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Irene Matiatos, PhD, Licensed Psychologist in NY and NC
email: drirene@drirene.com

     Education:  Clinical Psychology: PhD, 1990; MA 1982  
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY

    Orientation:  Cognitive-behavioral/Acceptance & Commitment Therapy/Mindfulness

   Specialty Areas:  Individual and Family therapy in

	Anger Management & Domestic Abuse Issues (victim and abuser)
	Relationships, hetero- and homosexual
	PSTD, DID & Trauma (sexual, emotional, physical abuse)
	Addiction & Codependency
	Panic, Anxiety, Depression & General Psychological Issues
	Personality Disorders

    Experience:

               Private Practice 1991-present

Candler NC (2/10 to present)

Nanuet, NY (1991 to present)

Monroe, NY (beginning 12/03 to 12/09)

Mahwah, NJ (until 11/03)

               Director, Quality Assurance &
               Treatment Team Leader 1992-1998
Blaisdell Alcoholism Treatment Center, NYS OASAS Orangeburg, NY

              Senior Psychologist 1989-1992
Rockland Psychiatric Center, NYS OMH, Orangeburg, NY

                Clinical Specialist 1986-1989
Community Mental Health Centers, Dumont & Englewood, NJ

                Clinical Psychology Intern 1983-1984
Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center & Satellite Clinics, Wingdale, Carmel & White Plains, NY

    Specialized Training & Experience:

Systemic & Cognitive Behavioral Family and Marital Therapy; Individual Cognitive Behavior Therapy of Addiction; Codependence; Verbal & Physical Abuse issues; Anger; Eating Disorders; Personality Disorders, General Psychological Problems. DBT, ACT.

    Dissertation Research: Skill and Anxiety in Heterosocial Competence (1990)

    Professional Organizations:

• Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy

• Association for Contextual Behavioral Science 

•  NC Psychological Association

    Publications:

Contributor: Is It Abuse?: Prevention, February 2006

Contributor: When He Doesn’t Love You Back, Cosmopolitan Magazine, July 2004

Dr Irene's Verbal Abuse (Site)! at http://www.drirene.com is wholly owned, funded, created, and maintained by Dr. Irene.

Dr. Irene on Sociopaths. Irene Matiatos, The Forensic Therapist, February 2002

Contributing Editor, Vicus.com. Since Vicus went down, the following are available here: 

I cry so much of the time: One psychologist's experience using St. John's Wort. (2000)   

The role of SAMe in the treatment of depression. (2000)   

My angry client Jake (2000)

     Personal: Dr. Irene is (happily) married and lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina with her husband and their 4 kitties. The Pumkin (an orange alley cat),  Tuffy (an orange feral cat), and Moxie (a black feral), and Sassafras (a black and white feral). She is a practicing Christian, a former illustrator, and her interests include feral kitties, gaming, interior design, & her husband's model trains. She does the train scenery and some electronics, which invariably short-circuit. She is a self-taught computer whiz; is a great cook - on a perpetual diet that never works, and grudgingly finds almost enough time for exercise. She is neither modest nor untruthful.