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Daniel O'Leary is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Stony Brook University. His awards include: Distinguished Scientist Award, clinical division APA; Lifetime Achievement Award, National Family Violence Legislative Resource Center, 2009; Family Psychologist of 2015, APA, and Elizabeth Beckman Award for Mentoring, APA, 2015. He published over 300 manuscripts or chapters, and was among the top 100 cited psychologists in the English-speaking world. He published 13 books, The most recent include: Understanding psychological and physical aggression in couples: Existing evidence and clinical implications (with E. Woodin, 2009) and The Couples Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, 2nd Ed. with Heyman and Jongsma (2015).

Most important contributions:
Developed Successful Token Reinforcement Programs for Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorders, variants of which are used in classrooms across the US
Developed Successful Behavioral Treatment for Children with ADHD, variants of which are used today by many parents and teachers
Developed Successful Dyadic Treatment for Depressed Women who also were martially discordant, and variants of this treatment are now routinely recommended by the American Psychiatric Association
Developed Successful Brief Dyadic Treatment for Depressed Women with a Spousal Support

Award Most Important to Him:
Was Awarded the Elizabeth Beckman Award for Mentoring Graduate Students that provided Dr. OLeary with a $25,000 cash prize (Has mentored 50 Ph.D. students 8 Post Docs).
Stony Brook Action Most Important to Him Personally:
President John Marburger accepted recommendation of my wife, Susan O’Leary, then chair of the Athletic Committee to Move Athletics to Division.

KEYNOTE ABSTRACT

Treatment of psychological and physical aggression in intimate relationships
The presentation will cover the following:

1. Prevalence of Psychological, Physical and Sexual Aggression
a. In Community Samples
b. In Samples Seeking Marital/Family Therapy

Impact of Intimate Partner Aggression
a. On Women
b. On Men

Reasons to Treat Some Couples Where There Is Physical Aggression
a. Couples Want Dyadic Treatment
b. Not all Couples Are Appropriate for Such Treatment but Large Percentages Are
c. Such Treatment Can Take Place Effectively and Safely
d. Care Needs to be Taken to Select Couples where neither partner is fearful, where neither partner has sustained injury, and where the individuals emotional regulation will allow civil discussion

What Dyadic Treatments Work
a. Group Treatment for Couples with A Specific Focus on Reducing Psychological and Physical Aggression
b. Individual Treatments to Address Emotional Regulation followed by Couple Treatment
c. Couple Therapy for Non-severe aggression with no focus on Aggression