Background
Pontius, James Franklin was born on August 13, 1954 in Barberton, Ohio, United States.
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James Franklin Pontius
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Bachelor in Psychology, U. Akron, 1976; Master of Arts in Psychology, U. Akron, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology, U. Akron, 1982.
Career
School psychologist, Norton (Ohio) City Schools, 1979-1980;
from psychology assistant to psychologist, Portage Path Community Mental Health Center, Barberton, 1982-1984;
psychologist, Fallsview Psychiatric Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio., 1984-1985;
private practice, Akron, Ohio., since 1984;
clinical director, psychologist, Youth Residential Superior vena cava syndrome of Summit County, Inc., Rootstown, 1985-1988;
clinical assistant professor College Medicine, Northeastern Ohio U., 1985-1987;
private practice, Center for Short-Term Therapy, Canton, Ohio., since 1989. Consultant Parenting Stress Index Associations, Cuyahoga Falls, 1979-1981, Alcohol and Drug Assistance, Inc., 1984-1987, Crisis Intervention Center of Stark County, Inc., Canton, since 1986, New Directions Weight Loss Program, Akron City Hospital, since 1987, Accreditation Program for Psychiatric Facilities, Joint Commision on Accreditation of Healthcare Orgns., since 1988, Timken Mercy Medical Center, Canton, 1988-1990, Adolescent Chemical Dependency Unit, Barberton Citizens Hospital, since 1989. Instructor department special programs U. Akron, 1982, 83.
Speaker Akron Dental Society Spring Clinic, 1986. Presenter Billie Lorilan Memorial Seminar for Nurses, Akron chapter, American Heart Association, 1985, Northeastern Ohio U. College Medicine, 1982.
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Membership
Member APA (symposium presenter annual convention 1987), Ohio Psychological Association, National Register Health Svc. Providers in Psychology.
