,  Stress management and psycho education for students and staff.

  1991-94        FIU/Department of Social Work - Miami, Florida.

          Title: Graduate Research Assistant Responsibilities:

          Research activities and planning for EAP and Wellness and Stress

         management  programs Survey of Dade County?s top 50 employers

         and model of employee   programs.        

           Research activities on Lecithin Memory Study,encompassing

  psychosocial   assessment, interviewing of geriatric population,

  cognitive function study design, data collection, entry and statistical

  analysis.

          

  Research activities on Women Leadership in Graduate Social Work

  Education encompassing conducting extensive literature reviews, Survey

  analysis and construction.

  Research activities on Lesbian Battering encompassing conducting

  extensive literature search, data entry, and survey analysis.

  Research activities on Social Work Graduate Education faculty hiring

  practices encompassing conducting extensive literature review and

  survey construction.

  Research activities on Social Work Ethnosensitive and cultural practice

  issues.

  Administrative and Health Related Employment

  1989-91        Medical illustrator , Miami, Florida

    Medical illustration for radiologists and educators.

  
  

  1982-85             Office Manager for Medical Office, Miami, Florida

  Responsibilities: Medical records and documentation, radiographic

  examinations, patient relations and accounting.

  Internships

  1993/94            Florida International University/ Department of Social Work

                  Title: Doctoral Internship Responsibilities: Research activities on

  female University students' attitudes towards breast cancer and

  detection encompassing extensive literature reviews, survey

  construction, psychosocial assessment, interviewing, data collection,

  entry, and statistical analysis.

  1991        Miami Children's Hospital/ Department of Social Work Title: Social

  Work Intern Responsibilities: Direct Practice and Research,

  Pro-Intervention Strategies in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,

  comprehensive investigation, survey, collection and compilation of  

  Pediatric Social Services Reference Guide, design and administration of

  Social Work Clinician's Resource Survey, Literature review and

  information dissemination to interdisciplinary staff and parents

  encompassing medical terminology, illustration, AIDS, and death and

  dying. Creation and organization of Social Work Department library and

  resource center.

  1990        Mount Sinai Medical Center/ Department of Social Work Title:

  Social Work Intern Responsibilities: Direct Practice and Research on

  Oncological Social Work Interventions, crisis intervention death and

  dying, grief counseling and interdisciplinary teams in the hospital

  setting, collection and dissemination of literature to staff and

  patients.

  1984-85        University of Miami/Department of Behavioral Science Title:

  Research Assistant Responsibilities: Research activities on

  Environmentally Induced Stress of Black Hypertensives. Study

  encompassing psychosocial assessment, chemical assay, and laboratory

  management Department of Pharmacology/ Jackson Medical Center

  1983-84        University of Miami/ Department of Behavioral Science Title:

  Research Assistant Responsibilities:

  Research activities on Satiation in Pigeons Study encompassing

  behavioral experimentation, measuring animal intake,

    data collection, tabulation and entry.  All animal experimentation was

  conducted ethically.

  1982        North Shore Hospital/ Department of Radiology

  Computerized axial tomography (C.A.T. scan ) Title: Radiological Technologist Intern Responsibilities: Radiographic

  examinations,

            Special procedures including CAT Scan and angioplasty, Patient

  histories

  1981        Mercy Hospital/ Department of Radiology

          Title: Radiological Technologist Intern Responsibilities: Radiographic

  examinations,    Special procedures, Patient histories

    

          

  
  

          

  Continuing Educations and Trainings Additional Training, Developmental Seminars and Workshops

     3/2011Ethics for Social Work

          3/2011 Medical Error Prevention and root causal analysis        3/ 2011 Health Issues Distinctive to Women

   4/09 Pyschoneuroimmunolgy  Nicholas Hall, PhD

  2/09  Cognitive Behavioral Treatment

  2/09  Families of Chronically Ill Patients  

  2/09  Herbal Medications: AN Evidence Based Revie

  2/09  Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity

  2/09  The Effects of Divorce on Children

  2/09  HPAA Traiining for hospital staff

  2/09  Breaking through resistance

  2/09  Dealing with Difficult People

  2/09  Internet Addiction

  2/09  Child Growth and Development

  10 /1 Massachusetts General Psychiatric Clinics , Harvard / Miami Beach ,                         Florida  and Webinar Video Training

