Experience

Routledge

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member, International Advisory Panel for International Journal for Theory, Research and Practice

  • 2006 - Present

  Member, International Advisory Panel for International Journal for Theory, Research and Practice: Body Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy.



Santa Barbara Graduate Institute

• Visiting Research Faculty

  • 2005 - Present

  Chair, Doctoral Dissertation in Somatic Psychology in a Qualitative Study on Mind/Body Aspects of Couples Conflict



NYU/Steinhardt

• Deans Council Member

  • 2004 - Present

  strategic planning, branding, research on faculty/student/community



United States Association for Body Psychotherapy

• Board Member, Chair of Academic Council

  • 2000 - Present

  Founding Vice President (2000-2008) Strategic Planning Committee Executive Board Co-editor of Journal of USABP (2001-2006)



Foundation for Human Enrichment

• Somatic Experiencing Trauma Therapist

  • Jan 1993 - Present

  Individual and Group Consultant Assistant Faculty to All Three Levels of Training and Touch Training for Psychotherapists



Dr. Mary Giuffra & Associates

• Private Practice

  • Jan 1972 - Present

  Psychotherapist - Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy



USABP

• VP

  • 1998 - 2012



Lawrence Hospital Center

• Board Member, Board of Governors

  • 1997 - 2007

  strategic planning, chaired Board of Community Health Agency including a Hospice and Bereavement center.



Home Nursing Association of Westchester

• Chairman of the Board of Directors

  • 1998 - 2002

  AS a member of the Hospital Board, Steered HNAW organization from a free standing CHAA into the table of organization of Lawrence Hospital Center to include helping three community boards to successfully integrate into the culture of a hospital center. name changes, chairing new board, working with Ex Director , strategic plan etc.

• Chairman of the Board of Directors

  • 1998 - 2002

  HNAW Board was responsible for Jansen Memorial Hospice and The Bereavement Center of Westchester as well as the Certified Home Health Agency.



Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member, Board of Trustees

  • 1985 - 1995



Westchester Medical Center, a member of WMCHealth

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member, Hospital Board

  • 1987 - 1991

  Attended board meetings and advised on medical center policy and relations with New York Medical school



Center for Family Learning

• Staff Family Therapist, Faculty, and Supervisor

  • Jan 1978 - Jan 1990

  Taught and supervised therapists studying to become family therapists, saw clinical families for family and couples therapy.



Albert Einstein College of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member, Faculty and Steering Committee

  • 1982 - 1989

  Faculty and Steering Committee, Gerontology and Neurology Project Played a key role in the design of an interdisciplinary curriculum in geriatrics and gerontology for medical and nursing students. Co-researcher on a project funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Health on characterization of treatment of agitation in dementia patients.



Cornell New York Hospital

• Clinical Supervisor and Instructor

  • Jan 1984 - Jan 1988

  Taught and supervised senior nursing students in the care of adolescent psychiatric patients including adolescents with eating disorders.



Manhattan College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member, Institutional Review Board

  • 1984 - 1988

  Board of Consultants, Center for Professional Ethics



College of Mount Saint Vincent

• Tenured Full Professor/Founding Director

  • 1975 - 1988

  Secured grants from US Public Health Services Bureau of Health Resources to develop an innovative baccalaureate nursing program. Designed a health-oriented curriculum focused on individual, family, and community health from conception through death, which stressed evidence-based practice, nursing identity, counseling, nursing theory, and research. Collaborated with the Manhattan College School of Business to develop and implement a combined Nursing/Business Masters Program for nursing… Show more Secured grants from US Public Health Services Bureau of Health Resources to develop an innovative baccalaureate nursing program. Designed a health-oriented curriculum focused on individual, family, and community health from conception through death, which stressed evidence-based practice, nursing identity, counseling, nursing theory, and research. Collaborated with the Manhattan College School of Business to develop and implement a combined Nursing/Business Masters Program for nursing administrators, gerontology clinical specialists, and mental health clinical specialists. Directed a project to develop a systematic interdisciplinary summer program to facilitate college achievement of academically disadvantaged students, funded by the College of Mount Saint Vincent Faculty Affairs Committee.

• Full Professor

  • 1975 - 1988

  As a tenurerd full professor, taught undergraduate nursing and interdisciplinary courses, curriculum development and research, served on Institutional Review Board at Manhattan College and tenure and promotions committee at MT ST Vincent

• Founding Director of Nursing Program

  • 1974 - 1988

  Developed a philosophy, conceptual framework, behavioral objectives and a four year curriculum for a health oriented nursing program focusing on care of individuals, families and communities from birth through death in health and illness. Wrote a NIH grant that supported eleven faculty in developing the curriculum and clinical experiences to achieve program objectives, Eventually hired seventeen full time, mostly doctoral prepared faculty to teach students. Developed a… Show more Developed a philosophy, conceptual framework, behavioral objectives and a four year curriculum for a health oriented nursing program focusing on care of individuals, families and communities from birth through death in health and illness. Wrote a NIH grant that supported eleven faculty in developing the curriculum and clinical experiences to achieve program objectives, Eventually hired seventeen full time, mostly doctoral prepared faculty to teach students. Developed a proposal for the program that was accepted by the NY State Dept of Education who registered the program which received full accreditation and commendation from the National League for Nursing. Program was cited in many books and journals as well as the Congressional Register. The same process was used to develop a combined nursing/business Masters Degree program with Manhattan College School of Business



New York University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tenured Associate Professor, Master and Doctoral Program

  • 1968 - 1975

  Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Co-Director, Graduate Program Instrumental in developing a Masters Program in the Group Care and Education of Infants and Toddlers, funded through grants from the Lilly Foundation and the National Institute on Mental Health. Designed and evaluated core curricula for early childhood, nursing, nutrition, and psychology majors.