BARRY BRICKLIN, Ph.D.
PA License:
PS-000010
EDUCATION
B.A. Temple University, 1955
M.A. in Psychology, Temple University, 1957
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Temple University,
1959
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Independent practice, 1957
to present (became President, Bricklin Associates, in 1983).
Psychodiagnosis, psychotherapy, and consultation services with persons
of all ages, utilizing psychodynamic systems, and hypnotherapeutic
techniques. Supervise
multi-disciplinary teams on projects involving communication strategies, test
construction, forensic issues, the measurement of advertising effectiveness,
paradigms of decision processes, and executive coaching.
Adjunct Associate
Professor, Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University, 1989
to present.
Supervise students and
provide lectures on child custody issues, per request.
PAST AFFILIATIONS
Chief Assistant, Temple
University Psychology Clinic, 1956 to 1959.
Diagnosed and treated a wide
variety of psychological conditions, including anxiety, depression, phobias, obsessions,
compulsions, learning inpairments, marital conflicts, and psychosomatic and
psychophysiologic reactions. Taught
classes in psychology, created and supervised psychological research projects,
and supervised clinicians in training.
Clinician, Temple
University Reading Clinic, 1957 to 1958.
Performed same duties as
above, but additionally worked with many underachievers.
Faculty, Instructor and
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College and
Hospital, 1959 to 1964.
Duties same as above, but
additionally taught and supervised psychiatrists and psychologists in training,
worked with other medical specialties, especially neurologists, in diagnosing
neurologic disorders and in planning psychological treatments when appropriate. Carried out many research projects (with
Zygmunt A. Piotrowski, Ph.D.) on schizophrenia, the diagnosis of
psychophysiologic impairment and organic brain damage, the prediction of
criminal behavior, psychological aspects of surgery, and psychological-intercultural
interactions. Began a series of
research projects on forensic issues, which continue to the present.
Clinical Associate
Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Hahnemann
University/Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1964-1989. Duties per request.
Consulting and Media
Psychologist, WCAU-AM in Philadelphia, 1964 to 1969.
Media Psychologist, Taft
Television, weekly radio show, 1970 to 1971.
Media Psychologist,
WCAU-FM, weekly radio show, 1975-1982.
CONSULTANT IN PSYCHOLOGY TO:
National Research Council - 1960 to 1962
New York Academy of Medicine - 1961 to 1963
Columbia Broadcasting System - 1964 to 1969; 1975
to 1982
Blue Shield of Pennsylvania - 1980 to present
The American Journal of Family Therapy, Editorial
Board - 1994 to present
HONORS
Psi Chi
President, Philadelphia Association for Personality
Assessment
President, Philadelphia Society Clinical Psychologists
MEMBERSHIPS
American Psychological
Association
National Register of Health
Service Providers in Psychology
Pennsylvania Psychological
Association
Philadelphia Society of
Clinical Psychologists
Society of Personality
Assessment (Fellow)
American College of Forensic
Psychologists
Psychology-Law Division,
American Psychological Association
American Board of Medical
Psychotherapists (Diplomate and Fellow)
Professional Academy of
Custody Evaluators (PACE), Chair, Executive Operating Committee
American Board of Assessment
Psychology (Diplomate)
Bricklin, B. (1958).
A
long-term prognostic criterion for schizophrenics based on Rorschach
data.
Psychiatric
Quarterly Supplement, 32,
315-329.
Bricklin, B. (1961).
Clinical
use of the n affiliation score. Journal
of Projective Techniques, 25, 277-281.
Bricklin, B. (1962).
Comment
on Adcock and Ritchie's "Intercultural Use of Rorschach." American
Anthropologist, 64, 1296-1299.
Bricklin, B. (1975).
A
role-play Rorschach procedure. Journal
of Personality Assessment, 39, 453-461.
Bricklin, B. (1984).
The
Bricklin perceptual scales:
Child-perception-of-parents series Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.
Bricklin, B. (1988a).
Child's
access to parental strength data Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc. (For gathering custody-related information.)
