MINDY GREENSTEIN, Ph.D. cell: (347) 886-3905 www.mindygreenstein.com email: greenstm@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE: To serve as a bridge between social science, industry and health care professionals, and the general public. As a clinical psychologist and writer, I am committed to using my clinical, research, and communication skills to help others make positive choices, particularly regarding health and aging. SKILLS

Communication and Writing • Presenting behavioral science research and clinical insights to varied audiences, including professional, general,

and press-related • Serving as liaison between data-oriented groups and groups with little knowledge of the data gathering process • Weaving together science and story-telling, by integrating personal essay/memoir with medical findings, social

science research, statistical processes, humor, and contemporary culture

Clinical • Conducting psychotherapy with varied populations, including federal prison inmates, cancer outpatients and

inpatients, university students, inner city residents, and psychiatric inpatients • Helping people solve problems, manage crises, and find meaning in life, particularly regarding health and aging • Conducting court-ordered evaluations of competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, and determination of

sentencing guidelines

Research • Participating in all phases of research, including study design, data collection, piloting, and quantitative and

qualitative analysis • Areas include existential issues, psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, negative emotions, malingering, and

psychoanalytic theories of the mind

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Co-developed meaning-centered group psychotherapy intervention, which is currently the subject of a multi-

institutional study funded by the National Cancer Institute • Co-author of paper on end-of-life care for upcoming edition of Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Texbook of

Psychiatry • Author of two general audience books: Lighter as We Go: Virtues, Character Strengths and Aging (co-authored by

Jimmie Holland, M.D.), Oxford University Press; The House on Crash Corner (and Other Unavoidable Calamities) was selected by O: The Oprah Magazine as a “Book to Pick Up”

• Published dozens of academic papers and personal essays; my PsychologyToday.com blog was selected by editors as an “Essential Read”

• Serve as peer reviewer for the journal Psycho-Oncology MAXFINT INC. CONSULTING 2015-Present Director, Psychological, Organizational, and Literary Consulting Areas of specialization include aging, cancer, and finding a sense of meaning in life. Consultations cover a broad area, including public speaking, diagnosing psychological impediments to organizing and decluttering; writing memoirs in the face of cognitive deficits. MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, 2008-present, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 2001 Consultant/Research Affiliate, Geriatric Psychiatry Team (2008- present) Consultant, Meaning Centered Group Psychotherapy Program (2001)

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AUTHOR, BOOKS AND ESSAYS 2001 – present MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, 1997 – 2000 DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Chief Clinical Fellow for Psychiatry Service (1998) Clinical and Research Fellow (1997 – 2000) METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS 1995 - 1996 Forensic Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow, Staff Psychologist ST. LUKE'S / ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER 1992 - 1993 Clinical Psychology Intern

FREELANCE BOOK PROMOTION COPYWRITER 1986-1987 MEDIA APPEARANCES AND SPEAKING EVENTS

Readings, talks, and interviews for medical, psychiatric, lay, and literary audiences. For complete list, please see: http://www.mindygreenstein.com/talksandreadings.htm http://www.mindygreenstein.com/psychpresentations.htm http://www.mindygreenstein.com/press.htm

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Research: Lederberg, M., Rocha-Cax, X., Greenstein, M. End of Life and Palliative Care. In Sadock, B.J., Sadock, V.A., Ruiz,

P. (Eds.), Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (in press).

Roth, A, Greenstein, M., and Weiss, T. (2015) Depressive spectrum disorders. In J. Holland, A. Roth, C. Nelson, T. Weiss & Y. Alici (Eds.) Quick Reference for Geriatric Oncology Clinicians: The Psychiatric and Psychological Dimensions of Geriatric Cancer Symptom Management. New York: Oxford University Press.

Greenstein, M., Nelson, C., Roth, A., Wiesel, T., and Holland. J. (2014). The Vintage Readers Book Club: A Novel Approach to Psychosocial Support for Elders. Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society, Tampa, FL.

Greenstein, M. (2010). I don’t want to want to: Intention and addiction. In C.Piers (Ed.) Style and Character: Conversations with David Shapiro. New York: Springer Publishers.

Greenstein, M. (2000). The house that’s on fire: Meaning-centered psychotherapy pilot group. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 54 (4), 501-511.

Greenstein, M. and Breitbart, W. (2000). Cancer and the experience of meaning: A group psychotherapy program for people with cancer. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 54 (4), 486-500.

General Audience: Lighter as We Go: Virtues, Character Strengths, and Aging, co-authored by Jimmie Holland, M.D.,

Oxford University Press, due October, 2014 The House on Crash Corner (and Other Unavoidable Calamities), with a foreword by David Brooks,

Greenpoint Press, 2011 My Building’s Protocol, Altered in a Flash, The New York Times, March 3, 2010 Cancer Envy, The Washington Post, October 8, 2012

From White Coat to Blue Gown, Self, May, 2011; reprinted on Today.com, MSNBC.com, and NBCNews.com Tomorrow’s Pain Will Come Soon Enough, The Washington Post, June 30, 2009

EDUCATION Ph.D., Clinical Psychology New School University, 1995 M.A., Psychology New School University, 1989 A.B., English Literature University of Chicago, 1985