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Edward A.
Wise, a self-described rebellious teen, developed an interest in psychology
after experiencing life changing therapy and then volunteering to help other
troubled teens in a storefront community counseling center. “These experiences
were profound and solidified my desire to become a psychotherapist,” he notes.
Wise came to the
University of Wyoming Department of Psychology Clinical-Community doctoral
program in 1976 after receiving a bachelor’s degree (cum laude) in
psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Primarily mentored
by Professors Richard Pasewark, Max Rardin, and B.J. Fitzgerald, Wise has fond
memories of each of them.
“One Saturday I had
come in to do some work and Richard was there. At that time I hardly knew him,
other than in his official role as the chairman of the department,” recalls
Wise. “He asked me into his office and inquired about my interests in the field.
It seemed like a friendly ‘getting to know you’ chat, and then he asked if I had
given any thought to my thesis topic or data collection methods. Of course I had
not. He invited me to read some articles he was working on with other
students and offered to work with me to develop a related thesis project. It was
a kind and generous offer, designed to facilitate my advancement in the program,
which I later learned was so typical of him. We published two articles
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—the first publications of my career. He helped
me develop the tools needed for a methodical, deliberate, and well planned
research project, which serve me well to this day.”
Widely respected in his
field, Wise is a prolific writer of more than 25 peer-reviewed
articles, an ad hoc reviewer for numerous professional journals, and currently
serves as consulting editor for the Journal of Personality Assessment.
The Journal of Clinical Psychology republished one of his articles as one
of the 10 most significant contributions in the decade (1999–2003). In similar
recognition of his expertise, Wise was invited to submit a paper on methods for
measuring psychotherapy outcomes for the Journal of Personality Assessment
(2004). Wise has had memberships in more than 20 professional
organizations. He is a fellow in the Society for Personality Assessment and
holds a diploma from the American College of Forensic Examiners.
In 2003, Wise was nominated for the Health Care Hero Award by the Memphis
Business Journal for collaborative work with the health care and business
communities. In 2004, he was named a “Mid South Asset” by the Memphis
daily newspaper, Commercial Appeal. Wise received the American
Psychological Association’s Award for Distinguished Professional
Contributions to Independent Practice in the Private Sector in 2005.
Following his graduation from the University of Wyoming, Wise was accepted
into the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Internship Consortium in
Memphis, Tennessee. He then joined the staff at the Frayser Millington Mental Health Center. In the
early 1980s, Wise and several colleagues from the mental health center opened a
private practice. Later, Wise expanded his practice into one of the largest
medical-surgical hospitals in the country, providing psychological evaluations,
group and individual therapy to patients in psychiatric, substance-abuse, eating
disorder, and medical units. He helped to establish and then chair the Division
of Psychology, and he set up contracts in his private practice to offer
psychological services in the community, including the county criminal courts,
as well as the state prison. |
2006