RESUME

H. Thomas Mullis      Radford University, Box 6946, Radford, VA. 24142    Phone: 540-831-5517      Fax: 540-831-6113   Cell: 540-818-0566  E-mail: tmullis@radford.edu    Web: http://tommullis.com, http://www.buddhismandpsychotherapy.com

Education

Ph.D. Counseling Psychology (APA Approved) University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. M.S. Clinical Psychology, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts.

B.A. Psychology, Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia.

Positions

Current:

Radford University, Radford, Virginia

Director, Counseling Psychology Program

Professor of Psychology 1973-present

National Graduate Advisor/ American Mental Health Counseling Association

Previous:

Emporia State University, Emporia Kansas Assistant Professor Psychology

Coordinator of Master's Programs to Train Teachers to Work with the Emotionally

Disturbed 1970-73

Licensures

LCP, LMFT, NCC in Virginia. Licensure in other states.

Awards

American Mental Health Counselors Association, (1999) Recognition Award for working with graduate students in AMHCA

Radford University Donald Dedmon Award for Professional Excellence (1988)

Selected Presentations

Sales, A. & Mullis, T. (2004) Maximizing the Initial Interview: Working with Managed Care. American Mental Health Counselors Association Conference. Washington, D.C.

Smiley, D. & Mullis, T. (2004) Treatment of Personality Disorders. Creative Impulse in Therapy: New Perspectives on Old Problems. Abingdon, VA

Mullis, T. & Page, S. (2001) Creative therapy with artistic clients. American Mental Health Counselors Association Conference. Chicago.

Mullis, T. & Page, S. (2001) Counseling creative clients. The Creative Impulsive in Therapy: A Holistic Approach Conference. Roanoke, VA.

Mullis, Thomas. (2000) Being an existential counselor in a managed care world. American Mental Health Counselors Association Conference. Boston, MA.

Mullis, Thomas. (2000) The relevance of existential/self therapies in the twenty-first century. American Mental Health Counseling Association Conference. Boston, MA.

Mullis, Thomas (2000) Existential therapy in the new millennium. Creative Impulse Conference: A Holistic Approach, Abingdon, VA.

Mullis, Thomas. (1999, July). Licensed mental health counselors in the United States: Implications for clinical and counseling psychologists. Poster session presented at the IV European Congress of Psychology. Rome, Italy.

Lovins, M, Mullis, T., Alcorn, J. (1999. Individuation as it relates to parenting styles, career decisions, gender and divorce. Poster session presented at the VI European Congress of Psychology, Rome, Italy.

Mullis, Thomas. (1999 Licensed mental health counselors in the United States: implications for clinical and counseling psychologists. Poster session presented at the VI European Congress of Psychology. Rome, Italy

Mullis, Thomas. (1999) Scope of practice for mental health counselors: restrictive state practices. Paper presented at the American Mental Health Counseling Association Conference, Crystal City, VA.

Mullis, Thomas. (1998) Ethics. Roanoke Valley Mental Health Services, A presentation to all the mental health workers in the system. Roanoke, Virginia.

Mullis, Thomas .(1998) Individuation in community college students. Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology. New Orleans, LA.

Mullis, Thomas. (1997) Adult Child Individuation. Fourth European Congress of Psychology. Dublin, Ireland.

Mullis, Thomas. (1993) Adult child dependency. Third European Congress of Psychology. Tampere, Finland.

Mullis, Thomas. (1991) Group dynamics of snake handlers. Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology. New Orleans, Louisiana 

Mullis, Thomas. (1989) The psychology of snake handling. Popular Culture Association. New Orleans, Louisiana

Mckee, Curt, and Mullis, Thomas. (1989) The identification of college freshmen at risk. American Psychological Society. Boston, MA.

Mullis, Thomas. Piagetian formal operational thought and implications to the teaching of chemistry. (Chem. Ed.) Kingston, Canada.

Mullis, Thomas. (1985) Piagetian formal operational task performance as related to gifted and talented. Sixth World Conference on the Gifted. Hamburg, Germany.

Mullis, Thomas. (1986) and Wildman, Robert. (1986) Relationship between perceived stress and severity of physical disability in coal miners. NATO Advanced Study Institute-Behavioral Medicine: Work, Stress and Health. Castera-Verduzan.

Mullis, Thomas. (1978) Portrayal of males and females in television commercials, directed primarily at children. Southeastern Psychological Association. Atlanta, GA.

Books

Mullis, T. & Mitchell, H. (2004). State licensure for counselors. Advanced Information Resources: Radord, VA.

Mullis, Thomas. (1999). Assessment and diagnosis of adolescent drug use. In A.Sales (Ed.), Substance Abuse and Counseling. ERIC. Atlanta. GA

Journal Publications

Simonelli, C.J., Mullis, T., Rohde, C. (2005). Scale of negative family interations (SNFI): A measure of parental and sibling aggression. (In press). Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Simonelli, C. J., Mullis, T., Elliot, A., and Pierce, T. (2002) "Abuse by Siblingsand Subsequent Experiences of Violence Within the Dating Relationship. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Sage Publications

Ronk, P., and Mullis, T. (1994) Traumatic stress syndrome symptoms among home-based therapists. Empowering families through building our ecology. National Association for Family-Based Services Proceeddings. Riverdale, Il.

Ronk, P., and Mullis, T. (1990) Home-based services in Virginia. Family-Based Services Proceeding National Association for Family-Based Services. Riverdale, IL.

Conferences Directed

Sixth Annual Conference on Creative Impulse in Therapy: New Perspectives on Old Problems. (2004) Abingdon, VA

Sixth Annual Conference on Creative Impulse in Therapy: Making Sustaining Connections. (2004) Roanoke, VA

Sixth Annual Conference on Creative Impulse in Therapy: Zen and Psychotherapy. (2004) Radford University, Radford, VA

Fifth Annual Conference on Creative Impulse in Therapy: Licensure supervision. (2003)  Radford University, Radford, VA

Fifth Annual Conference on Creative Impulse in Therapy: A Holistic Approach. (2003) Abingdon, VA

Fifth Annual Conference on Creative Impulse in Therapy: A Holistic Approach. (2003) Roanoke, VA

Fourth Annual Conference on Creative Impulse in Therapy: A Holistic Approach. (2002) Abingdon, VA

Fourth Annual Conference on Creative Impulse in Therapy: A Holistic Approach. (2002) Roanoke, VA

Third Annual Conference on Creative Impulse in Therapy: A Holistic Approach. (2001) Abingdon, VA

Third Annual Conference on Creative Impulse in Therapy: A Holistic Approach. (2001) Roanoke, VA

Second Annual Conference on the Creative Impulse in Therapy: A Holistic Approach (2000), Abingdon, VA

First Radford University Conference on Creative Genius and Madness: Counseling Implications. (Summer 1999) Radford University, Radford. VA

Videos Produced

Maximizing the Initial Interview: Working with Managed Care (2004) Radford University

Zen and Psychotherapy: A conversation with Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel (2004) Radford University

Gender Differences in Counseling (2001) Radford University

A conversation with Albert Ellis (2000) Radford University

A conversation with Thomas Szasz (2000) Radford University

Professional Organizations

Virginia Clinical Counselors Association

American Mental Health Counselors Association

American Psychological Society

Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology

Psychotherapy Center

Director of Center for Grief, Loss and Life Transitions. Blacksburg, VA