IRENE R. MAZER, PhD

Counselor, forensic psychology, sexual abuse of children and adults, sex offender psychology

y	IRENE R. MAZER, PhD

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IRENE R. MAZER, PhD is experienced in Clinical psychology, the evaluation and treatment of psychological and mental health problems, Human development, Forensic psychology: the interface of psychology and law. Irene is also experienced with Custody issues, Dependency issues, and Independent psychological evaluations (IPE or IME) for personal injury and other types of law suits.

Expertise - Key Words: Counselor, forensic psychology, sexual abuse of children and adults, sex offender psychology. Special training in dissociative disorders, and trauma. Special training in clinical hypnosis and hypnotherapy. Special training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, Levels I and II.

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION: B.S. Cornell University, 1952

Major area: Bacteriology

Minor areas: Genetics, Chemistry

M.Ed. University of Oregon, 1966

Ph.D. University of Oregon, 1973

Major area: Human development

Minor area: Measurement, research

Retraining in Clinical Psychology. Oregon Grad Schl of Prof

Psychology, 1983-1985

Clinical internship - Western State Hospital, Ft Steilacoom, WA,

1984-1985

Continuing Educational Credits in Psychology, @ approx. 50 hours per year 1983 to present. This includes information on human developmental topics, as well as forensic psychology, sexual abuse of children and adults, and offender psychology. Also, Special training in dissociative disorders, and trauma

Special training in clinical hypnosis and hypnotherapy

Special training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, Levels I and II

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND HONORS:

American Psychological Association, 1970-present

Abstractor for Psychology Abstracts, 1976-1981

Division of Clinical Psychology, 1988-present

Division of Law and Psychology, 1990-present

Northwest Evaluation Association, 1974-1982

Board of Directors, 1977-1979,

Commendation for contribution, 1980

Washington State Psychological Association, 1976-present

Chair, License Rewrite Task Force, 1984-1987

Executive Board Chapter Representative, 1985-1987

Facilitator, 1984 WA State Comm to Rewrite Licensing Standards for Mental

Health Centers, 1988-1989

Comprehensive Mental Health Board of Directors 1986-89

American Board of Medical Psychotherapists, 1986-present

National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology, 1987-present

American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 1994 - 1997

International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993--1997

Washington Sex Offender Specialists Association, now Family Forensic Services Association,

1991-present

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD:

Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1952-1953, 1954-1956

Research Assistant in Nutrition

Kent General Hospital, Dover, Delaware, 1953-1954

Research Associate in Human Pathology

Eugene Public Schools, 1965-1966

High School Biology & Physical Science Teacher

Springfield Public Schools, 1966-1969

Junior/Senior High School Teacher of Homebound & Disturbed Children

University of Oregon, 1970-1973

Teaching Fellow: Human Development & Learning, Gerontology;

Adult Devel. Psych.; Research in Verbal Learning

Division of Continuing Education, Oregon, 1972

Instructor, Psych. Devel. of Child Through Adolescence

Portland Public Schools, 1973-1976, Evaluation Specialist

Pacific University, College of Optometry, 1975-1976

Research Consultant

Mt. Hood Community College, 1976, Instructor, Intro. Psych.

Tacoma Public Schools Office of Res. & Eval.,1976-1983

Evaluation Coordinator

Western Washington University, 1978-1980

Adjunct Professor, Educational Psychology

Western State Hospital Psychology Service, 1985 - 1987 Psychologist,

Program Director for Ward

Pacific Lutheran University - 1993

Visiting Professor - Advanced Developmental Psychology

Private Practice, Peterson, Whitehill & Mazer, Inc. P.S. 1987 1994

Private Practice, Clinical & Forensic Psychology, Inc. P.S. 1994 - present

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS:

Kutscher, A.H. and Yigdall, I.R. Compatibility of Chlorophyll with

Antibiotics. N.Y.S. Dent.Jour. 1952, v.18, p.87ff

Kutscher, A.H. and Yigdall, I.R. Bacteriological Evaluation of the

Compatibility of Antibiotics with Solutions of Other Therapeutic

Agents. Oral Surg., Oral Med., and Oral Pat.h.1952, v.5, p. 1096

Mazer, Irene R. A Test of a Model for the Study of Life Span Human Development.

