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CURRICULUM VITAE: Matt O’Brien

EDUCATIONEMPLOYMENTTRAINING COURSES DELIVERED
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MANUSCRIPTS

NAME:  Liam Eric Marshall


ADDRESS:

Rockwood Psychological Services

303 Bagot Street, Suite 403

Kingston , Ontario , Canada , K7K 5W7

Telephone: 613.530.3606

Fax: 613.530.2895

Email: matt@rockwoodpsyc.com

Website: www.rockwoodpsyc.com

 

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Citizenship:  British (permanent resident status in Canada).

 

EDUCATION

B.Sc. (Hons.) Psychology          University of Sunderland, England, 1993.

M.A. Criminology         Keele University, England, 1994.

M.Sc. Applied Crim. Psych.      University of London, England, 1997.

 

EXPERIENCE

Consultant:  Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (ROHCG) St. Lawrence Valley Secure                   Treatment Unit, Brockville, Ontario, Canada. A Province of Ontario                   correctional facility for offenders with severe mental health issues,                   March 2006 - Present

 

Therapist:    Millhaven Assessment Unit Sex Offenders' Treatment Program, Bath,                   Ontario, January 2006 - Present.

Therapist:    Bath Institution Sex Offenders’ Treatment Program (Deniers and                              Maintenance), Bath, Ontario, January 2006 - Present.

Sr. Psychologist:     MPS, Offending Behaviour Programmes Unit, London, UK.                                        September 2002 – June 2005 

National Advisor:    HMPS, Drug Strategy Unit, London, UK. September 2000 – August                             2002.

 

Therapist/Supervisor:    HMPS Wandsworth, UK. Sexual Offender Core Programme,                                  Sexual Offender Extended Programme, Sexual Offender                                  Rolling Programme, Healthy Sexual Functioning Programme,                                  September 1997 – August 2000.

 

Head of Psychology:    HMP Wandsworth, UK. September 1998 – August 2000.

 

Therapist/Supervisor:   HMYOI Lancaster Farms, UK. Enhanced Thinking Skills                                            Programme, Anger Management Programme, Substance Abuse                                 Relapse Prevention Programme, September 1995 – August                                 1997.

 

Asst. Psychologist:    Harrow & Hillingdon Healthcare Trust, Drug and Alcohol Service.                               Substance abuse and adult mental health problems, September                               1994 – September 1995.

 

TRAINING COURSES DELIVERED

Trainer: Nebraska Department of Corrections. Training for therapists and prison and            parole staff who work with sexual offenders. Lincoln, Nebraska, May, 2007.

           Ontario Provincial Correctional Service (OCI). Training for therapists who            work with sexual offenders. Brampton, Ontario, Canada. June, 2006.

           Northern Ireland Prison Service, Rolling Programme for Sexual Offenders,            Belfast, Northern Ireland, February, 2006.

           Her Majesty’s Prison Service, Structured Assessment of Risk and Need                       Training, London, England, November, 2003; February 2004; May 2004;            November, 2004, March 2005.

           Her Majesty’s Prison Service, Healthy Sexual Functioning Programme for            Sexual Offenders, London, England, March, 2004.

           Her Majesty’s Prison Service, Rolling Programme for Sexual Offenders,            London, England, May, 2000; September 2002; February 2003; May, 2003;            September, 2003; January 2004; May, 2004; September, 2004; January 2005.

           Her Majesty’s Prison Service, Core Programme for Sexual Offenders, London,            England, May, 1998; May, 1999; May 2000.

           Scottish Prison Service, Programme for Sexual Offenders, Polmont, Scotland,            February 2002; May 2002.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

2007 – Present: Member, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA)

2006 – Present: Member, Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists, and Psychotherapists (OACCPP)

2004 -2006: Chartered Forensic Psychologist, British Psychological Society.

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AWARDS

Economic & Social Research Council, U.K 1994 - 1995.

