DR. DEBORAH E. HORN
EDUCATION
Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology
Pre-doctoral Internship Program:
Clinical Research Project: The Use of Vagus Nerve Stimulators in the Treatment of Individuals with Mental Retardation, Seizure Disorders, and Mental Illness.
Master of Science in Psychology
Thesis: The Relationship between MMPI-168 Responses and Color Ratings of College Students.
Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude
Major: Psychology
Minor: Educational Psychology
Additional graduate coursework: Sam Houston State University (Summer 1992), Prairie View A&M University (Summer 1992), University of Iowa (Spring and Summer 1992), University of Northern Iowa (Summer 1992), University of Texas at Tyler (Fall 1983 and Fall 1984), Stephen F. Austin State University (Fall 1984), Texas A&M University (Fall 1980 through Fall 1981), University of Houston (Fall 1978).
TEACHING
Instructor
Courses taught: Abnormal Psychology (traditional and online), Child Psychology (traditional and online), General Psychology (traditional and online), Human Sexuality, Statistics (online),
Criminology, Introduction to Sociology, Marriage and Family, and Social Problems
Visiting Lecturer – Psychology Department
Courses taught: Personality Adjustment and Personality Theories
Teaching Assistant – Psychology Department
Course taught: Adolescence
Teaching Assistant – Psychology Department
Courses taught: Introduction to Psychology and Human Growth and Development
EMPLOYMENT
Position: Psychology Instructor
Private Practice
Position: Clinical Psychologist
Position: Associate Psychologist
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Position: Associate Clinical Psychologist
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Southwestern Psychological Association
National
International Association of Applied Psychology
OFFICES/POSITIONS HELD WITHIN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
APAGS – Advocacy Coordinating Team
Subcommittee –
Texas Psychological Association, Director-elect of Student Division
AWARDS
Who's Who in Collegiate Faculty 2006
Blinn Excellence in Teaching Award Nominee 2005
Who’s Who Among American Teachers 2005
Roy Scrivner
GLB Award
State Advocacy Committee, American Psychological Association - Graduate Students Excellence in Leadership Award
Who’s Who Among American Teachers
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Magna cum laude graduate
Distinguished Student at
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Horn, D.E. (2007,
July). Developmental assessment. Presented to
Counseling group,
Prairie View,
Horn, D.E. (2007, April). The warning signs of violence. Presented to Blinn Professional
Association,
Horn, D.E. (2006, October). Power in relationships. Presented to Beta Alpha Chapter of Phi
Theta Kappa,
Horn, D.E. (2006,
October). Basic CBT. Presented to
group,
Prairie View,
Horn, D.E. (2006, September). How to identify students in crisis. Presented at Kemp Elementary
School,
Horn, D.E. (2006, August). Students with psychological disorders: Implications for the
classroom.
Presented at the
Horn, D.E. (2006, August). Learning to laugh? Laughing to learn! Presented at the Student
Horn, D.E. (2005, August). She-soldiers: A function of societal views. Women in the military:
An international perspective. Presented at the 2005 American Psychological Association
Convention,
Horn, D.E. (2004, March). Empirically supported treatments for sexual disorders. Presented to
Horn, D.E. (2003,
October). Impoverished children in
Appointed Special Advocates)
members, Voices for Children,
Horn, D.E. (1990,
September). The problem with punishment. Presented to
Horn, D.E. (1986,
March). Understanding the psychological report.
Presented at
Association of
Retarded Citizens Annual Meeting,
Horn, D.E., & Osterholm, K. (2006, November). Women and aggression: It’s not nice to fool
Mother Nature.
Presented at the 2006
Horn, D.E., & Osterholm, K. (2005, May). Community college students with psychological
disorders:
Implications for the course room. Presented at the 2005 International
Conference on Teaching & Leadership Excellence, NISOD,
Horn, D.E., & Osterholm, K. (2005, November). The power of Curanderismo: Combining folk
healing
with psychotherapy. Presented at the 2005
Convention,
Osterholm, K., & Horn, D.E.
(2009, January). Understanding children: Attachment and resilience
separation. Presented to CASA,
Osterholm, K., & Horn, D.E. (2009, January). Understanding children: Needs and growth
development.
