Testimony before the Department of Labor regarding the adoption of regulations governing the processing of employee benefit plan claims under section 503 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, February 1999

Testimony before the White House Task Force on Health Care Reform, March 1993

Testimony before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on Health Reform: Consideration of Benefits for Inclusion in a Standard Health Benefit Package, March 1993

Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on The Better Access to Affordable Health Care Act, February 1992

Testimony before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on Health Insurance Options: State Mandates on Health Benefits, July 1991

Testimony before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Composition and Military Manpower Policy on Deployment of Active Single and Active Dual-Marriage Families with Children, February 19, 1991

Testimony before the Physician Payment Review Commission on Payment To Nonphysician Providers -- Implications for the Medicare Fee Schedule, September 1990

Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee Special Subcommittee on USS Iowa Explosion on Psychological Autopsy of USS Iowa incident, December 21, 1989

Testimony before the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee Compensation and Employee Benefits on Reform of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, July 1990

Testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on Mental Health Needs of Older Adults, June 1989

Testimony before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on Mental Health Needs of Older Adults, March 1989

Testimony before the House Post Office Civil Service Committee Compensation and Employee Benefits on Reform of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, May 1988

Testimony before the National Academy of Science Institute of Medicine on Study to Design a Strategy for Quality Review and Assurance in Medicare, August 1988

Testimony before the N.Y. Senate Standing Committee on Mental Hygiene - in support of Hospital Privileges for Psychologists in New York, 1988

Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits regarding FEHBA, Washington, DC, 1988

Testimony before the National Academy of Science Institute of Medicine regarding Utilization Management by Third Parties, Washington, DC, 1988

Testimony before American Psychiatric Association Committee on DSM-III supporting elimination of discrimination against gay men and lesbians, Washington, DC, December, 1985

Testimony before N.C. Joint House-Senate Committee on Re-Medicalization of Mental Health Centers - 1984 Testimony before N.C. Joint House-Senate Committee on Confidentiality For Psychological Communication, 1984

Testimony before N.C. Joint House-Senate Committee on Recodification of Mental Health Laws - Civil Commitment Privileges for Psychologists - 1984

Testimony before N.C. Joint House-Senate Committee on Employment Benefits in support of Expanded mental health insurance benefits, 1982

Testimony before N.C. Sunset Review Commission - Regulation of Psychology, 1981

Testimony in Support of HB781 (Freedom of Choice) before N.C. House Committee on Human Resources, N.C. Senate Committee on Mental Health, N.C. Senate Committee on Insurance, 1977

Selected Presentations

"Between Risk and Safety in Psychoanalytic Work: Ethical Dilemmas and the Survival of the Unconscious." Presentation to the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, September 20, 2003.

"Suicide in Managed Care Settings", Presentation to the American Society of Suicidology, Bethesda, Maryland April 13, 2002

"Risk Management and the Best Interest of the Client; An Ethical Dialectic", Presentation to District of Columbia Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., December 8, 2001.

"2001 and Beyond: Professional Liability and Insurance Coverage" Risk Management Seminar to psychologists presented on behalf of American Professional Agency, San Francisco, California, August 25, 2001

"Ethics Code, Courts, and Axis II Pathology: A Menacing Synergy", Panel Presentation to American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, August 26, 2001.

"Confronting Your Managed Care Nightmares: Making Better Dreams Come True", Panel Presentation to American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, August 24, 2001.

"Consumer Litigation Against HMO's: New Law, New Cases", Presentation to The Barristers Club of San Francisco, CA, August 24, 2001.

"Professional Liability and Ethics in the Managed Care Era: The Double-Edged Sword", Seminar, Erie, PA, July 20, 2001.

"How to Fight Back with Your Managed Care Company", Panel Presentation to National Alliance of the Mentally Ill Annual Convention, Washington, DC, July 13, 2001.

"Good News/Bad News about Courts and Managed Care", Presentation to The Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc. and The Greater Washington Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Baltimore, MD, April 18, 2001.

"Protecting Our Patients in the Era of Managed Care", Presentation to the U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress, San Diego, CA, November 19, 2000.

"Managed Care Liability: The Double-Edged Sword", Presentation to The Association of Practicing Psychologists, Montgomery - Prince George's Counties, Inc., Silver Spring, MD, October 15, 2000.

