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Eric Griffin-Shelley, Ph.D.

Mailing address: 4079 Oak Lane

Lafayette Hill, PA 19444

(610) 828-4298

Fax: 610-828-2969

Home: (610) 828-6429

Outpatient Offices:

452 Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA

6201 Hamilton Blvd., S. 107, Allentown, PA

Psychotherapy/Administration:

Private Practice--('74 to present).  Individual, group, family, and

         couples psychotherapy with specialty areas in sex and love

         addiction, chemical dependency, sexual abuse, and

         professional and clergy sexual misconduct.

Intensive Out-patient Program for sex and love addiction (9/88

         to present)--original design and ongoing supervision of a

         weekly, three and a half hour, evening program including

         psychoeducation, group therapy, and a Twelve Step meeting.

         Recovery includes behavioral change and resolving childhood

         issues of neglect and abuse, especially sexual abuse.

Clinical Consultant, The Counseling Center in Princeton--

         (1/2000 to present)--Dr. Richard Leedes, Director.

Consultant, www.MyDailyRecovery.com--(11/97 to 1/2002)

         professional resource and development for Internet website

         for alcoholism, alcohol abuse, codependency, children of

         alcoholics, and other addictive and emotional dependencies.

Advisor, www.OnlineSexAddict.com--(5/2000 to 10/2000)

         assist and advise the site owner on content, site development,

         and professional concerns.

Director, Addiction Services on the Sanctuary--

         Creator and Director of a unique, inpatient program for

         recovery from sex and love addiction and codependency at the

         Northwestern Institute of Psychiatry, Fort Washington, PA

         (11/92 to  8/94)--Addiction services are integrated into the

         Sactuary model for trauma treatment for surviviors of

         physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, developed by Sandra

         Bloom, M.D. and her Alliance for Creative Development.

         Through consultation services, patients with compulsive sexual

         acting out and/or relationship dependency are treated on all

         units in the hospital (adolescent, women's, general adult,

         geriatric, and crisis).  Recovery includes behavioral change

         and resolving childhood issues of neglect and abuse, including

         sexual abuse.

Attending Psychologist--Adolescent Dual Diagnosis Team,

         Charter Fairmount Institute (8/87 to 11/92), Philadelphia, PA.

         Leader of multi-disciplinary treatment team, individual and

         family therapy.  Specializing in teens suffering with sexual

         compulsivity and sexual abuse histories.

Director of Psychological Services--(6/86 to 8/87).  Developed

         an intensive in-patient program for 54-bed psychiatric

         hospital specializing in treatment of professed Religious. 

         Administrative, supervisory, testing, and clinical

         responsibilities.

Attending Psychologist--Alcoholism Treatment Service, The

         Fairmount Intstitute (11/83 to 6/86).  Individual

         psychotherapy, family consultation, and coordination with

         multi-disciplinary team of a 42-bed dual diagnosis unit.

Unit Administrator--('80-'81).  Northwestern Institute of

         Psychiatry.

Intake Coordinator--('77-'79). Northeast Community Center for

         Mental Health/Mental Retardation.

Acting Director, Partial Hospitalization--('76-'77). Northeast

         C.C. MH/MR.

Psychotherapist--('74-'76).  Partial Hospital Program, NECC-

         MH/MR.

Community Outreach Worker--('70-'72).  Consultation and

         Education Department, Eagleville Hospital and Rehabilitation

         Center.

Education and Training Positions:

Director of Education and Training--('81-'83).  Northwestern

         Institute of Psychiatry.

Instructor--('86-'89).  Graduate School of Education, Counseling

         Psychology Program, University of Pennsylvania.

         ('96) Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology,

         Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA.

Consultant--('87-'91).  Gestalt Institute of Philadelphia.

Education/Licensure/Certification:

C.A.S.--Certified Addictions Specialist--Health Care Providers in

         Addictive Disorders ('91-'01).

N.C.A.D.C.--National Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor ('90).

C.A.C.--Certified Addictions Counselor, Pennsylvania ('89-Ô01),

          Diplomate ('93-'01).

Pennsylvania Licensed Psychologist ('82)--PS-003909-L.

Ph.D.--Counseling Psychology, University of Pennsylvania ('82).

Certified Gestalt Psychotherapist, Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy,

         New York, New York. ('76).

Pennsylvania Licensed Social Worker--SW-003430-E ('89).

M.S.S.--Bryn Mawr School of Social Work and Social Research

('74).

B.A.--Hobart College ('69).  Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude,

         Honors in English Literature.

Supervision/Consultation:

September, 1972 to January 11, 1976 (certified)--Marilyn Rosanes-

         Berrett, Ph.D. The Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and

         Training, 150 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022.

September, 1989 to November, 1992--Raymond Johnson, M.D.,

         Family Resource Partners, 301 City Line Ave., Suite 340, Bala

         Cynwyd, PA 19004.

September, 1993 to present-- Jack Lit, Ph.D., 109 Haws Lane,

         Erdenheim, PA  19118.

Bibliography:

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1983).  Marketing your hospital: Getting staff on

         board through in-service training.  Cross Reference on Human

         Resource Management, July/August.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1984).  Designing your own stress strategy.  Eap

         Digest, 4 (4), 39-41.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1985).  Sexual harassment: One organization's

         response.  Journal of Counseling and Development, 64, 72-73.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1985).  Suicidal religious: A special crisis. 

