Student Handbook - Argosy University
Student Handbook - Argosy University
Student Handbook - Argosy University
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Roger Karlsson, PhD<br />
<strong>University</strong> of California, Berkeley<br />
Faculty, Clinical Psychology<br />
Dr. Karlsson became a licensed psychologist in Sweden 1993 and became a member of the<br />
Swedish Psychoanalytic Society in 1998. He had a private practice as a psychoanalyst for many<br />
years before moving to the United States. He gained substantial clinical experience working in<br />
the psychodynamic tradition with patients suffering disorders and low-structured personality<br />
disorders. Later, he received a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at <strong>University</strong> of California,<br />
Berkeley. His research interests are psychotherapy process and outcome studies, attachment<br />
theory, and forensic psychology. His teaching is focused on psychodynamic theory and issues<br />
in forensic psychology. He has a private practice in the South Bay with a focus on forensic<br />
psychology.<br />
Jon Klimo, PhD<br />
Rosebridge Graduate School of Integrative Psychology<br />
Faculty, Clinical Psychology<br />
Jon Klimo, a graduate of Brown <strong>University</strong> and Rosebridge Graduate School of Integrative<br />
Psychology, has taught in doctoral programs for over 35 years, including 8 years at Rutgers<br />
<strong>University</strong> and chairing more than 200 dissertations in the process. He is a Transpersonal<br />
Psychologist, Parapsychologist, and authority on consciousness studies, creativity, and new<br />
paradigm science. At <strong>Argosy</strong> <strong>University</strong>, San Francisco Bay Area, he specializes in qualitative<br />
research methods, especially phenomenological research, teaching a number of the content<br />
courses, advising, and chairing clinical research projects. He has published, given conference<br />
presentations, and conducted original research in a number of new paradigm and transpersonal<br />
areas.<br />
Clifford D. Kusaj, PsyD<br />
Baylor <strong>University</strong><br />
Adjunct Faculty, Forensic Psychology<br />
Dr. Kusaj was a pre-doctoral intern at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, NC and<br />
post-doctoral fellow in forensic psychology at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino, CA. In<br />
addition to his duties as an adjunct faculty member at <strong>Argosy</strong> <strong>University</strong>, San Francisco Bay<br />
Area, Dr. Kusaj is a member of the psychology department at San Quentin State Prison and he<br />
has a private practice where he specializes in clinical and forensic assessment and consultation.<br />
Dr.Kusaj’s areas of interest include criminal competencies, the insanity defense, treatment of<br />
mentally disordered offenders, and forensic-related assessment (e.g., malingering, psychopathy,<br />
violence risk assessment). He has instructed courses in personality and cognitive assessment<br />
at Baylor <strong>University</strong> and he currently teaches Forensic Program Development and Evaluation.<br />
Richard Lichtman, PhD<br />
Yale <strong>University</strong><br />
Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Psychology<br />
Dr. Lichtman has a PhD in philosophy and a Masters degree in psychology. He has taught<br />
History and Systems of Psychology and Social Psychology at <strong>Argosy</strong> <strong>University</strong>. He has also<br />
taught a great variety of courses in his thirty five years at the Wright Institute - Existential<br />
Psychotherapy; Death and Dying; a Critical Look at Object Relations; Political Psychology;<br />
Sexuality, Love and the Body; Phenomenology; Critical Theory; Social Class and Mental Illness;<br />
Psychology and Religion; Studies in Psychoanalysis; the Psychology of Art; etc. He has a very<br />
wide range of interests having taught in philosophy, sociology, political theory, aesthetics,<br />
psychology and the humanities.<br />
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