EDUCATION

Howard University: M.S.W. with double major in Social Casework and Community Organization, 1967 [scholastic achievement award for graduating second in class]. Masters Thesis: Romantic Love: Its Conception and Role among Low-Income, Unwed Mothers.

Temple University: B.S. in Pre-Social Work, 1964 (cum laude).

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Licensed Social Worker, License Number SW-002214-E. (1989)

American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work, Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, Cert. No. 04689. (1988)

National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists, Certified Group Psychotherapist, Founder Cert. No. 6316. (1996)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Psychotherapy: long-term and short-term individual psychotherapy with a broad range of clients: all socioeconomic levels, various ethnic groups, inpatient, partial and outpatient, chronic and acute populations, all ages (children through elderly).

Crisis Intervention: evaluate and treat all psychiatric emergencies in major urban hospital: consult with emergency room teams, intake and diagnose, coordinate social services and provide liaison with accident ward and other community agencies.

Group Therapy: experienced with long-term psychodynamic group therapy; group therapy with parents of ex-cultists, with ex-cultists, with the elderly, with women on receiving unit of state psychiatric hospital; co-led outpatient long-term psychotherapy group for college students; resocialization groups with chronic patients; support groups with Multiple Sclerosis patients.

Gerontology: outpatient and inpatient clinical social work with the elderly; former Director of geriatric partial hospitalization program at a major teaching hospital.

Marital, Couples and Family Counseling including alternative lifestyles and gender-sensitive counseling.

Developmental Disabilities and Special Needs: clinical social work with adults and families with developmental disabilities and other special needs.

Exit-counseling: re-entry therapy and rehabilitation counseling with current and former members of destructive religious cults and other manipulative social movements.

Sexual compulsivity/addiction: completed Del Amo Hospital's five day intensive training with Patrick Carnes, Ph.D., CAS ("Counseling the Sexual Addict").

Unit Director of geriatric partial hospitalization program. Experience with program planning, development and execution, coordination and implementation, staff and student supervision, supervision of supportive staff. Chairperson of Education Committee.

City-wide coordinator of counseling service for major Philadelphia social service agency.

Secretary and Board of Directors, founding member, Association Against Client Exploitation by Professionals.

Board of Directors, founding member, Financial Secretary, Recording Secretary and Vice President of Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work.

Supervision: supervised social work students and social work staff, emergency room personnel, medical students and residents, pastoral counselors and house staff. Facilitated morning rounds in psychiatric ward of urban hospital. Supervised community college students in mental health program. Private supervision of clinical social worker; supervision of clinical social workers under auspices of the Clinical Institute of the Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work.

Teaching: Assistant Instructor in Psychiatry, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital; Instructor in Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania. Field Instructor, Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, 1979-80, 1986-87.

Organization: organized social work program at Martin's Run retirement community; as coordinator of cult service, organized clinic and outreach program, networked with other mental health professionals, agencies and parents' organizations nationwide.

Outreach: public speaking and education to synagogues, churches, women's groups, religious classes; appearances on television and radio talk shows.

Battered women: investigator with battered women research project, Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Destructive cults: maintained and updated comprehensive files on destructive cults for city agency and mental health network.

Psychotherapy outcome: principal investigator for continuing outcome study of interventions in cult-related cases; periodic publication of results.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Dubrow, L., Dubrow-Eichel, S., & Eisenberg, R. (1997, November). When the therapeutic relationship becomes sick: Undue influence and iatrogenic therapy. CE workshop accepted for presentation at the annual Renfrew Foundation conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Dubrow, L., Dubrow-Eichel, S., Eisenberg, R. (1994, November). Cults, dissociation, and women: Combating induced reenactments of abuse and shame. CE workshop presented at the annual Renfrew Foundation conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Eisenberg, R., Dubrow-Eichel, S., Dubrow-Eichel, L., & Abels, D. (1992, March). Psychotherapeutic techniques for victims of destructive cults. Symposium presented at the annual national convention of the American Association for Counseling & Development, Baltimore, MD.

Eisenberg, R., Dubrow Eichel, S., Dubrow Eichel, L., Schoenberg, G. & Eisenberg, S. (1983, June). Psychotherapy for ex-cultists: A new specialty? Pennsylvania Psychological Association annual meeting, Lancaster, PA.

Sifford, D. (1983, October 9). Cults: They're very much alive. [Interview with Roberta Eisenberg and Steve Dubrow Eichel]. Philadelphia Inquirer, pp. 1-H, 15-H.

Sifford, D. (1983, October 10). Cults: Educating children is the best prevention. [Interview with Roberta Eisenberg and Steve Dubrow Eichel]. Philadelphia Inquirer, p. 4-C.

