Department of Psychiatry, URMC

William H. Watson, Ph.D.

Academic and Clinical Appointments

University of Rochester Institute for the Family

Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology) and Neurology

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
300 Crittenden Boulevard
Rochester, New York 14642-8409

(585) 275-0322

William_Watson@urmc.rochester.edu

Education

Ph.D.	Rosemead School of Psychology (APA Approved) Biola University, Los Angeles, California, Clinical Psychology 6/85

M.A.	Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University, Los Angeles, California Clinical Psychology 6/79

B.A.	Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Psychology 6/75

9/82 to 8/83 Internship in Clinical Psychology	San Fernando Valley Child Guidance Clinic, Northridge, California.

5/86-9/87, Postdoctoral fellowship in Family Therapy	Family Therapy Training Program, University of Rochester Medical Center

9/87 to 5/89 Family Therapy Training	Family Therapy Training Program, University of Rochester Medical Center

Research
Focus and
Interests

Dr. Watson's research, teaching and clinical interests explore family systems, spirituality, and couples therapy. He is also interested in the diagnosis of mind and body problems. Dr. Watson is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology) and Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center

Professional Overview

Dr. Watson has particular interest in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with somatoform disorders, and in education and training in family psychology. He is the family psychology consultant to the Strong Epilepsy Center and is on the senior training faculty of the Family Therapy Training Program in the Department of Psychiatry.

Dr. Watson came to the University of Rochester from Los Angeles in 1986 to do a fellowship in family therapy. He has been on the faculty since 1987.

Dr. Watson is active on the board of the APA Division 43, Family Psychology, and a member of APA Division 36, Psychology of Religion. He is also a clinical member and Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and a member of the American Family Therapy Academy and the Christian Association for Psychological Studies.

Selected Publications

Rosenberg, T. and Watson, W. (In press) Families and Health: An Attachment Perspective. In J. Bray & M. Stanton (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Family Psychology, New York: Blackwell Publishing.

Watson, W. and McDaniel, S. (2005) Managing emotional reactivity in couples facing illness: Smoothing out the emotional roller coaster, In M. Harway (Ed.), Handbook of couples therapy, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 253-271.

Watson, W. (2002) Leadership and Emotion: Systems Theory in the Workplace, The Family Psychologist, 18(4), 20-21.

Sheilds, C., & Watson, W. (2002), A conversation with Dr. Lyman Wynne: The role of diagnosis in family therapy. AAMFT’s Family Therapy Magazine, 1(3), 20-25.

Watson, W., Landau, J., & Lamberti, S. (2002) “It’s all about the dog”: Family secrets, cutoffs, and abuse in a case of chronic depression, In D.A. Baptiste, Jr. (Ed.), Clinical epiphanies in marital and family therapy: A practitioner's casebook of therapeutic insights, perceptions, and breakthroughs, New York: Haworth Press, 391-403.

Watson, W. (2001) The advantages of postdoctoral training in family psychology. APPIC Newsletter (Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers), 23(3), pp. 14, 22.

Watson, W. and McDaniel, S., (2000), Relational therapy in medical settings: Working with somatizing patients and their families, Journal of Clinical Psychology/In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice, 56(8), 1037-1050.

Watson, W. and McDaniel, S. (1998) Assessment in Transitional Family Therapy: The importance of context, In J. W. Barron (Ed.), Making diagnosis meaningful: Enhancing evaluation and treatment of psychological disorders. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association, (Chapter 6), 161-195.

Watson, W. (1997), Soul and system: The integrative possibilities of family therapy, Journal of Psychology and Theology, 25 (1), 123-135.

Watson, W. (1991) The generic recursive epistobabble generator (G.R.E.G.). Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 17(2), 201-202.