George Ronan Ph.D., ABPP

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Address:
Sloan Hall 202
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

Email: ronan1gf@cmich.edu

Website: The Violence Reduction Clinic

Vita
Bio:

Dr. Ronan joined the CMU faculty in 1989. From 1995 thru 1999, Dr. Ronan served as the Director of the department's affiliated training clinic, The Psychological Training and Consultation Center.  From 1999 thru 2005, Dr. Ronan  served as Director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology.  For the past 15 years, he has coordinated a clinical research program focused on violent offenders, The Violence Reduction Clinic at Central Michigan University.  Dr. Ronan has continued to maintain an interest in professional issue and serves as treasurer for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Professional Psychology specialization in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology. In his spare time he teaches social dance.

Research Interest:
  • Self-Control Training for Inmates
  • Violence reduction training for court ordered offenders
  • Developing a personal problem solving system for scoring narratives
  • Social Problem Solving
  • Psychological Assessment
Recent Research:

Swartz, S., Ronan, G., & Albano, A.  (in press).  The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.  In I. Weiner & E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology.

Ronan, G. F., Dreer, L. E., & Gerhart, J. I. (2008).  Adolescent psychiatric patients and their
parents: Comparison to a non-clinical cohort.  International Journal of Adolescent Health and Medicine, 20, 405-418.    

Ronan, G. F. & Gibbs, M. S. (2008). Scoring Manual for Personal Problem Solving System—Revised.  In S. Jenkins (Ed.), Handbook of Scoring Systems for the Thematic Apperception Test (pp. 201-219). New York: Taylor and Francis.

Ronan, G. F., Gibbs, M. S., Dreer, L. E., & Slezak, J. S. (2008). Personal Problem-Solving System—Revised. In S. Jenkins (Ed.), Handbook of Scoring Systems for the Thematic Apperception Test (pp. 173-196). New York: Taylor and Francis.

Dreer, L. E., Ronan, G. F., Ronan, D. W., Dush, D. M., & Elliot, T. R. (2004). Binge drinking and college students:  An investigation of social problems solving abilities.  Journal of College Student Personnel, 45, 303-315. 

Freymuth, A., & Ronan, G. F. (2004). Modeling patient decision-making:  The role of base rate and anecdotal information. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 11, 211-216.

Ronan, G. F., Dreer, L. E., Dollard, K. & Ronan, D. W. (2004).  Violent couples: Coping and communication skills. Journal of Family Violence, 19, 131-137.

Ronan, G. F. (2004). So long and thanks for all the help. the Behavior Therapist, 27, 169-170. 

Ronan, G. F. (2004). Thoughts about tBT.  the Behavior Therapist, 27, 1-2.