Bricklin, B. (1988b).
Family
interaction form Furlong, PA:
Village Publishing,Inc. (For
gathering custody-related information.)
Bricklin, B. (1988c).
Self
report data. Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.
(For gathering custody-related information.)
Bricklin, B. (1989).
Perception-of-relationships-test
(PORT). Furlong, PA: Village
Publishing, Inc.
Bricklin, B. (1990a).
The
Bricklin custody evaluation report. Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.
Bricklin, B. (1990b).
The
parent awareness skills survey (PASS). Furlong, PA:
Village Publishing, Inc.
Bricklin, B. (1992).
Data-based
tests in custody evaluations. American
Journal of Family Therapy, 20, 254-265.
Bricklin, B. (1995a).
Getting
optimum performance from a mental health professional. Family Law Quarterly, 29,
7-17.
Bricklin, B. (1995b).
The
custody evaluation handbook: Research
based solutions and applications. New York:
Brunner-Mazel.
Bricklin, B. (1998a).
The
sequence of steps and critical targets of a comprehensive custody
evaluation. In G. Koocher, J. Norcross,
& S. Hill (Eds.), The psychologist's desk reference. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Bricklin, B. (1999).
The
contributions of psychological tests to custody-relevant evaluations. In R. Galatzer-Levy, & L. Kraus (Eds.), The
scientific basis of custody decisions.
Colorado Springs, CO: Wiley Press.
Bricklin, B. (2001).
Nostalgia,
integration, validity issues and generative power. Journal of Personality Assessment, 76(2), 194-199.
Bricklin, B., Editor.
The
Custody Newsletter. Two issues per year. Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1967).
Bright
child - poor grades: The psychology of
underachievement. New York:
Delacorte Press. (Translated into
French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, and several other languages.)
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1970).
Strong
family - strong child. New York:
DelacortePress. (Translated into
German and several other languages.)
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1980).
The
natural enemies of marriage. Buckingham, PA: Buckingham Publishing.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1987a).
Zygmunt
A. Piotrowski: (1904-1985). American Psychologist
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1987b).
Tribute
to Zygmunt A. Piotrowski. Journal of
Personality Assessment, 52, 171-173.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1999).
Custody
data as decision-theory information:
Evaluating a psychological contribution by its value to a
decision-maker. Clinical
Psychology: Science and Practice, 6(3),
339-343.
Bricklin, B., & Elliot,
G. (1991).
Parent
perception of child profile (PPCP). Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.
Bricklin, B., & Elliot,
G. (1995).
ACCESS: A comprehensive custody evaluation standard
system. Furlong, PA: Village
Publishing, Inc.
Bricklin, B., & Elliot,
G. (2000).
Qualifications
of and procedures to be used by judges, attorneys, and mental health
professionals who deal with children in high-conflict divorce cases. University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Law Review, 22(3), 501-528.
Bricklin, B., & Elliot,
G. (2001).
The
Bricklin family of custody instruments:
Updated validity, reliability and normative data. Furlong,
PA: Village Publishing, Inc. and www.villagepublishinghomepage.com
Bricklin, B., & Elliot,
G. (2002a, April).
What
can empirical data on 4,500 child custody cases tell us? Paper presented at
the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, CA.
Bricklin, B., & Elliot,
G. (2002b).
The
Perception-of-Relationships Test (PORT) and Bricklin Perceptual Scales (BPS):
Current and new empirical data on 3,880 cases, 1961-2002. Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.
Bricklin, B., & Elliot,
G. (2006).
Test-assisted
detection of the Parental Alienation Syndrome.
In Gardner, R., Sauber, R. and Lorandos, D. (Eds.) The International Handbook of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Conceptual,
Clinical and Legal Considerations. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C.
Thomas Publisher, Ltd.
Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (2005).
Empirically-assisted
family assessment. In L. Gunsberg &
P. Hymowitz (Eds.),
Divorce and custody: Contemporary developmental
psychoanalytic perspectives. New York, NY: The Analytic Press.
