January 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 

          2010 to present -- On staff at Interfaith Counseling Center, Lexington, KY

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

          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.,  Growing Your Love Life, Charleston, SC:  Booksurge, 2007.  Book for single adults on managing their relationships.  Available on Amazon.com. 

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

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

          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.  2008:  out of print. 

          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.

          Schmidt, Paul F., Understanding Each Other, current newspaper column, Louisville and Shelbyville

          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, Kentucky