Department of Psychology

About Dr. Pomerantz

Andrew M. Pomerantz received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from St. Louis University in 1996. His graduate training included a year-long APA-approved predoctoral internship at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is currently a professor and Program Director of the Clinical Adult Psychology Graduate Program at SIUE. He has taught graduate courses in individual, group, and family psychotherapy and in psychological consultation, as well as undergraduate courses in psychopathology, personality, and general psychology. His research interests include ethics in psychotherapy, personality traits and disorders, client and therapist perceptions of psychotherapy, and cultural issues in psychotherapy. His work has been published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, the Teaching of Psychology, Ethics & Behavior, the Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, and has been presented at conferences of the American, Midwestern, and Missouri Psychological Associations.

Representative Publications

• Pomerantz, A.M. (2008). Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice, and Culture. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Lowe, J., Pomerantz, A. M., & Pettibone, J. C. (in press). The influence of payment method on psychologists' diagnostic decisions: Expanding the range of presenting problems. Ethics and Behavior.
• Munge, B. A., Pomerantz, A. M., Pettibone, J. C., & Falconer, J. W. (in press). The influence of length of marriage and fidelity status on perception of marital rape. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• Pawlow, L., Pomerantz, A., & Sullivan, B. (in press). Protecting undergraduate volunteers: Balancing confidentiality with the duty to protect and/or warn. Training & Education in Professional Psychology.
• Pomerantz, A. M. (in press). Informed consent. In H. E. A. Tinsley & S. H. Lease (Eds.)., Encyclopedia of Counseling. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
• Pomerantz, A. M., Santanello, C. R., & Kirn, K. L. (in press). Confidentiality in classroom assessment activities: Lessons from psychotherapy. Assessment Update.
• Pomerantz, A. M., & Segrist D. J. (2006). The influence of payment method on psychologists' diagnostic decisions regarding minimally impaired clients. Ethics & Behavior, 16, 253-263.