 

COMMITTEES

University of Sunderland Student Representative Committee: 1992


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PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES – PEER REVIEWED

Marshall, W. L., Marshall, L. E., Serran, G. A., & O’Brien, M. D. (in press). Effective sexual offender treatment. Revista de Terapia Sexual y de Pareja. Numero 25, Agosto 2006.

O'Brien, M. D., & Webster, S.D. (under preparation). The Construction and Preliminary Validation of the Internet Behaviours & Attitudes Questionnaire (IBAQ)

Webster, S.D., Mann, R.E., Carter, A.J., Long, J., Milner, R.J., O’Brien, M.D., Wakeling, H.C., & Ray, N.L. (2006) Inter-rater reliability of dynamic risk assessment with sexual offenders. Psychology, Crime & Law, 12(4): 439-452.

BOOKS

Marshall, W.L., Marshall, L.E., Serran, G.A., & O’Brien, M. D. (projected 2008). Sexual Addiction in Sexual Offenders.

Fernandez, Y.M., Marshall, W.L., Marshall, L.E., Serran, G.A., & O’Brien, M.D. (projected 2008). Training Sexual Offender Therapists. Oklahoma City, OK: Wood’N’Barnes.

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BOOK CHAPTERS/INVITED PAPERS

Marshall, L. E., Marshall, W. L., Serran, G. A., & O’Brien, M. D. (under preparation). Motivational and therapeutic process in the treatment of sexual offenders. In B. Schwartz (Ed.), The Sex Offender (Vol. 6). Kingston, N.J: Civic Research Institute.

Marshall, L. E., & O’Brien, M. D. (in press). Sexual addiction in incarcerated sexual offenders. In A. R. Beech, L. A. Craig, & K. D. Browne (Eds.) Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook. Chichester, U.K: Wiley.

Marshall, W. L., O’Brien, M. D., & Marshall, L. E. (in press). Modifying sexual preferences. In A. R. Beech, L. A. Craig, & K. D. Browne (Eds.) Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook. Chichester, U.K: Wiley.

O'Brien, M. D. & Marshall, L. E. (under preparation). Sexual addiction

MANUALS

O’Brien, M. D. (2004). HSFP (Healthy Sexual Functioning Program). Accredited by the UK Correctional Services Accreditation Panel.

McMurran, M. & O’Brien, M. D. (2002). P-ASRO, (Prison-Addressing Substance Related Offending). Accredited by the UK Correctional Services Accreditation Panel.

PRESENTATIONS

Serran, G. E., & O’Brien, M. D. (October 2007). Treatment of Categorical Denial in Incarcerated Sexual Offenders. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Treatment and Research Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), San Diego, USA.

INVITED TALKS

O’Brien, M.D. (June, 2004). Internet Offending. Invited talk to Home Office Group on Internet Offending.

O’Brien, M.D. (March, 2004). Sexual Offender Treatment in HMPS. Invited talk to High Court Judges, Scarman Centre, Warwick University, England.

O’Brien, M.D. (February, 2004). Developing Healthy Sexual Functioning with Incarcerated Sexual Offenders. Invited talk to HMPS Treatment Managers, Coventry, England.

O’Brien, M.D. (June, 2003). Internet Offending. Invited talk to HMPS Wales Area Psychology Team, Usk, Wales.

O’Brien, M.D. (May, 2003). Development of the Internet Behaviour and Attitudes Questionnaire. Invited talk to COPINE, University of Cork, Ireland.

O’Brien, M.D. (April, 2003).Recent Developments in Sexual Offender Research. Invited talk to HMPS South-West Area Psychology Team

O’Brien, M.D. (March, 2003). Sexual Offender Treatment in HMPS. Invited talk to High Court Judges, Scarman Centre, Warwick University, England.

O’Brien, M.D. (December, 2002). Internet Offending. Invited talk to HMPS Treatment Managers, Wakefield, England.

O’Brien, M.D. (May, 2001). Drug Treatment in HMPS. Invited talk at the National Prison Drug Worker’s Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland.

O’Brien, M.D. (July, 1997). Forensic Psychology Invited talk to Psychology Undergraduate students, University of Manchester, England.

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