Dissertation, Univ. Oregon, 1973

Mazer, I.R.Y. Is There Sex Bias in Testing? Third Annual Conference on

Contemporary Issues in Educational Measurement., Eugene, OR,

May, 1974

Mazer, I.R.Y. Some Problems of Evaluating a Large, Complex Federal

Project in a Decentralized School District.

2nd Annual Pac. NW Educ. Res.& Eval. Conf.,Seattle, WA, May, 1974

Short, R.H., Mazer, Irene R.Y., and Davidson, R.E. Presentation Time and

Cognitive Strategies in Verbal Learning.

Amer.Educ. Res. Assoc. Nat'l Conv, Chicago, IL, Apr,1974

Farnsworth, L., Mazer, I.R.Y.,& Koepping, S. Reading Disabilities

Prevention in Five Year Olds. A Case of Development x Treatment Interaction.

A.E.R.A. Nat'l Conv., Wash. D.C., 1975

Mazer, Irene R. Functional Level (Off Level) vs. Grade Level (On Level)

Testing. A.E.R.A. Nat'l Conv., Wash. D.C., 1975

Mazer, Irene R. A Proposal for Application of Basic Research in Human Dev. to Educ.

Planning and Eval. A.E.R.A. Nat'l Conv., Wash. D.C., 1975

Mazer, Irene R. Discussant: Evaluation of National Programs. A.E.R.A.

Nat'l Conv., San Francisco,CA, 1976

Mazer, Irene R. Chair: Improving Achievement Tests and Their Use. A.E.R.A. Nat'l

Conv., San Francisco, CA, 1976

Mazer, Irene R.Y. and Levine, Nira. Predicting Clinical Practicum Success

for Senior Optometry Students. Fourth Annual Pac.NW Educ. Res. &

Eval. Conf., Seattle, WA, 1976

Mazer, Irene R.Y. and Allenbrandt, Robert. Comparison Between Rasch

Calibration of Metro 5th Grade Math Tests Based on Fall 1974 and

Spring 1975 Test Administrations. Fourth Annual Pac.NW Educ.

Res. and Eval. Conf., Seattle, WA, 1976

Mazer, Irene R. Discussant: The Uses of Test Results. A.E.R.A. Nat'l Conv.,

N.Y.C., 1977

Mazer, Irene R. Developing and Using a Teacher Evaluation Form to Comply with Washington's New Law. Fifth Annual Pacific NW Res. and Eval. Conf., Seattle, WA, 1978

Mazer, Irene R. Predicting Success in Reading From First Graders' Entering

Skills. I. Sixth Annual Pacific NW Res. and Eval. Conf., Seattle, WA, 1979

Mazer, Irene R. Predicting Success in Reading From First Graders' Entering Skills. II. Regional Reading Research Seminar of the Int'l Reading Assoc., Seattle, WA, 1979

Mazer, Irene R. and Griffin, Marjorie. Perceived and Experienced Stress of Teachers in a Medium Sized Local School District. A.E.R.A. Nat'l Conv., Boston, MA, 1980

Mazer, Irene R. A Reasonably Satisfactory Way of Identifying Intellectually Gifted Students. Ninth Annual Pacific NW Res. and Eval. Conf., Seattle, WA, 1981

Whitehill, M.B., Mazer, I.R., & Peterson, R.G. "Hands on training in sex offender treatment". Presented at the Fall Convention of the Washington State Psychological Association, Seattle, WA, 1991

Whitehill, M.B., Mazer, I.R., & Peterson, R.G. "Treating sex offenders in the community: An analysis of selected program tasks". Presented at the Eigth Annual Symposium, American College of Forensic Psychology San Francisco, 1992

Peterson, R.G., Whitehill, M.B., & Mazer, I.R. "Clinical and Ethical Issues in Treating Sex Offenders in the Community". A Workshop presented to the Division of Community Corrections, Washington State Department of Corrections, Tacoma Washington, May 9, 1995.

Mazer, Irene R. "Psychological Evaluations for Attorneys What and Why They Need to Know". Washington Defender Association, August 28, 1998

REFERENCES: On request

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