"Professional Liability in the Managed Care Era: The Double-Edged Sword", Presentation to the Michigan Psychological Association, Novi, Michigan, October 14, 2000.

"Professional Liability and Ethics in the Managed Care Era: The Double-Edged Sword", Seminar, Lancaster, PA, August 18, 2000.

"Protecting SPAA Members: Insuring Fair Treatment by Licensing Boards", Panel Presentation to American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., August 6, 2000.

"Adverse Effects of the APA Ethics Code - Problems and Solutions", Panel Presentation to American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., August 6, 2000.

"Psychological Dimensions to the Law: Expanding Opportunities for Psychologists", Presentation to American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., August 5, 2000.

"Special Focus: HMO and Mental Health Care - Suicide Cases" Presentation to HMO Litigation Group, American Association of Trial Lawyers Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, August 1, 2000.

"Professional Liability in the Managed Care Era: The Double Edged Sword" - Presentation to Georgia Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, April 30, 2000.

"Psychological Dimensions to Voir Dire" - Presentation to George Mason American Inn of Court, Fairfax, Virginia, January 26, 2000.

"Perspectives on Juror Attitudes" - Panel Presentation, New Directions to Full and Fair Verdicts in Auto Collision Cases sponsored by Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, November 16 and 18, 1999.

"Consulting to Law Firms" - Presentation to District of Columbia Psychological Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., November 6, 1999.

"The Assault on Managed Care" - Presentation to North Carolina Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting and Scientific Session, Asheville, NC, October 30, 1999.

Keynote Address - Presentation to New York State Psychological Association Annual Convention, Bolton Landing, NY, October 9, 1999.

"SPAAs Versus Their Regulatory Boards - An Essential New Advocacy Role", Panel Presentation to the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 6, 1999.

"Psychological Dimensions to Litigation" - Presentation to the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Baltimore, Maryland, January 29, 1999.

"Protecting Our Patients in the Era of Managed Care" - Presentation to 11th Annual U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress, San Francisco, California, November 21, 1998.

"The Assault on Managed Care" - Presentation to Tourette Syndrome Association National Conference, Alexandria, Virginia, October 17, 1998.

"Legal Issues: Patient and Caregiver Rights" - Presentation to National Conference on Spinal Cord Injuries sponsored by Contemporary Forums, San Antonio, Texas, September 27, 1998.

"Psychological Dimensions to Voir Dire" - Presentation to George Mason American Inn of Court, Fairfax, Virginia, September 23, 1998.

"Denial of Psychiatric Benefits Under Managed Care: The Cutting Edge of Liability" - Presentation to the 2nd Annual Conference on Suing and Defending Managed Health Care Providers sponsored by University of Texas Law School, Austin, Texas, September 10, 1998.

"Assault on Managed Care: Why Long-Term Intensive Treatment Will Survive" - Invited Address to the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, August 15, 1998.

"Ethical Values and Managed Care" - Panel Presentation to the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 1, 1998.

"ERISA: The Linchpin of Managed Care" - Presentation to the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants Ninth National Educational Conference, Dallas, Texas, April 24, 1998.

"Psychology Licensing Procedures: The New Star Chamber" - Presentation to the California Psychological Association, Pasadena, California, March 26, 1998.

"Litigating Against the HMO/Insurance Claims Top to Bottom " - Presentation to the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, Baltimore, Maryland, February 13, 1998

"The Assault on Managed Care" and "Ask the Expert: Managed Care Contracts" - Presentations to the United States Psychiatric Congress, Orlando, Florida, November 14-16, 1997.

"The Assault on Managed Care" - Presentation to the New Jersey Psychological Association, Morristown, New Jersey, November 11, 1997.

"Managed Care and the Seriously Mentally Ill" - Presentation to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Alexandria, Virginia, October 25, 1997.

Litigating Against the HMO's - Presentation to the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, Baltimore, Maryland, October 14, 1997.

Managed Care and ERISA - Presentation to National Association of States Attorney Generals Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 21, 1997.

Protecting Our Clients in the Managed Care Era: Legal and Public Relations Solutions - Presentation to National Association of Social Workers, Baltimore, Maryland, October 6, 1997.