Eisenberg, R., Dubrow Eichel, S., Dubrow Eichel, L., Schoenberg, G. & Eisenberg, S. (1984, January). The cult syndrome. Citizens Freedom Foundation general meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Dubrow Eichel, S., Dubrow Eichel, L. & Eisenberg, R. (1984). Mental health interventions in cult-related cases: A preliminary investigation of outcomes. Cultic Studies Journal, 1, 156-166.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Practice in clinical social work and supervision, Lansdowne, PA. (1981-present)

Verree Psychology Group, Philadelphia, PA. Clinical Associate (private practice). (1988-present)

Re-Entry Therapy, Information & Referral Network, Philadelphia & Lansdowne, PA. Co-founder and Clinical Associate. (1983-present)

Access Behavioral Care, Provider. (1997-present)

The Meadows (Wickenburg, AZ): Clinical Associate, Sexual Disorder Services program. (1996- )

Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Unit Director, West Philadelphia Partial Hospitalization Service. (1991-1995)

Del Amo Hospital, Masters & Johnson Sexual Trauma/Sexual Disorders Unit (Torrance, CA): Clinical Associate. (1994- )

Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work Institute, Philadelphia, PA. Supervisor. (1989-1994)

Jewish Family & Children's Service, Philadelphia, PA. (Coordinator of Cult Service, 1981-84; Refugee resettlement services, 1989-90). (1981-1991)

Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Community Mental Health Center Crisis Service, Upland, PA. (1978-1987)

Medical College of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Psychiatry, (Emergency Psychiatry Team), Philadelphia, PA. (1977-1981)

Philadelphia General Hospital, Inpatient psychiatric unit, Philadelphia, PA. (1977)

Hall-Mercer Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center (Pennsylvania Hospital), Philadelphia, PA. (1973-1976)

Poplar Street Outpatient Clinic, Hahnemann Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Philadelphia, PA. (1971-1972)

Blue Ridge Community Mental Health Clinic, Charlottesville, VA. (1970-1971)

Western State Hospital, Stanton, VA. (1970)

Hahnemann Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Emergency Service, Philadelphia, PA. (1967-1970)

Family and Children's Service, Day Care Dept., Washington, DC. (1964-1965)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Fellow, Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work: founding member; member, Board of Directors (1971-83), Licensing Committee. (1971-present)

Board Member and Co-Chair (1997-present), Licensure Committee, Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work. (1996-present)

Pennsylvania Social Work Coalition (political advocacy). (1996-present)

SELECTED ADDITIONAL TRAINING

1997 - Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work: Workshop on "A short course on Gestalt therapy in an experiential group model" (with Jacquelyn Cohen, ACSW, and Virginia McIntosh, LSW, BCD).

Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work: Workshop on "The Stone Center model of relational therapy: Introduction and special applications to working with shame and trauma" (with Judith Jordan, Ph.D.).

Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute and Society: Attended 28th Annual Margaret S. Mahler Symposium on "The colors of childhood: Separation-individuation across cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity."

The Family Institute of Philadelphia: Workshop on "What to do when the impossible happens: The healing of traumatic loss and grief" (with Daniel Gottlieb, Ph.D., et. al.).

1996 - Women's Therapists' Network: Workshop on "Personality development: Can it help us understand gender differences in depression" (with Laurel Lipshutz, M.D.)

The Family Institute of Philadelphia: Workshop on "Therapy today: Ethical dilemmas" (with Vincent Gioe, Ph.D.).

Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute and Society: Attended 27th Annual Margaret S. Mahler Symposium on "Through the seasons of life: Separation-individuation perspectives."

Philadelphia Center for Psychoanalytic Education: Intensive training in child and family therapy, including:

"The child in context: Theory and technique" (with John Frank, M.D.).

"The child in context: Psychoanalytic assessment and family therapy" (with Maxine Margolies, M.F.T.).

"The child in context: Psychoanalytic treatment of children and families" (with Alex Glijansky, M.D., and Robert Kravis, Ph.D.).

J & K Seminars: Workshop on "Working with abused children and their families" (with Eliana Gil, Ph.D.).

1995 - Del Amo Hospital: Workshop on "Assessing, diagnosing and treating the sex offender" (with Elizabeth Griffin, M.A.).

Masters & Johnson Sexual Trauma Program: Workshop on "Breaking the trauma bonds" (with Mark Schwartz, Sc.D.).

Masters & Johnson Sexual Trauma Program: Five-day advanced training in "Sexual trauma and dissociative disorders" (with Mark Schwartz, Sc.D., Lori Galperin, M.S.W., and Daniel Glaser, B.C.S.W.).

International Institute of Object Relations Therapy: Conference on "Traumatic realities and object relations" (with David Scharff, M.D.).

1994 - Del Amo Hospital: Five-day intensive training with Patrick Carnes, Ph.D., CAS ("Counseling the Sexual Addict").

Northwestern Institute of Psychiatry: Workshop on "The cultural context of sex and love addiction and recovery" (with Steve K. Dubrow-Eichel, Ph.D.).

1993 - Northwestern Institute of Psychiatry: Conference on "Outpatient treatment of sex and love addiction."

The Renfrew Foundation: Workshop on "Introduction to the treatment of eating disorders."