National and International Study Groups are listed below. If you cannot find a group near you, you may wish to start your own Study Group. Send us your name, address, phone, fax, email address, biographical sketch, and vitae, and we will list you below as "Group in Development." Other professionals interested in the theory, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders in your area who visit this page will then learn of your interests and be able to contact you.

Roxane Head, PhD
114 Buena Vista Avenue
Corte Madera, CA 94925

Mark Stone, EdD
Adler School of Professional Psychology
148 Quincy Street
Elmhurst, IL  60126
Phone: 312-201-5900
Fax: 312-201-5918

Darwin Dorr, PhD
717 N. Sandpiper
Wichita, KS 67230
Phone: (316)689-3170

Darwin Dorr, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology and Program Coordinator for the doctoral program in community-clinical psychology at Wichita State University. Various past appointments include Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology at Duke University Medical Center and Director of Clinical Psychology at Duke's Highland Hospital. His many publications and interests have focused mainly on personality and its relationship to psychopathology. Recent publications include "Clinical Integration of the MCMI-III and the Comprehensive System Rorschach", published in the Millon Inventories volume. Dr. Dorr has many years of experience in assessing and treating personality disorders. A chapter on the integrative treatment of Antisocial Personality Disorder is in progress.

The Southern Maryland Study Group

Now in its third year, focuses on treatment issues and case conceptualization.
There are a total of eight members, with no charge but the energy used in learning together.

Theodore F. Grant, PhD
Debbie Matthews, PhD
P.O. Box 10
St. Leonard, MD 20685
Phone: (410)326-6070

Theodore F. Grant is active in the Maryland Psychological Association and with the Washington School of Psychiatry's Group Psychotherapy Program. In addition to personality disorders, he is also interested in cultural factors in psychotherapy. He recently presented a workshop for the American Academy of Psychotherapists on using the biographies of therapists as a means of understanding the lifecycle. He is currently vice-chairman of Legislation for the Maryland Psychological Association. He practices in Bethesda, Maryland, and with his wife, Debbie, in Soloman's Island.

Debbie Matthews has a forensic and clinical practice in Solomans Island and Annapolis, Maryland. Her forensic practice involves extensive court-related referrals, including domestic relations and criminal cases, and testimony as an expert witness. The MCMI-IIIis often used as a primary evaluation tool. She specializes in group therapy for sex-offenders and in anger management. She is qualified as an instructor for the Maryland Correctional Institute and provides workshops for state agencies. She is Past-president of the Southern Maryland Psychological Association.

Jack O'Regan, PhD, ABPP
Dean, Minnesota School
of Professional Psychology
3103 East 80th Street, Suite 290
Minneapolis, MN  55425

Phone: (612)858-8800
Fax: (612)858-8515
Email: joregan@pclink.com

Jack O'Regan, PhD, is Dean of the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology, and holds a Diplomate in Counseling Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. He teaches objective and projective personality assessment, and recently presented a workshop for the Minnesota Psychological Association on integrating the MCMI and MMPI. Dr. O'Regan has worked in forensic psychology, community mental health centers, medical centers, and private practice settings. His particular interests include personality assessment and personality disorders.

Ray Biersbach, PhD

Dept. of Psychology

Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

Morris Plains, NJ 07950

201.538.1800 or 201.292.4069

Joseph McCann, PsyD, JD

151 Leroy Street

Binghampton, NY 13905

Phone: 607.797.2315

(Group in Development)

 

Robert Tringone, PhD

233 Seventh St. West Wing #14

Garden City, NY 11530

Phone: 516.561.5815

(Group in Development)

Marie Salib, MA

57, Notre Dame Sud

Thetford Mines

Quebec, QC. G6G IJ4

Canada

Phone: (418) 338-1956

Erik Simonsen, MD
Institute of Personality Theory and Psychopathology
Roskilde County Hospital Fjorden
Smedegade 10-16
DK 4000 Roskilde

Phone: +45 46 30 78 37
Fax: +45 46 37 21 53

Erik Simonsen was born in 1949. He received an M.D. from the University of Copenhagen in 1975, was authorized as a General Practioner in 1980, and specialized in Psychiatry in 1989. From 1984 to 1991 he was an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen. Currently he holds several posts. He has been Chief Psychiatrist at Amtsygehuset Fjorden, Middle District since 1993, and Medical Director, Institute of Personality Theory and Psychopathology (IPTP) since 1989. From 1988 to 1995 he was General Secretary and Treasurer for the International Society on the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD), and he is now President of ISSPD, since 1995. Erik has served as member of numerous scientific committes for international conferences. He has published about 30 articles, mostly on issues concerning the evaluation of psychotherapy, psychiatric classification, the validity and reliability of Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI), and commitment for treatment.