So...
who is Shawn Prichard?For starters, here is his "About Dr. Prichard" page:
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Dr. Shawn Prichard's Biographical and Professional History
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Dr. Shawn Prichard was born and raised in Westport and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He received his Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. His Doctoral program was in Counseling Psychology with a minor in Marriage and Family Therapy.
During his graduate school career, Shawn Prichard was a published author, focusing on work with Personal Construct Psychology, Death and Dying, Vocational Development, Juvenile Diabetes, and Men's Issues. He also spent 3 years actively treating and participating in research related to either conduct-disordered, delinquent, troubled adolescents and young adults.
After completing his dissertation, Shawn Prichard was commissioned in the United States Air Force and once placed on Active Duty, was promoted to the rank of Captain after completing Officer Training School.
Shawn Prichard then did a one year residency in Clinical Psychology at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. After his residency, he was assigned to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, where Dr. Prichard initially served as a staff psychologist with patient care responsibilities, as well as the responsibility for running the Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Program and the Family Advocacy Program.
Ultimately, Dr. Shawn Prichard was promoted to Clinic Chief, responsible for the supervision of all clinical and support staff, the Alcohol and Family Advocacy Programs, as well as the Early Childhood Intervention Program. Additionally, Shawn Prichard was appointed as an Adjunct Faculty Member to both Air University and the Noncommissioned Officers Academy.
During his tour of duty at Maxwell Air Force Base, Shawn Prichard received training in Post Traumatic Stress, American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criterion training related to addiction treatment, Family Advocacy Training, and classroom and real-time exercises with the Federal Bureau of Investigations as part of the base's hostage negotiation team. Shawn Prichard received the Air Force Commendation Medal prior to his honorable discharge in August, 1999.
Following his honorable discharge, Shawn Prichard took a position as a therapist at a residential treatment program. In 10 months, he was promoted to Chief Clinical Officer, responsible for the supervision of all therapists, as well as for the development and implementation of the clinical treatment plans of all members of the residential program.
He held that position for almost 9 years, supervising and training more than 20 therapists, and overseeing the effective and normally successful clinical treatment plans of some 1200 members of the program, most of whom were adolescents and young adults with very difficult and complicated presentations and long and difficult treatment histories. Dr. Shawn Prichard has since left the residential program and is in private practice in Katonah, New York
