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 throughout the
world. He received the Jack Krasner Early Career Contribution award
from APA's Division of Psychotherapy (29) 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 Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT). He
has served on the editorial board of AABT's Cognitive and
Behavioral Practice since its founding. He served as ABCT
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 ABCT representative-at-large in 2001. He is
presently President Elect of this organization.
Dr. DiGiuseppe has contributed to the scientific and clinical
literature with six books, more than 120 chapters and articles, and
hundreds of conference presentations. He is co-authored two
psychological tests, The Anger Disorders Scale (for Adults, and the
Anger Regulation and Expression Scale (for children and
adolescents). His present scholarship focuses on clinical aspects
of anger and Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behavior Therapies, on
which he lectures widely. He lives with this wife and four
children, ages thirteen through twenty-eight, and cooks great
risotto.