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William H. Watson, Ph.D.
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William H. Watson, Ph.D.
About Me
Faculty Appointments
Associate Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Family/Marriage (SMD)
Associate Professor - Department of Neurology, Epilepsy (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Post-doctoral Training & Residency
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Family Therapy, Family and Marriage Clinic, Family Therapy Training Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, M. Duncan Stanton; Judith Landau Stanton 1986 - 1987
Education
PhD | Biola University. Clinical Psychology. 1985
MA | Biola University. Clinical Psychology. 1979
BA | Princeton University. Psychology. 1975
Awards
Rita P. Underberg, Ph.D. Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Psychology Training Program. 2021 - 2021
Otto Thaler Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Residency Education in Psychotherapy. 2020
Otto Thaler Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Residency Education in Psychotherapy. 2016
Publications
Journal Articles
Le Roux P, Podgorski C, Rosenberg T, Watson WH, McDaniel S
Family process.. 2011 December 50 (4):544-60. Epub 1900 01 01.
Psychogenic non-epileptic attacks (PNEA) [Clinical Update Medical Series].
Watson, W. H. & Langfitt, J. T.
AAMFT Family Therapy Magazine. 2010; 9(5): 30-38.
Relational therapy in medical settings: Working with somatizing patients and their families
Watson, W. and McDaniel, S.
Journal of Clinical Psychology/In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice. 2000; 56(8): 1037-1050.
Books
Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Epilepsy (2015)
Chapter: Evaluation and management of psychogenic nonepileptic attacks
The Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (2012)
Chapter: Families Systems
Handbook of couples therapy (2005)
Chapter: Managing emotional reactivity in couples facing illness: Smoothing out the emotional roller coaster
Clinical epiphanies in marital and family therapy: A practitioner's casebook of (2002)
Chapter: "It's all about the dog": Family secrets, cutoffs, and abuse in a case of chronic depression
Making diagnosis meaningful: Enhancing evaluation and treatment of psychological (1998)
Chapter: Assessment in Transitional Family Therapy: The importance of context