Gaslighting: The Covert Infliction of Psychological Pain in Employment Settings -Presentation at American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, August 17, 1997.

The Death of Managed Care - Invited Address at American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, August 15, 1997.

The Death of Managed Care: Part II - Presentation to New Jersey Chapter of National Coalition of Health Care Providers and Consumers, May 18, 1997.

Legal Issues in the Managed Care Era - Presentation to Georgia Psychological Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, May 15, 1997.

The Death of Managed Care: Legal and Public Relations Approaches, Annual Conference of the National Coalition for Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Boston, Mass., May 3, 1997.

Managed Care: Legal, Legislative, and Public Relations Approaches, California Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Jose, California, April 3, 1997.

Licensure Boards and You: How Safe is Your License California Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Jose, California, April 6, 1997.

Protecting Our Patients from Managed Care - Presentation to Metropolitan Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Annual Convention, April 24, 1997.

Psychological Dimensions to the Law Panel Discussion, Eastern Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1997.

The Politics of Deception : Managed Care in America, A Case Study - Willson-Nichols Lecture at Austin College, Sherman, Texas, March 1997.

How to Protect Patients Under Managed Care Update on Clinical Psychology, - Presentation at CME, Universal City; Los Angeles, California, March 1997.

Legal Approach to Managed Care Surviving in the Managed Care Era, - Conference sponsored by CME, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, March 1997.

The Death of Managed Care - Legal and Public Relations Approaches - Presentation to North Carolina Psychological Association, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 1997.

Legal Dimensions to Managed Care Abuse - Presentation to D.C. Chapter National Coalition of Health Care Professionals & Consumers, Washington, D.C., January 1997.

Can We Maintain Quality Mental Health Care In The Managed Care Era? - Plenary Address, Presentation to United States Psychiatric Congress, San Diego, California, November 1996

Workshop: Fighting Back Against Managed Care Presentation to Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Dallas, Texas, October 1996

The Death of Managed Care - Presentation to Mecklenburg County Psychiatric Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 1996

The Death of Managed Care - Presentation to New Hampshire Psychological Association, Concord, New Hampshire, September 1996

"The Role of the Psychiatric Expert" - Presentation to American Bar Association, Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, August 1996.

"Psychological Dimensions to the Law" - Presentations to Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), Winter Meeting, New Orleans, February 1996 and also to Miami Valley Trial Lawyers Association, Dayton, Ohio, December 1995.

"Responding to Managed Care: Legal, Political, and Public Relations Approaches" - Presentation at United States Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, New York City, November 1995

"Trauma, The Fulcrum of Change" - Keynote Address, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Boston, November 1995

"National Health Care Reform Now" - Presentation to American Psychological Association Divisions of Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, and Independent Practice, New Orleans, March, 1995

"Health Care Reform" - Keynote Address to Maryland Psychological Association, Columbia, Maryland, February, 1995.

"Future of Federal and State Health Care Reform" - Presentation at APA Convention, Los Angeles, California, August 1994

"Psychoanalysis in National Health Care" - Invited Address at APA Convention, Los Angeles, California, August 1994

"Psychology and National Health Reform--Salvation or Armageddon?" - Invited Address at APA Convention, Toronto, Canada, August 1993

"Health Care Reform North and South" - Presentation at APA Convention, Toronto, Canada, August 1993

"Psychoanalysis and Long-Term Care in Health Reform--Survival of an Endangered Species" - Presentation at APA Convention, Toronto, Canada, August 1993

Workshop: National Health Insurance: Salvation or Armageddon? -- Presentation at APA Convention, Washington, DC, 1992

Workshop: Psychoanalysis and Long-Term Therapy in the Managed-Care Era: The Illusion of a Future? -- Presentation at APA convention, Washington, DC 1992

Workshop: Managing Managed Care, Paradigm I, II and Beyond: Can Psychology Survive Another 100 years? -- Presentation at APA Convention, Washington, DC, 1992

Symposium: Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Laws -- A Research and Policy Update --Presentation at APA Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, 1991

Workshop: The Future of Psychology: A Growing Profession in a Chaotic Marketplace -- Presentation at APA Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, 1991