  3/07  Protecting & Nurturing Children In Group Homes

  3/07  Ethics and Laws For Social Workers

  3/07  Understanding Sexual Abuse in Children

  3/07  Utilizing cultural competence in Mental  Health Practice

  3/07  Interventions to help Heal Traumaizd Children

  3/07  Body Talk Training

  6/98   Assertive Communication Skills  

  6/98   VOAD (Volunteer of Accidents and Disaster 

   1/98 Life after Life     Raymond Moody, M.D.;Ph.D.

  10/97 Surviving a Life Threatening Ilnness

  `9/97   Psychological correlates of coping among breast cancer patients

           George Carver, Ph. D.University of Miami

  6/97   Psychosocial Aspects of oncology Carlos Sandoval, M.D. Sylvester

             Cancer Center

  4/97   Living with Grief: When Illness is prolonged

  3/97   When there isn?t enough time: Cognitive Therapy Interventions

            Christine Padesky, Ph.D

  2/97   Stress and disease: Psychoneurommunolgy

           Nicholas Hall, Ph.D.

  11/96  Family Violence: Responding to Signs of Abuse in Your Patient

            Health Studies Institute

  11/96   Disaster Response Jackson Memorial Hospital Care/ Dade

           County/UM

  6/96   Silva Mind Control

  6/96        Issues of Self.  Fragmentation within Dissociative disorders:

            William Toliefson, Ph.D.,

               CRT,RH:Miami Heart Institute, Gold Coast NAADAC/Space

  Coast/NAADAC, Columbia

           Lawnwood Pavilion

  6/96        Providing assistance to Hispanic families caring for adults with                   developmental disabilities:         

           The Miami Area Geriatric Education Center, University of Miami,

         Veteran's Administration         Geriatric Research, Education, and                Clinical

  Center (GRECC), Wien Center at Mount Sinai

  6/96   Hypnosis 40 hour training and certification Hypnoiss Institute  

  3/96        Advances in Geriatrics VIII: Managed Care?s Impact on Geriatrics

          The Miami Area Geriatric Education Center, University of Miami,

  Veteran's

          Administration Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center

  (GRECC), Wien

          Center at Mount Sinai

  2/96        OSHA Regulations Bloodborne Pathogens

  10//95        Midwest Dean's Conference on Social work Education

  10/95   Women's Health Care Conference

              Columbus, Ohio Bernadine Healey, M.D.; Rebecca Johnson, M.D.

  5/95    Legislative Awareness Forum: Ohio

              Managed Care Group presentation/ Ohio NASW

  4/95    Managed Care and Agency Based Practice: Undefine Future

              Kenneth Flanagan, Ph.D.;LISW

  4/95    The Challenge of Child Welfare: Present and Future

                 ?Wraparound Services" Karl Dennis, Executive Director

  Kaleidoscope

  4/95    Welfare Reform or Welfare Bashing?

             Mimi Abramovitz, Ph.D.

  3/95    Living beyond Limits: Support Groups and Life after Cancer

             Patricia Fobair, MSW, Stanford Health Systems

  3/95    Social Work on the Superhighway: What the Internet has to offer

  social work educators

              Jerry Finn, Arizona State and Marshall Smith, Rochester

  Institute of Technology

  10/94   Communication skills, Assertiveness training and Team

          management. Skilipath Seminar

  6/94    Cultural issues and Breast cancer detection

          Nilza Kallos, M.D.

  3/94    Geriatric Breast Cancer Detection and the role of

          inter-generational support

          American Cancer Society Seminar

  2/93    Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program

              Meeting (APM): "Diversity: Common Needs, Creative Response

  2/93    Teaching Direct Practice Research and Evaluation

                Denise Bronson, Ph.D. (applicant served as assistant)

  2/93    The Place of Critical Thinking in Social Wo1rk Education

               Eileen Gambril, Ph.D.