Presented to CASA,
Osterholm, K., & Horn, D.E. (2005, April). Invitation to the good life: Recruiting and retaining
teachers
in rural schools. Presented at the Children and Rural
Education Conference, National Science Foundation,
Osterholm, K., & Horn, D.E. (2005, November). Social support perceptions of Hispanic
community
college students. Presented at the 2005
Osterholm, K., Osterholm, M., & Horn, D.E. (2007, November). Show her the money! The
psychology
of salary negotiation for women. Accepted for presentation at
the 2007 Texas Psychological Association Convention,
PUBLICATIONS
Horn, D. E. (2006). Calling all students: Time to nominate 2007 TPA student division officers
Horn, D. E. (2006). A brief report on the effectiveness of behavior therapy review at Brenham
Horn, D. E.
(2006). Get involved!
Horn, D. E.
(2006). Student research awards competition.
Student Newsletter, 3(4), 3.
Horn, D. E.
(2005). APAGS calls for nominations.
Newsletter, 2(2), 1, 3.
Horn, D. E.
(2005). Got APA-GS?
Horn, D. E.
(2005). Lobbying for our profession.
Newsletter, 2(1), 3.
Horn, D. E.
(2005). Mental health care: Making
Student Newsletter, 2(3), 1.
Horn, D. E.
(2005). NAMI is coming to
Newsletter, 2(4), 1.
Horn, D. E.
(2005). TPA 2005 convention news.
Newsletter, 2(5), 3.
Horn, D. E., & Calisch, A. (2006). Perceptions of family, friends, and significant other social
support of
African-American counselors in training. (Paper entered in the 2006
Psychological Foundation Student Merit Research Competition: Bo and Sally Family
Psychology Research Award.)
Horn, D. E., & Calisch, A. (2005). Homosexual clients: Attitudes of African American
counselors
in training. (Winner of the Roy Scrivener GLB Award, 2004
Psychological Foundation Student Merit Research Competition.)
Horn, D. E., Osterholm, K., & Kritsonis, M. A. (2008). Neurological differences between
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and childhood bipolar disorder. National Forum
Special Education Journal, 19,
1-8.
Osterholm, K., Horn, D. E., & Kritsonis, W. A. (2007). College professors as potential victims of
stalking: Awareness and prevention: National implications. National Journal: FOCUS on
Colleges, Universities, and Schools, 1, 1-7.
Osterholm, K., Horn, D. E., & Johnson, W. (2005). Finders’ keepers: Recruiting and retaining
teachers in rural schools. National Forum Journal of Teacher Education Journal, 17(3), n.p.
Osterholm, K., Williams, S., Horn, D., & Colter, J. (2002). The learning disabilities label:
Reports from
labeled students, non-labeled co-learners, parents, and educators. Unpublished manuscript. (Funded with grant
from
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
General Training:
1. Anxiety Disorders: Research,
Diagnosis and Treatment,
2. Assessment
and Treatment of Couples with Sexual Problems,
presented by Melinda Masters, MSW, LCSW.
3. Bipolar Disorder: Clinical Course
and Effective Treatment Strategies,
4. Bipolar and Other Major Mood
Disorders in Youth and Adulthood,
presented by Joseph W. Shannon, PhD.
5. CPR and Automated External Defibrillator Course,
6. Coping with Grief, The American Academy of Bereavement Presents, presented by Harold I.
Smith, EdD, DMin.
7. Emergency Mental Health,
8. Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, Crisis Prevention Institute, presented by Adam Saenz, PhD.
9. Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorder: Therapy for Tough Kids and Their Beleaguered
Parents,
10. Personality Disorders in Social
Work & Health Care,
Gregory W. Lester, PhD.
11. Personality Disorders II: The
Advanced Course,
12. Prevention and Management of
Aggressive Behavior,
13. Psychopharmacology and Its
Effect on Human Behavior and Learning,
14. Self-injurious Behavior -
Assessment, Treatment and Recovery,
presented by Andrew Levander, MA, MAC.
