APRIL E. FALLON

PhD, Clinical and Social Psychology

University of Pennsylvania (APA Approved), 1981

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia (APA Approved), 1981-1982

afallon@fielding.edu

 

 

 

Internship: Friends Hospital, Philadelphia (APA Approved), 1980-1981

 

Licensure: PA

 

Current Professional Appointment:

 

Faculty (unranked)

School of Psychology

Fielding Graduate University

 

Areas of Instruction:

 

Psychological Assessment

Personality Assessment

Cognitive and Intellectual Assessment

Memory Assessment

Group Psychotherapy

Psychoanalytic Theory and Therapy

Social Psychology

 

Research Interests:

 

Body Image and Eating Disorders

Adoption and Attachment

Impact of Pregnancy on the Therapeutic Process

Group Psychotherapy

Aggression and Personality Disorders

Physical Abuse

 

Practice Interests:

 

Eating Disorders

Dissociative Disorders

Group and Family Therapy

 

Professional Memberships:

 

Alliance for Psychoanalytic Thought

American Psychological Association (39, 49)

American Group Psychotherapy Association

Pennsylvania Psychological Association

Philadelphia Area Group Psychotherapy Society

Philadelphia Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology

Society for Personality Assessment

South Asia American Forum, Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Society

 

 

Honors and Awards:

 

1972-1975: Alden Scholar, Allegheny College

 

1972-1974: Doane Scholarship, Allegheny College

 

1974: Cease Psychology Award, Allegheny College

 

1974: Phi Beta Kappa

 

1975-1978: National Science Foundation Fellowship

 

1985: Seymour Rosenberg Memorial Lectureship

 

1989, 1993-1999, 2002, 2003, 2005: Psychiatry Resident Teaching Award, Medical College of Pennsylvania

 

 

Professional Activities in Last Seven Years

 

Publications:

 

Fallon, A., & Bunce, S. (2000). The case of Kristen: The psychoanalytic perspective. In K. Miller & J. S. Mizes (Eds.), Comparative treatments for eating disorders. New York: Springer.

 

Fallon, A., & Brabender, V. (2003). Awaiting the therapist's baby. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

 

Brabender, V., Fallon, A., & Smolar, A. (2004). Essentials of group psychotherapy. New York: Wiley.

 

Schmidt, C. A., Fallon, A. E., & Coccaro, E. F. (2004). Assessment of behavioral and cognitive impulsivity: Development and validation of the Lifetime History of Impulsive Behaviors Interview. Psychiatry Research, 126(2), 107-121.

 

Fallon, A. (in press). Informed consent. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.

 

 

Other Professional Activities:

 

1983-present: Private Practice (part time), Bala Cynwyd, PA.

 

1987-present: Residency Steering Committee in Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

 

1991-present: Board of Directors, Philadelphia Area Group Psychotherapy Society.

 

1999-2003: Clinical Associate Professor in Psychiatry (part time), Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA.

 

2003-present: Clinical Associate Professor in Psychiatry (part time), Drexel College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Past President, Delaware Valley Group Psychotherapy Society.