  2/93    Beyond Alpha and Beta: The Problem of Estimation

               Walter Hudson, Ph.D.; John Orme, Ph.D.

  2/93    Advance Research: Intervention Research

               Jack Rothman, Ph.D.: Edwin Thomas, Ph.D.

  2/93     CSWE Series- Commission on Educational Policy

               Toward New Conceptualization of Social Work Education:

               A Panel-Audience Discussion

                               Chair: Ronald Feldman, Ph.D.

  5/93    Cognitive Therapy with Couples

         Judith Beck, Ph.D10/92   Feeling Good: Fast and Effective

         Treatments for Depression and Anxiety

              David Burns, M.D.

  5/91     Teenage Suicide/ Dept. of Psychiatry /Miami Children?s

  Hospital

  /91     AIDS, Counseling, Education and Information

              Florida Human Resource Service

  6/91     Committee for Bio-Medical Ethical Decisions

              Miami Children's Hospital

  6/90     Legal aspects of hospital Charting

               Mount Sinai Medical Center / Risk Management Department

  Recent Research Reports, Consultation, Presentations and Papers in

  Progress

  Healing the Healers: Stress management for healthcare professionals

  UM/Jackson Memorial Dept of Professional Edcuation, Miami, Fl

  Celebrating the Professional Self : Stress and the AIDS Healthcare

  worker

  Department of Special Immunology, Mercy Hospital, Miami, Fl

  Counseling the Terminal Patient

  Knights of Malta, Indian Creek , Surfside, FL

  Department of Hematology/ Oncology

  Miami Heart Institute

  The Center for Alternative Medicine and Longevity

  Miami Heart Institute

  The Mind -Body Connection: optimal health

  Silva Mind Control, Coral Gables , Fl

  Managed Care: Documentation for mental health professionals

  Cultural correlates of Cancer Perceived Self-Efficacy Among

  Female University Students.

  Development and Validation of the Cancer Perceived Self Efficacy Scale

  (CPSES).

  Mind Body Timeline (MBT) 1997

  Publications

          Stonbley, S. (1997) What do you say after I?m sorry?

           Grief and Bereavemnt Melkite Convention Journal, p.64, July

          Stonbely, S. (1997) Are thoughts about weight fattening?

          The Contemporary Woman, p.7, August.

          Frank.  H. (1993).  Budgetary Forecasting in Local Government

          Statistical Software Review ( appendix , Howard

          Frank, Ph.D. and Suzanne Stonbely, M.S.W.)

          Tripodi, T. (1994) A Primer on Single-Subject Research Design (with

          computer psychometrics by  Suzanne Stonbely, Ph.D.) NASW.

          Stonbely, S. (In Progress)MInd Body Medicine: A return to                  Biopsychosocial aspects of Disease

  Dissertation Topic

  Determinants of noncompliance of breast screening behaviors among Dade

  County women. Defended and Ph.D. Awarded : 1/31/94

  Television Commentatary

          WAMI   Research and Mental Health topics on Camera

  Recent Presentations and Speaking Engagements

          4/2010 Mindful Parenting: Developing Self-Esteem in the context of a

  positive 

             internal dialogue

          

          2/2010 Stress Management, Spitirtuality and Health, Knights of

                      Malta

          3/ 2010   Stress management

                     Medical rehabilitation: coping with a diagnosis

                     Mind- Body Medicine

                      Lido Spa, Miami Beach, Fl

          3/2010Healing the healers

                     Stress management for Healthcare Professionals

                     Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Fl

          

          9/2010 The Mind -Body Connection: optimal health

                    Silva Mind Control, Coral Gables , Fl

          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

          5 /97   Stress Management for AIDS Healthcare Professionals

                    Presented to: Mercy Hospital Special Immunology Staff

          

          3/97   Psychosocial Counseling aspects for hospital patient:

                 Orientation to Pastoral         

            care. Presented to: Knights of Malta at Indian Creek