September 2010

Paul Frederick Schmidt, Ph.D.

Licensed by the Kentucky State Board of Psychology , 5/20/75,  #252

          1965 – 1969  Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

                      B.A., cum laude, with honors in psychology

          1970  - 1974  University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

                       M.A.,  Clinical Psychology, August, 1972

                       Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, August, 1974, 5-yr. GPA – 3.91 out of 4

           2006   CSAT  Certified Sex Addiction Therapist

                           International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals, Phoenix, AZ    

          1978 to present – Full time private practice of clinical psychology, Louisville

          1989 – 2001     Director and owner of New Life Counseling Center

          1974 – 1978     Chief Psychologist at a residential treatment center for children and teens, within Central State Hospital, Louisville  

          Schmidt, Paul F.,  Coping with Difficult People, Philadelphia:  Westminster Press, 1980.  Book on relating to people who have  personality disorders. 

          Schmidt, Paul F.,  Growing Your Love Life, Charleston, SC:  Booksurge, 2007.  Subtitled, "Vital Balance in Single Adult Relationships", book is available on Amazon.com.

          Schmidt, Paul F.,  The Character Assessment Scale.  Copyrighted test materials and manual published by the Institute of  Character Assessment, l981.  Presented also to the 1981 annual convention of the American Psychological Association , and sold in over a dozen countries. 

          Schmidt, Paul F.  Sex:  Is it an Addiction?  Cincinnati:  Forward Movement Publications, 2006.  An educational pamphlet about sexual addiction.

          Schmidt, Paul F.,  Five journal articles, researching moral values, self-esteem, and ethics  

          Schmidt, Paul F.,  over a dozen solo presentations to national, regional, and state professional conferences, on the 3 subjects above  plus single adult relationships, addiction to computer pornography, and the Character Assessment Scale.

          Kentucky Psychological Association, ethics chair 1987 to 1990

          American Association of Christian Counselors, charter member

          Christian Association for Psychological Studies International, 

                    workshop chair 1990, 1996

          Mental Health America of Kentucky