Invited Address: Current Proposals to Reform the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program --Presentation at APA Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990

Symposium: Future Directions for the Professional Practice of Psychology -- Presentation at APA Convention, Boston Massachusetts, 1990

Symposium: Reflections on the Psychoanalysis Lawsuit: The Plaintiffs Speak -- Presentation at APA Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1989

Invited Address: The APA Practice Directorate and Psychologists in Public Service -- Presentation at APA Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1989

Symposium: Psychologists Under Psychiatric Control: Implications for Practice -- Presentation at APA Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1989

Symposium: Psychology and Psychiatry: The Diagnostic Dialect -- Why Psychology Must Survive -- Presentation at APA Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1989

Symposium: Marketing and Public Relations for Practicing Psychologists -- Presentation at APA Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988

Symposium: Federal Legislation for Professional Practice -- Presentation at APA Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988

Symposium: Office of Professional Practice Special Assessment - A 2-year Review -- Presentation at APA Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988

Discussion: Hospital Practice and Psychology's Health Care Challenge -- Presentation at APA Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988

Symposium: Role of Litigation in Advocacy for Professional Practice - Presentation before the APA Convention, New York, 1987

"Effective Leadership and Organizational Development in State Psychological Associations" -- Presentation before APA Convention, New York, 1987

Symposium: AIDS: Legal and Ethical Issues for Psychologists -- Presentation before APA Convention, New York, 1987

"Advocacy for Social Policy: Medicare Reform" -- Presentation at APA Convention, New York, 1987

Symposium: Healthcare Megatrends: OCHAMPUS and Beyond - Presentation before APA Convention, New York, 1987

"Psychic Harm: Psychology's Call to Social Advocacy" -- Presented at APA Convention, Washington, DC, August, 1986

"What Health Maintenance Ads and Health Vote Don't Tell Us" - Presentation before media and civic associations (tape available), 1985

"A Proposal to Make Psychoanalytic Training Available to Psychologists Through Anti-trust Litigation" - Presentation before local groups of psychologists in Boston, New York, Michigan, San Diego, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Chicago, 1984-85

"What States Want from APA" - Presentation at APA Convention, Los Angeles, 1985

"Advocacy for Psychologist in Hospitals and HMO's - Presentation at APA Convention, Los Angeles, 1985

"The Four Professional Specialties: The Need for Unity" - Presentation at APA Convention, Los Angeles, 1985

"State Level Advocacy: What is Needed Now: - Presentation at APA Convention, Los Angeles, 1985

"ERISA: The Problem from the State Perspective" - Presentation at APA Convention, Los Angeles, 1985

"Issues for the Future of Independent Practice: - Presentation at APA Convention, Los Angeles, 1985

Insurance Aspects of Mental Health Treatment" - Presentation at two-day symposium presented by Massachusetts Mental Health Center and National Mental Health Association, Greensboro, N.C., 1985

"The North Carolina Mental Health System: Planning and Development" - Presentation at two-day symposium presented by Massachusetts Mental Health Center and National Mental Health Association, Greensboro, N.C., 1985

"Can Professional Psychology Survive the AMA, ERISA, HMO and Itself?" - Presentation to Ohio Psychological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio 1985

"APA and State Advocacy: An Update" - Presentation to APA State Leadership Conference, Washington, DC, November 1985

Presidential Address - Address to membership of N.C. Psychological Association;
Annual Meeting, Wilmington, N.C., 1982

"The Future of Psychology: A Blueprint for NCPA" - Address to membership of N.C. Psychological Association; Fall Conference, Asheville, N.C., 1981

Monthly Columns

"Insight" quarterly newsletter sent to 100,000 mental health professionals advising them on professional standards. 1999 - present.

"Monitoring Managed Care" monthly column in Psychiatric Times trade paper sent to all psychiatrists in country with circulation of 50,000. 1997-present.

"Managed Care" bi-monthly column in Medicine & Behavior, 1998-2000.

"Professional Point" monthly column in American Psychological Association MONITOR sent to 100,000 plus psychologists, teachers, and opinion leaders, 1986-95.

Media Presentations

Appeared on all national TV networks, and quoted in Newsweek, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Money Magazine, USA Today and many other major newspapers. Quoted regularly in many periodicals and trade publications.