Craig Wiener

Educational Psychology

01609, Worcester, MA, USA

Addictions, ADHD, Anger Management, Anxiety/Panic Disorders, Behavioral Problems, Depression, Eating Disorders, Marriage & Divorce, Parenting Issues, Self Abuse, Stress, Trauma/PTSD, Obesity/Weight Loss

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Children, Adolescents, Young Adults, Adults, Seniors

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Dr. Craig B. Wiener is a licensed Psychologist based in Worcester, Massachusetts where he specializes in the treatment of children, adolescents and families. Dr. Wiener obtained his Doctorate Degree from the Clark University in 1979, and he is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Massachusetts Psychological Association. In addition to forty years of private practice, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He has taught in the Psychology Graduate Department at Clark University and in the Undergraduate Psychology departments at Worcester State University and Anna Maria College. For more than two decades, he was the Clinical Director of Mental Health Services at Family Health Center of Worcester where he supervised a large staff of clinicians, Post-doctoral Fellows, and Pre-doctoral Psychology and Social Work Interns Throughout his career, Dr. Wiener has questioned the growing tendency to make behavioral problems medical disabilities. His groundbreaking work with ADHD shows that the behaviors included in the ADHD diagnosis can become frequent due to reinforcement. He shows parents how to stop those reinforcements and alternatively develop their child’s self-reliance and cooperation. Dr. Craig B. Wiener is the author of three books on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). His first two books: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as a Learned Behavioral Pattern: A Return to Psychology (2007), and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as a Learned Behavioral Pattern: A Less Medicinal More Self-reliant Collaborative Intervention (2007) are written for professionals. These books critique traditional views about ADHD and highlight the problems associated with traditional ADHD interventions. His third book, Parenting Your Child with ADHD: A No-Nonsense Guide for Nurturing Self-reliance and Cooperation (2012) gives parents a powerful new

License State: Massachusetts, License No.: 2580

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Clark University

1979

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