Bricklin, B., & Gottlieb,
S.G. (1961).
The
prediction of some aspects of marital compatibility by means of the Rorschach
test. Psychiatric Quarterly
Supplement, 35, 281-303.
Bricklin, B., & Halbert,
M. (2004).
Can
child custody data be generated scientifically? The American Journal of
Family Therapy, 32,119-138.
Bricklin, B., & Halbert,
M. (2004).
Perception-of-Relationships Test and Bricklin
Perceptual Scales: Validity and Reliability.
The American Journal of Family Therapy, 32, 189-203.
Bricklin, B., &
Piotrowski, Z.A. (1961).
A
second validation of a long-term Rorschach prognostic index for
schizophrenic patients. Journal of
Consulting Psychology, 25, 123-128.
Bricklin, B., Piotrowski,
Z.A., & Wagner, E. (1962).
The
Hand Test: A new projective test with
special reference to the prediction of overt aggressive behavior. Springfield,
IL: Charles Thomas.
Bricklin, B., & Yanovski,
A. (1967).
Spontaneous
abreaction during major surgery under hypnosis. Psychiatric Quarterly, 41, 496-524.
Bricklin, B., & Zeleznik,
C. (Winter, 1963-1964).
A
psychological investigation of selected Ethiopian adolescents by means of the Rorschach
and other projective tests. Human
Organization, 22, 291-303.
LAY PUBLICATIONS
Bricklin, B. (1974). Retirement:
How to get past the psychological roadblocks. In M. Bricklin (Ed.),
How to strike it rich in your golden
years (pp. 34-39). Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, Inc.
Bricklin, B. (1994). Factors involved in custody
evaluations. In M. Engel, & J.
Jakubiak (Eds.), Divorce Help
Sourcebook (pp. 161-164).
Washington, DC: Gale Research
Inc.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1975, February). Successful
dieting. Prevention, 78-87.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1975, May). Problems with sex. Prevention,
68-73.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1967, January). Is ours a violent
society? Youth, 18,
20-29.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1971, March). When should you be
angry? Youth, 22, 16-25.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1971, April). Why adults go ape
over your clothes and hair. Youth,
22, 54-63.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1971, May). Secret desires and
explosions. Youth, 22,
36-42.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1971, Spring). When is
professional help needed? Children's
House, 16-18.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1971, June). Dependency
needs: Or, how our views of the world
as infants foul up our later search for contentment. Youth, 22, 30-37.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1971, July). What it means to be
human: The negative side of the
coin. Youth, 22, 46-53.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1971, October). The simplest way
to help others. Youth, 22,
32-39.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1971, November). The search for
meaning in an anything-goes world. Youth,
22, 44-53.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1971, December). Why some people
hate Christmas. Youth, 22,
36-45.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1972, January). An introduction
to an understanding of homosexuality. Youth,
23, 36-39.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. Syndicated newspaper columns on
all areas of psychology, two per week, for Montgomery Publishing Company.
Bricklin, B., & Bricklin,
P.M. (1976). Natural
psychotherapy. In M. Bricklin
(Ed.), Natural Healing (pp.
429-449). Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, Inc.
Custody Evaluation
Problems and Solutions
Midwinter Conference of the
Georgia Psychological Association, Sea Island, GA (February 6, 1993).
Custody Evaluation
Problems and Solutions
Midwinter Convention of
Divisions 29 (Psychotherapy), 42 (Independent Practice), and 43 (Family
Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA (March 13,
1993).
Child Custody
Evaluations: Legal and Ethical
Considerations
Mississippi Psychological
Association, Jackson, MS (May 21, 1994).
Comprehensive Custody
Evaluation Workshops
Professional Academy of
Custody Evaluators: (with Gail Elliot,
Ph.D.)
