Education

Bachelor of Arts degree
McGill University

1968

Montréal, QC

Master of Arts degree
Clinical Psychology
Concordia University

1972

Montréal, QC

Ph.D. degree
Educational Psychology
State University of New York

1979

Buffalo, NY

NTL (National Training Laboratories)
Graduate Student Training Program

1975-78

Bethel. ME

Doctoral Clinical Internships

Montréal Children's Hospital
Department of psychology

1972

Montréal, QC

Buffalo Children's Hospital
Psychiatry Department

1974

Buffalo, NY

Erie County Medical Center
(E.J. Meyer Memorial Hospital)
Division of Psychology
Department of Psychiatry

1975

Buffalo, NY

Positions Held

Treatment Team Coordinator
Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Service
Erie County Medical Center

1977-80

Buffalo, NY

Supervising Clinical Psychologist
Department of Psychiatry
Erie County Medical Center

1981-88

Buffalo, NY

Clinical instructor
Abnormal Psychology
Medaille College

1981

Buffalo, NY

Assistant instructor
Human Sexuality course for second year medical students
School of Medicine
State University of New York

1981-84

Buffalo, NY

Consulting Psychologist
Western New York Institute for the Psychotherapies

1981

Buffalo, NY

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
State University of New York

1984-95

Buffalo, NY

Consulting Psychologist
Erie County Mental Health Corporation

1984-88

East Aurora, NY

Clinical Supervisor
second and third year Residents in Psychiatry
School of Medicine
State University of New York

1985-95

Buffalo, NY

Co-founder and co-director
Amherst Clinical Associates
private outpatient clinical psychological service

1988

Buffalo, NY

Co-founder
later Vice President of Quality Assurance
Behavioural Healthcare Network Inc.
a private practice mental health group of 42 psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric social workers

1990

Amherst, NY

Director of Psychological Services
West Seneca Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic

1998-2002

West Seneca, NY

Founder of Diabetes Anonymous in the US
an organization conducting 12-Step based groups for diabetics struggling to live well with their illness.

Consulting and Staff Psychologist
Wilson Banwell Human Solutions

2002-06

Vancouver, BC

Professional Associations

Member of College of Psychologists out British Columbia

Member of British Columbia Psychological Association

Publications/Presentations/Academic Awards

Canada Council Fellowship, 1974-76

Klein, B., and Williamson, P.M., Pre-morbid adjustment and affective symptomatology in schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1981, volume 169, number eight,pp 497-502.

Williamson, P. M. Comparison of cognitive coping strategies and modeling in the treatment of phobias. Proceedings of the 81st convention of the American Psychological Association, 1973, Montréal,pp. 537-538.

Williamson, P. M. and MacPherson, D. Dissociative adaptation to ritual abuse, psychiatric grand Rounds, presentation at Erie County medical center, May, 1992 Buffalo, New York

Williamson, P. M. and Reid, J. G. Psycho phobia - the fear of deep self-exploration, reflection and self-expression in relationships. Medical grand Rounds presentation, St. Paul's Hospital, May 2003, Vancouver B.C.