Vijay Shankar, MBA, Psy.D.
Specialty
- Anxiety and mood disorders in adults and adolescents.
- Individual and group therapy.
- Intensive multi-day workshops.
Training
- Dr. Shankar has been trained by and co-facilitated workshops with Dr. Steven C. Hayes, the founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- He is listed in the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) website as a trainer for other therapists in ACT.
- He has completed the Teacher Development Intensive (TDI) program in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the Center for Mindfulness, UMass Medical School, in Massachussets.
- He has been trained in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy at the Albert Ellis Institute, New York.
- He has received Advanced Supervision in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy at BFTC, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- He has extensive training in Gestalt therapy.
Workshops and Presentations
- Dr. Shankar has been a speaker at the Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, California.
- He has taught at the World Conferences on ACT, RFT, and the New Behavioral Psychology, at Linköping, Sweden and the ACT Summer Institutes at Reno and Philedelphia.
- He has presented at the Oregon Psychological Association Spring Conferences, at community organizations, and at local graduate psychology programs.
Professional Memberships
- Member of The Anxiety Disorders Clinic.
- Founder/Director of LifeQual LLC.
- Current member and past Treasurer of the Oregon Psychological Association.
- Past member of the Pacific University Board of Trustees.
- Current member of the Advisory Board of the Pacific University School of Professional Psychology.
Education
- Psy.D from Pacific University School of Professional Psychology.
- MBA from European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD).
- MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM).
Languages
- French, Hindi, Malayalam
Other Interests
- Photograpy, gardening, tennis, travel.
Anne B Shankar, M.Sc., MSW, LCSW
- Ms. Shankar is a licensed clinical social worker. Her areas of interest are anxiety and mood disorders, marital/relationship conflict and life transitions.
- Ms. Shankar has participated in several intenive weekend workshops conducted by Steven Hayes, Kelly Wilson and Robyn Walser.
- She has co-facilitated a number of weekend intensive ACT workshops with Vijay Shankar.
- She has been trained in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy at the Albert Ellis Institute, New York and also received training at the Institute of Multigenerational Family Therapy, in Portland, Oregon.
- Ms. Shankar practices at The Anxiety Disorders Clinic and is a Director of LifeQual LLC.
- She is a past board member of the William Temple House, an agency providing mental health counseling, social services and pastoral care for low income working families in the Portland, Oregon area.
- Ms. Shankar attended the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Mind-Body Medicine (MBSR) residential retreat with Jon Kabat-Zinn at Watsonville, California.
- Ms. Shankar has a Masters in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics and a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University in New York.
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