Forensic Training:
1. Pre-doctoral training: Forensic
Management Unit and Acute Care Units,
Hospital,
2. Assessment of Competence to Stand Trial, AAFP, presented by Randy K. Otto, PhD, ABPP,
Board Certified
Forensic Psychologist,
3. Clinical Neuropsychology for the Forensic Psychologist, AAFP, presented by Robert Denney,
PhD, ABPP, Board Certified Forensic Psychologist &
Neuropsychologist,
4. Competency in the Texas Criminal Justice System,
presented by Dr. Sergio Orozco,
5. The Death Penalty and NGRI, presented by Dr. Sergio
Orozco,
6. Ethical and Practical Issues Using Psychological Testing in Forensic Assessment, TPA,
presented by Mary Alice Conroy,
PhD,
7. First Response Team Training for Sexually Assaulted Victims, Prairie View A&M University – P.E.A.C.E. Project, presented by Geeta Cowlagi, consultant to the University of Texas at Austin, Prairie View, Texas.
8. Forensic Networking Conference,
9. Getting Up-to-date – Topics of Interest for Forensic Services Delivery in the State Hospital System, Forensic Networking Conference, Kerrville State Hospital, Kerrville, Texas.
10. Mental Health in the Courtroom, Capacity for Justice,
11. Probation in the Texas Criminal
Justice System, presented by Dr. Dr. Anita Mancini-Mitchell,
12. Psychopathic Personality,
presented by Dr. Stephanie Carter,
13. Risk Management of Violence,
presented by Dr. Stephanie Carter,
14. Risk, Resilience and
Disconnected Youth,
Cameron Kelly,
PhD, LMSW,
15. Role of the Forensic Psychologist in Death Penalty Litigation, AAFP, presented by James
Eisenberg, PhD,
ABPP, Board Certified Forensic Psychologist,
16. Threat Assessment and
Mitigation in a Forensic Continuum of Care – Special Emphasis on High Lethality/Low
Frequency Violent Events,
University
of
1. Cognitive Functioning in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C (CHC),
presented by Robin Hilsabeck, PhD.
2. Core Principles of Psychopharmacotherapy, presented by
3. Decision Points in the Effective
Management of Agitation in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Mania, presented by James
P. Moises, MD.
4. Depression and Suicide in
Neurological Disorders, presented by Raymond
Faber, MD.
5. Ethical Challenges in Psychiatry Genetics, presented by Paul Appelbaum, MD.
6. Ethical Management of Behavioral Disturbance in Elders with Dementia,
presented by Martha Leatherman, MD.
7. First Episode Psychosis: A Critical Moment in Illness Course,
presented by Alexander Miller, MD.
8. Insulin Resistance and Mental Illness, presented by Tom Brown, MD.
9. Mechanisms Underlying the Risk to Develop Affective and Anxiety Disorders, presented by Ned H. Kalin, MD.
10. Medication Adherence in Schizophrenia, presented by Dawn Velligan, PhD.
11. Neuroscience of Bipolar Disorder, presented by Walter Byrd, MD.
12. Physician and the Substance Abusing Patient: Maximizing Physician Effectiveness
and Patient Outcomes, presented by Edgar Nace, MD.
13. Psychiatry at a Forward Operating Base, presented by Maj. Matthew Faubion, MD.
14. Psychometric Correlates of Mortality, presented by Donald Royall, MD.
15. Public Health Psychiatry in
16. Taking the First Steps: Connecting Health
Disparities and Cultural Competency, presented by Larry Cuellar, PhD.
17. Treatment Resistant Depression,
presented by Randon S. Welton, MD.
18. Update on the Treatment of Child & Adolescent Depression, presented by Graham J. Emslie, MD.
1. Bicultural Assessment, presented by Dr. Alex Quiros.
2. Biological Markers for Alcohol Consumption, presented by Dr. Martin A. Javors.
3. Co-occurring Psychiatric and
Substance Disorders, presented by Enrique
Salinas, PhD.
4. Critical Incident De-briefing, presented by Dr. Kathy Meade.
5. D-Kels, presented by Dr. Kathy Meade.
6. Diagnosis and Treatment of Asperger’s Disorder, presented by Dr. David Edwards.
7. HIV/AIDs Counseling, presented by Dr. Raul Martinez.
8. Hypnosis, presented by Dr. Steve Logsdon.
9. Juvenile Delinquency, presented by Dr. Raleigh Wood.
10. Paradoxical Therapy Techniques, presented by Dr. Steve Logsdon.
11. Rorschach Inkblot Test Seminar, presented by Dr. Raul Martinez.
12. Suicidology and Grief Therapy, presented by Dr. Daniel Macias.