Fort Lauderdale, FL (January
14 and 15, 1995)
San Diego, CA (April 29 and
30, 1995)
Princeton, NJ (June 3 and 4,
1995)
San Antonio, TX (June 23 and
24, 1995)
Minneapolis, MN (July 15 and 16,
1995)
Chicago, IL (August 25 and
26, 1995)
San Francisco, CA (September
22 and 23, 1995)
New York, NY (October 20 and
21, 1995)
Dallas, TX (November 17 and
18, 1995)
Fort Lauderdale, FL (January
19 and 20, 1996)
Los Angeles, CA (February 16
and 17, 1996)
Atlanta, GA (March 15 and 16,
1996)
Seattle, WA (May 3 and 4,
1996)
Philadelphia, PA (May 17 and
18, 1996)
New York, NY (May 31 and June
1, 1996)
Washington, DC (June 21 and
22, 1996)
Chicago, IL (September 27 and
28, 1996)
San Francisco, CA (November 15
and 16, 1996)
Fort Lauderdale, FL (January
31 and February 1, 1997)
Santa Monica, CA (February 28
and March 1, 1997)
Philadelphia, PA (May 16 and
17, 1997)
Chicago, IL (September 12 and
13, 1997)
Philadelphia, PA (May 15 and
16, 1998)
Chicago, IL (October 2 and 3,
1998)
Philadelphia, PA (April 23
and 24, 1999)
Chicago, IL (October 1 to 3,
1999)
Philadelphia, PA (April 28 to
30, 2000)
Chicago, IL (October 6 to 8,
2000)
Atlanta, GA (May 25 to 27,
2001)
Chicago, IL (October 5 to 7,
2001)
Atlanta, GA (May 31 to June
2, 2002)
Chicago, IL (October 4 to 6,
2002)
Tampa, FL (February 28 to
March 2, 2003)
Chicago, IL (November 14 to
16, 2003)
Tampa, FL (May 21 to 23,
2004)
Chicago, IL (November 19 to
21, 2004)
Tampa, FL (May 20 to 22,
2005)
Chicago, IL (October 1 to 3, 1999)
Philadelphia, PA (April 28 to 30, 2000)
Chicago, IL (October 6 to 8, 2000)
Atlanta, GA (May 25 to 27, 2001)
Chicago, IL (October 5 to 7, 2001)
Atlanta, GA (May 31 to June 2, 2002)
Chicago, IL (October 4 to 6, 2002)
Tampa, FL (February 28 to March 2, 2003)
Chicago, IL (November 14 to 16, 2003)
Tampa, FL (May 21 to 23, 2004)
Chicago, IL (November 19 to 21, 2004)
Tampa, FL (May 20 to 22, 2005)
Chicago, IL (November 4 to 6, 2005)
Tampa, FL (May 5 to 7, 2006)
Chicago, IL (November 3 to 5, 2006)
Chicago, IL (November 2 to 4, 2007)
Orlando, FL (November 7 to 9, 2008)
Advanced Custody
Evaluation Workshops
Professional Academy of
Custody Evaluators: (with Gail Elliot,
Ph.D.)
Fort Lauderdale, FL (February
2, 1997)
Santa Monica, CA (March 2,
1997)
Philadelphia, PA (May 18,
1997)
Chicago, IL (September 14,
1997)
Philadelphia, PA (May 17,
1998)
Chicago, IL (October 4, 1998)
Philadelphia, PA (April 25,
1999)
The Strength of the
Effective Behavior-Changer
Buckingham Seminars, King of
Prussia, PA (May 17, 1980).
Strengthening Marital
Relationships
Buckingham, Seminars, King of
Prussia, PA (May 31, 1980).
The Psychology of
Underachievement
Buckingham Seminars, King of
Prussia, PA (June 7, 1980).
Raising Parents'
Self-Esteem
Children's Aid Society,
Norristown, PA (February 19, 1988).
Child Custody Assessments
Using the Bricklin Perceptual Scales
Association of Family and
Conciliation Courts, Kansas City, MO (September 28, 1990).
A New Concept in Custody
Evaluation
Zygmunt Piotrowski Symposium,
Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (October, 1990).
