After earning a B.S. degree from Villanova University, Dr.
DiGiuseppe received his Ph.D. from Hofstra University in 1975. He
completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Albert Ellis Institute
in 1977. Dr. DiGiuseppe joined St. John's in 1987, where he
developed a doctoral program in school psychology and received the
University's Faculty Achievement Medal. He is presently professor
and chair of the psychology department.
Since 1980, Dr. DiGiuseppe also served as Director of
Professional Education of the Albert Ellis institute. He has
trained hundreds of therapists in REBT and CBT. He received the
Jack Krasner early career contribution award from APA's Division of
Psychotherapy and has elected a fellow of the American
Psychological Association's divisions of Psychotherapy, Clinical,
School and Family Psychology.
Dr. DiGiuseppe helped develop the Diplomate in Behavioral
Psychology (1986-87) and served on the Diplomate board. He was
associate program chair (1995), and program chair (1996) for
Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT). He has
served on the editorial board of AABT's Cognitive and Behavioral
Practice since its founding. He served as AABT convention
coordinator (1997 - 2000) and associate convener for the 2001 World
Congress for Behavior Therapy. Dr. DiGiuseppe developed and
promoted popular convention formats such as the Master Clinician
Series and the World Rounds demonstrations. Dr. DiGiuseppe was
elected AABT representative-at-large in 2001. He is presently
President Elect of this organization which has changed its name to
the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (previously
known as the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy).
Dr. DiGiuseppe has contributed to the scientific and clinical
literature with six books, more than ninety chapters and articles,
and more than a hundred conference presentations. His present
scholarship focuses on clinical aspects of anger, on which he
lectures widely. He lives with this wife and four children, ages
eight through twenty-three, and cooks great risotto.