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| CBT The Center for Brief Therapy, PC, 10319 Dawson's Creek Blvd, Suite J, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA 46825 260-969-5583; fax 260-969-5584; email: freemancbt@aol.com |
| Sharon Morgillo Freeman, PhD, MSN,APRN-CS, CARN-AP Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman is the President and Executive Director of The Center for Brief Therapy in Fort Wayne, Indiana and President of the Chairman of the Board of the Freeman Institute Corporation. She is Licensed in Indiana as an Advanced Practice Clinical Nurse Specialist and Member of the Board of Directors of The International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy Since her move to Indiana in 2004, Dr. Freeman was awarded "Top Doc" by her peers in NorthEast Indiana in the category "Psychiatry" by Fort Wayne Business Journal 2006. She is board certified by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, the only certifying body to certify therapists based on training, competence and experience. In addition to achieving national certification as an Advanced Practice Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist she has senior level international certification as an Advanced Practice Certified Addiction Nurse through the International Society of Nurses on Addictions (IntSNA). Dr. Freeman has a Ph.D in Sociology and her two Master's degrees were awarded in Psychology through the Adler School of Professional Psychology. and Advanced Practice Psychiatric nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Freeman is a trained and certified to treat Rape Trauma Syndrome and PTSD and Acute Trauma Syndrome as well as Combat Stress Trauma through The International Trauma Institute. Dr. Morgillo Freeman took the majority of her graduate course work in the school of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania enjoying the expertise of such world renowned mentors such as Dr. Charles O'Brien, Dr. George Woody, Dr. Charles Dackis, Dr. Irwin Lucki, Dr. Laura McNicholas, Dr. Tom McLellan, Dr. Art Alterman and Dr. Anna Rose Childress. She has served on the Steering Committee of the Northeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center Practice Improvement Collaborative, a division of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration office out of the U.S. National Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Freeman is currently senior editor of "In Harm's Way: The Psychological Treatment Handbook for Pre- and Post-Deployment of Military Members" to be published by Routledge. In addition she is an author, along with her husband and Dr. Mark Gilson on the revised edition of "Treatments That Work: Taming the Depression Beast" undergoing it's second revision by Oxford University Press. She was senior editor with Dr. Arthur (Art) Freeman for Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Nursing Practice published by Springer January 2005. She has authored or co-authored numerous papers and chapters including "Cognitive Behavior Therapy and the Roy Adaptation Model: A Discussion of Theoretical Integration" with Sr. Callista Roy. Callista L. Roy, RN, PhD, is a Professor and Nurse Theorist at the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College. Sharon has lectured nationally and internationally on the problems of substance misuse, addiction issues, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and chronic pain problems. Dr. Morgillo Freeman authored several chapters for the Core Curriculum for Addiction Nurses for the International Society for Addiction Nursing, The Journal of Addiction Nursing, and the Basics of Addiction Counseling for NAADAC. Dr. Freeman was a lecturer and preceptor for senior medical residents at the University of Pennsylvania for 3 years for Mental Health Assessment course work and Substance Abuse Assessment course work. At the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center she has served as a consultant for patients with pain and complications with narcotic analgesia. Dr. Freeman is Past-President of the Pennsylvania Association for Addiction Professionals (PAADAC) (2002-2004) and previous Clinical Director of Inpatient Addiction Services, Inpatient Acute Psychiatric and Dual Diagnosis Units for the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center at Presbyterian. Under Dr. Freeman's leadership these units was named one of the 10 best programs by U.S. News and World Reports in 2002 as well as the Pennsylvania State and Philadelphia City award for best practice. That same year they were awarded the national treatment program award by NAADAC the Association for Addiction Professionals. |
Dr. Freeman is currently accepting appointments at the Center for Brief Therapy, P.C. She specializes in both
psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for problems such as depression, anxiety disorders, chronic pain management,
substance use and misuse problems, marriage and couples therapy, personality disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder
(OCD), bipolar disorder, stress problems that are crisis related or chronic as in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
attention deficit disorder (ADD or ADHD), and asperger's syndrome.
psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for problems such as depression, anxiety disorders, chronic pain management,
substance use and misuse problems, marriage and couples therapy, personality disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder
(OCD), bipolar disorder, stress problems that are crisis related or chronic as in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
attention deficit disorder (ADD or ADHD), and asperger's syndrome.
Dr. Sharon and Art Freeman with Dr.
Aaron T. Beck and Dr. Judy Beck.
Aaron T. Beck and Dr. Judy Beck.
| Dr's. Art Freeman and Sharon Morgillo Freeman with Mike Wallace at the May 7, 2001 Suicide Prevention Council in Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Dr. Sharon Freeman and Congressman
Patrick J. Kennedy Washington,
D.C.March 9, 2005
Patrick J. Kennedy Washington,
D.C.March 9, 2005
| Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman with Dr. Carlo DiClemente AABT 2004. Dr's. Morgillo Freeman and DiClemente were co-presenters on a symposium addressing "Trauma and Addiction" |
| Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman with Christopher Kennedy Lawford at the July 2005 NAADAC/TAAP Conference Corpus Christi, Texas |
Dr. Freeman with Dr. Carlo DiClemente in
Burbank, California September 2006.
Burbank, California September 2006.
| Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman and Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Arlen Spector met in June 2003 to discuss State and Federal budget cuts affecting access to treatment for substance misuse disorders. |
| Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman, Buenos Aires, Argentina International Society of Addiction Medicine April 23, 2005 |
| Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman and State Representative Chakka Fattah met in Washington, D.C. in June 2003 to discuss problems in the Commonwealth of PA following Gov. Rendell's budget cuts for mental health treatment |
William Cope Moyers,
Dr. Sharon Freeman
March 05
Dr. Sharon Freeman
March 05
| Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN |
Dr. Sharon and Art Freeman in Greece
at the Academy of Cognitive Therapy
dinner. Pictured at left: Dr. Judy Beck,
Dr. Bob Leahy current President of
IACP.
at the Academy of Cognitive Therapy
dinner. Pictured at left: Dr. Judy Beck,
Dr. Bob Leahy current President of
IACP.
Dr. Sharon and Art Freeman with Dr.
Frank Dattilio, Greece 2006
"Comparative Treatments of a Patient
with a Personality Disorder".
Frank Dattilio, Greece 2006
"Comparative Treatments of a Patient
with a Personality Disorder".
Dr. Sharon Freeman and Dr. Zerhouni,
Director of NIH August 2007.
Director of NIH August 2007.
Drs. Freeman with Dr. Mark Reineke at
Maarstraad Castle for a Viking
traditional dinner in Sweden 2005.
Maarstraad Castle for a Viking
traditional dinner in Sweden 2005.
| His Holiness the Dali Lama with Aaron Beck, ICCP 2005, Gothenberg Sweden, 2005 |