         Human Development, 6 (2), 12-16.

Griffin-Shelley, E. & Trachtenberg, J. (1985).  Group psychotherapy

         with short-term in-patients: Further developments.  Small

         Group Behavior,16 (1), 97-104.

Griffin-Shelley, E., Walls, F., & Hudson, T. (1985).  Emerging role

         expectations.  EAP Digest, 5 (2), 17-23.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1986).  Sex roles in addiction: Defense or

         deficit?  International Journal of Addictions, 21 (12), 1307-

         1312.

Griffin-Shelley, E., Trotta, J.O., Johnson, R.A., & Sandler, K.R.

(1986).  Letter to the Editor: Organic impairment versus

defensiveness: Neuropsychological testing tells the difference.

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 3, 59-60.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1986).  In the spotlight: Fairmount Institute.

         Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 3, 215-217.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1986).  Patient education: Lectures as therapy.

         Carrier Foundation Letter, #119.  Belle Mead, NJ: Carrier

         Foundation.

Johnson, R.A., & Griffin-Shelley, E. (1987).  Existential issues in

         psychotherapy with alcoholics.  Alcoholism Treatment

         Quarterly, 4 (1),15-25.

Johnson, R.A., & Griffin-Shelley, E. (1987).  Spirituality and the

         regulation of self-esteem.  Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 4

         (3), 1-12.

Griffin-Shelley, E. & Sandler, K.R. (1988).  The vowed religious:

         Psychiatric needs and services for clergy.  Carrier Foundation

         Letter, #136, Belle Mead, NJ: Carrier Foundation.

Griffin-Shelley, E. & Sandler, K.R. (1988).  When charity goes awry. 

         Human Development, 9 (2), 35-40.

Griffin-Shelley, E. & Wendel, S. (1989).  Group psychotherapy with

         long-term in-patients: Application of the model.  Small Group

         Behavior, 19, 379-385.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1989). The clergy and compulsive sexual 

         behaviors.  The Priest, 5, 40-43.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1989).  Sexual addiction.  Carrier Foundation

         Letter, #141.  Belle Mead, NJ: Carrier Foundation.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1989).  Sexual addiction and compulsive sexual

         behaviors.  The Medical-Moral Newsletter, 26, (8&9). 

         Baltimore, MD: Ayd Medical Communications.

Griffin-Shelley, E. Sandler, K.R., & Lees, C. (1990).  Sex-role

         perceptions in chemically dependent subjects: Adults versus

         adolescents.  International Journal of the Addictions, 25 (12),

         1383-1391.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1990).  Maintaining Sobriety with Bibliotherapy.

         Center City, MN: Hazelden Educational Materials.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1991).  Sex and Love: Addiction Treatment and  

         Recovery.  New York: Praeger Publishers.

Griffin-Shelley, E. & Sandler, K.R. (1991). A follow-up study of

         dually diagnosed (chemically dependent) adolescents.  Journal

         of Adolescent Chemical Dependency, 2 (1), 1-11.

Anonymous Priest & Griffin-Shelley, E. (1991). Recovering from a

         Sex Addiction.  Human Development, 12, (4).

Griffin-Shelley, E., Sandler, K.R., & Lees, C. (1992).  Multiple

         addictions among dually diagnosed adolescents.  Journal of

         Adolescent Chemical Dependency, 2 (2), 35-44.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1993). Healthy Sexuality: Observations of a

         Counseling Psychologist.  The Priest, 49 (1), 29-33.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (Editor).  (1993).  Out-patient Treatment of Sex

         and Love Addiction.  New York: Praeger Publishers.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1994).  Adolescent Sex and Love Addicts. 

         Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1995).  Adolescent sex and relationship addicts. 

         Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment

         and Prevention, 2 (2), 112-127.

Griffin-Shelley, E., Benjamin, L., & Benjamin, R. (1995)  Sex addiction

         and dissociation.  Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The

         Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 2 (4), 295-306.

Griffin-Shelley, E. (1999).  Sexual Addiction Treatment in the New

         Millenium.  Ringing in the New Millennium: Conference Papers.

         Arlington, VA: N.A.A.D.A.C.

Young, K. S., Griffin-Shelley, E., Cooper, A., OÕMara, J., & Buchanan,

         J.  (2000).  Online Infidelity: A New Dimension in Marital

         Relationships with Implications for Evaluation and Treatment. 

         Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment

         and Prevention, 7 (1-2), 59-74.

Griffin-Shelley, E.  (2000).  Extra-group fraternizing in an addiction

         recovery program.  The Group Psychologist: 10(3), 4-5.

Cooper, A., Griffin-Shelley, E., Delmonico, D. L. & Mathy, R. M.

         (2001).  Online sexual problems: Assessment and predictive

         variables. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of

         Treatment and Prevention 8 (3-4), 267-286.

Cooper, A. & Griffin-Shelley, E. (2002). Chapter 1: Introduction:

         The Internet: The Next Sexual Revolution.  In Cooper, A.

         (Editor) Sex and the Internet: A Guidebook for Clinicians. New

         York: Brunner-Routledge. (in press).

Griffin-Shelley, E. (2002).  Adolescent sex and love addicts.  In

         Adams, K. (Editor). (in press).

Griffin-Shelley, Eric.  2002.  The Internet and Sexuality: A Literature

                  Review--1983-2000.  Submitted for publication.