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Suinn, Richard Michael was born on May 8, 1933 in Honolulu. Son of Maurice and Edith (Wong) Suinn.
(This book owes its existence to an ideal, a burning frust...)
This book owes its existence to an ideal, a burning frustration, and a trusted believer. The ideal was the sense that governed my feelings about systematic desensitization during my early introduction to its benefits. It is hard to put into words the initial doubts that pervaded me during my first attempt with desensitization with a seriously phobic client, as I re ligiously worked my way through the procedure: "Will this client really become relaxed? And then what-will the visualization actually occur? And then what-will the fear really vanish, just like that?" And oh, the feeling of discovery, and validation, when indeed the process worked, and worked well. Desensitization was everything it was claimed to be: systematic, clean, theoretically grounded, empirically tested, applicable as a behavioral technology regardless of one's own theoretical bias. And there were testable outcomes; concrete evidence for change. So I became invested and aimed at doing more with desensitization. My students and I raised some theoretical questions in order to open the doors for revising the desensitization to improve on its applications. We tested the rapidity with which desensitization could be accomplished, shortening the time by shortening the anxiety hierarchy. Along with others, we studied the question of group delivery, and reducing the total number of sessions, as well as examining the use of audiotaped delivery of services.
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(This book owes its existence to an ideal, a burning frust...)
This book owes its existence to an ideal, a burning frustration, and a trusted believer. The ideal was the sense that governed my feelings about systematic desensitization during my early introduction to its benefits. It is hard to put into words the initial doubts that pervaded me during my first attempt with desensitization with a seriously phobic client, as I re ligiously worked my way through the procedure: "Will this client really become relaxed? And then what-will the visualization actually occur? And then what-will the fear really vanish, just like that?" And oh, the feeling of discovery, and validation, when indeed the process worked, and worked well. Desensitization was everything it was claimed to be: systematic, clean, theoretically grounded, empirically tested, applicable as a behavioral technology regardless of one's own theoretical bias. And there were testable outcomes; concrete evidence for change. So I became invested and aimed at doing more with desensitization. My students and I raised some theoretical questions in order to open the doors for revising the desensitization to improve on its applications. We tested the rapidity with which desensitization could be accomplished, shortening the time by shortening the anxiety hierarchy. Along with others, we studied the question of group delivery, and reducing the total number of sessions, as well as examining the use of audiotaped delivery of services.
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Suinn, Richard Michael was born on May 8, 1933 in Honolulu. Son of Maurice and Edith (Wong) Suinn.
Student, University Hawaii, 1953. Bachelor summa cum laude, Ohio State University, 1955. Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Stanford University, 1957.
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, Stanford University, 1959. Doctorate (honorary), California School Professional Psychology, 1999.
Counselor Stanford University, California, 1958-1959, research associate Medical School, 1964-1966. Assistant professor psychology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1959-1964. Associate professor University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1966-1968.
Professor Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1968-1999, head department psychology, 1972-1993, emeritus professor, since 2000. Consultant in field; psychologist United States Ski Teams, 1976, Olympic Games, United States Women's Track and Field, 1980 Olympic Games, United States Ski Jumping Team, 1988, United States Shooting Team, 1994. Member sports psychology advisory committee United States Olympic Committee, 1983-1989.
Reviewer National Institute of Mental Health, 1977-1980, 94-98.
(This book owes its existence to an ideal, a burning frust...)
(This book owes its existence to an ideal, a burning frust...)
Member City Council, Fort Collins, 1975-1979, mayor, 1978-1979. Member Governor's Mental Health Advisory Council, 1983, Colorado Board Psychologist Examiners, 1983-1986. Fellow American Psychological Association (chairman board ethnic minority affairs 1982-1983, chairman education and training board 1986-1987, policy and planning board 1987-1989, publications board 1993-1997, board directors 1990-1993, president-elect 1998, president 1999, chairman membership committee 2005, chairman presidential task force on enhancing diversity, 2005, council of representative, chairman board convention affaires), Behavior Therapy and Research Society (charter).
Member American Psychological Foundation (trustee 2000-2004), Association for Advancement Psychology (trustee 1983-1986), Association for Advancement Behavior Therapy (secretary-treasurer 1986-1989, president 1992-1993), Asian American Psychological Association (board directors 1983-1988), American Board Behavior Therapy (board directors 1987-2000), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Grace D. Toy, July 26, 1958. Children: Susan, Randall, Staci, Bradley.