TIMOTHY B. CONLEY, Ph.D., M.S.W., C.A.S.
dr.tim.conley@bc.edu

(w) 508-451-8836

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Context validity of substance abuse and mental health assessment instruments
• Alcohol related crimes including drunk driving and domestic violence
• Applying statistical modeling to social work practice research

TEACHING INTERESTS

• Quantitative Methods
• Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse/Dependency
• Theory and Practice of Social Work
• Human Behavior in the Social Environment

BOSTON COLLEGE, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Ph.D., Social Work 2001

Dissertation Committee Chair: Thomas O'Hare, Ph.D.

Topic: "Construct Validity of the SAD-Q, MAST and AUDIT with Multiple Offender Drunk Drivers."

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, New York

Masters of Social Work 1987

Formal concentration in occupational social work

President, Social Work Graduate Student Organization

Bachelor in Arts, Liberal Arts 1985

Concentration in cognitive psychology

Two year recipient of the Frances B. and Paige D. L'Hommedieu full scholarship

Awarded Francis Sessions Hutchins Fellowship upon graduation

NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Haverhill, Massachusetts

Associate in Arts, Liberal Arts 1983

Highest Honors; accepted for transfer to Williams College

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences

Developed and implemented original new curriculum for undergraduate statistics courses fall and spring. Conducted senior seminar concurrent with 12 credit field placement for psychology and criminal justice students.

BOSTON COLLEGE, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Graduate Research Assistant, Social Work 2000-2001

Provided technical assistance concerning statistics and research methodology to Ph.D. candidates and visiting international social work scholars. Consulted on quantifying social science theory. Conducted SPSS training seminars. Developed on-line data access protocols.

NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Haverhill, Massachusetts 1989-1992 Instructor

• Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counselor Training Program
• Teaching departmental courses:
• Developmental Psychology
• Principles of Behavior Modification
• Essentials of Group Therapy
• Modalities of Treatment

CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINER, New England 1990 - Present

Self Employed Trainer

Created and conducted new training seminars for professional Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for Social Workers, Nurses and Psychologists. Training sites and seminars include:

• Boston College, Boston, MA
• Diagnosing Alcohol Dependency
• Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
• Psychological and Social Factors Associated with Adolescent Alcohol Abuse
• Boundaries and Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice
• Alcoholism: Disease of Denial
• Chemical Dependency and Intimacy Dysfunction
• University of New England, Biddeford, ME
• Theories of Addiction
• Salem State College, Salem, MA
• Resistant Reluctant Clients: Effective Communications Techniques
• Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
• Assessment and Diagnosis of Chemical Dependency
• Diagnostic Evaluation of the Mental Health Client
• Additional training sites include:
• Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, MA
• Middlesex County Hospital, Waltham, MA
• The Massachusetts Department of Correction, Criminal Justice Training Center,
• Medfield State Hospital, Medfield, MA
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Hampshire, Manchester, NH
• Center for Addictive Behaviors, Beverly Hospital, Beverly, MA

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

PRIVATE PRACTICE 1991-Present

Danvers and Newburyport, Massachusetts

Full time practice. Providing individual and groups psychotherapy to addicted and mentally ill clients. Functioned as a consulting clinical and social work field placement supervisor to a non-profit agency. Secured a three year contract with the U.S. Postal Service for EAP case management and provided services for up to 15 postal workers per week. Currently contracted with ComPsych Inc. of Chicago to provide full EAP services to 5500 General Electric Aircraft Engine Division employees, Lynn, MA; consultant to drug free workplace coordinator.

Brookline, Massachusetts

Program Development Consultant. Supported development of a non-profit education and training library. Stimulated and coordinated growth of education and training programs for addiction treatment professionals and the community. Researched and prepared publication of original outpatient detoxification protocols. Hired and supervised support staff.

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

OPTUM EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (Formerly IHR) 1991 -1996 Baltimore, MD

New England Regional Coordinator. Administered complete Employee Assistance Programs to several accounts with employee populations exceeding 3500. Provided work place wellness and stress management seminars and conducted supervisory training and consultation. Conducted assessment, evaluation and referral for clients with a wide range of clinical issues.

BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATES, THE DELPHI CENTER 1989 - 1991

Danvers, Massachusetts

Director. Managed a behavior therapy practice's business including: accounting, hiring clinicians and consultants, marketing, and coordinating quality assurance policies. Provided individual and group psychotherapy for chemically dependent individuals.

Waltham, MA

Senior Counselor at a fourteen day court ordered inpatient treatment program for multiple offender drunk drivers. Clinical responsibilities included assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis of chemical dependency and facilitating short term group therapy. Developed and taught new psycho-educational classes. Served as a member of the Treatment Review Team formulating special clinical interventions for non-compliant cases. This became the site of my dissertation work in 2001.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

• "Establishing Optimal Cut Points for Rapid Assessment Instruments in a Practice Setting: Effective Use of Receiver Operating Characteristics" poster accepted by Society for Social Work and Research for presentation at annual conference January 2003.
• "Factorial validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) with drunk drivers emergency room patients, and colleges students" oral presentation at Society for Social Work and Research Conference, San Diego CA, January 2002.
• "Construct Validity of the MAST and AUDIT with multiple offender drunk drivers" Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Vol 20/4, June 2001, p. 287-295.
• Electronic publications for the practice community at: http://drconley.wellplace.com (2001-2002)
• "Pain Medication and Recovering Addicts"
• "The Addict as Scholar: Recovering Persons in College"
• "Alcoholism and Underlying Causes"
• "The story of the Moral"
• "Recovering Alcoholic, Stressful Winter Holiday"
• "Meetings Make Me Want to Drink"
• "Sexual Abuse and Recovery from Alcoholism"
• "The Summertime of Recovery"
• "Relapse"
• "Construct validity of the MAST and AUDIT with multiple offender drunk drivers: Results of a preliminary analysis" oral presentation at Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Atlanta GA, January, 2001.
• "SPSS: an overview for beginning and intermediate users" presented at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, Boston, MA, fall 2000, fall 2001.

• "Critical issues in treating the substance abuser: Existentialist philosophy and the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous" Drug and Alcohol Use Disorders Conference sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society, 1991.
• "Issues in self disclosure: The recovering counselor in the treatment process"
• National Organization of Human Services Education, Annual Conference, 1990.

• American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders
• Society for Social Work and Research
• Council on Social Work Education
• National Association of Social Workers
• Employee Assistance Professional Association (past)
• NASW (MA chapter) Alcohol and Drug Abuse Committee (past)
• United States Chess Federation
• Life Member: Massachusetts Chess Association
• American Museum of Natural History

• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (MA # 1020283)
• Certified Addiction Specialist, American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders (1996 to present)
• Certified Field Placement Supervisor: Boston University, 1996-1998