Data-based Tests in
Custody Evaluation
Midwinter Meeting of the
Society for Personality Assessment, Washington, DC (March 15, 1992).
Empirical Approaches to
Child Custody Determinations
Invited address, American
Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (August 23, 1993).
Dealing with Custody
Litigants: Improving Assessment
Accuracy
Invited address, APA Division
43 Symposium, American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA (August 15,
1994).
Empirical Approaches to
Custody Evaluations
Invited address, American
Psychological Association, New York, NY (August 15, 1995).
How to Conduct A
Comprehensive Custody Evaluation
Invited address, Wyoming
Psychological Association and Colorado Psychological Association, Cheyenne, WY
(October 7, 1995).
How To Conduct a
Comprehensive Custody Evaluation
Invited address, Penn Council
for Relationships, Division of Family Study, Department of Psychiatry, University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (October 12, 1995).
Assessment Procedures in
Child Custody Evaluations
Invited address, American
Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada (August 13, 1996).
Dealing with Subjective Bias
and Adversarial Bitterness in Custody Evaluations: The Contributions of Data-based and Formal Decision Models
Invited address, Conference
by the American Bar Association Section of Family Law and the American
Psychological Association (Children, Divorce, and Custody: Lawyers and Psychologists Working Together),
Los Angeles, CA (April 17, 1997).
Scientific Basis of
Custody Decisions
Invited address, American
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL (August 18, 1997).
Assessment of Attachment
in Child Custody Evaluations
Invited address, Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the
Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (October 17,
1997).
The Simulation of
Real-Life Events in Comprehensive Custody Evaluations
Paper presented at the
Fourteenth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San
Francisco, CA (April 30 to May 2, 1998).
Therapeutic and Monitoring
Strategies in High Conflict Custody and Visitation Disputes Using New Motor
Therapy Strategies to Increase Cooperation
Invited address, American
Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA (August 17, 1998).
The Bricklin-Elliot
Comprehensive Custody Evaluation Standard System (ACCESS) Adapted for Usage in
China
Invited workshops for
psychologists and social workers, Government of China Social Service
Department, Hong Kong, China (February 28 to March 8, 2000).
The Knowledge Base and
Specific Procedures Needed in High Conflict Child Custody Cases
Paper presented at the
Sixteenth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology,
Newport Beach, CA (April 6, 2000).
The Bricklin Family of
Custody Instruments: Its Use As A
Comprehensive System, and
Special Procedures Needed
in High Conflict Cases: A Study Commissioned
by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School
Invited address, Seminar for
judges and family law attorneys, St. Louis, MO (April 12, 2001).
The Bricklin Family of
Custody Instruments
Invited address, British Columbia
Psychological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (April 20 to 22,
2001).
The Bricklin Family of
Custody Instruments: Its Use As A
Comprehensive System, and
Special Procedures Needed
in High Conflict Cases: A Study
Commissioned by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School
Invited address, Seminar for
judges and family law attorneys, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (April 23,
2001).
The Bricklin Family of
Custody Instruments: Its Use As A
Comprehensive System, and
Special Procedures Needed
in High Conflict Cases: A Study
Commissioned by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School
Invited address, Seminar for
judges and family law attorneys, sponsored by the Cook County Family Court,
Judges Moshe Jacobius and Ponce de Leon, Chicago, IL (May 17, 2001).
What Can Empirical Data on
3880 Child Custody Cases Tell Us?
Paper presented at the
Eighteenth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San
Francisco, CA (April 18, 2002).
Parental Fitness
Evaluations Using the Bricklin Family of Custody Instruments
Invited address, Seminar for
the Department of Human Services of the State of Georgia, Atlanta, GA (May 17
to 19, 2002).
Paper presented at the
Twentieth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San
Francisco, CA (April 1, 2004).
Paper presented at the Twenty-second Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, CA (March, 16, 2006).
Paper presented at the Twenty-Third Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, Santa Fe, NM (May 3, 2007).
Paper presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, CA (April 10, 2008).
Paper presented at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Diego, CA (March 26, 2009).