Dr. Owen Lugar, Ed. D. Counseling Services Inc., P.O. Box 267, Montchanin, Delaware 19710
Military Status: Honorable Discharge U.S. Marine Corps
Academic Background
1961-1964 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. in Psychology
1966-1969 The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania Graduated with a Masters and Doctorate inEducation with a specialization in Rehabilitation Counseling
Vocational Background
1964-1966  Rehabilitation Counselor at the Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Center, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1969-1970 Assistant Professor, College of Education, Rehabilitation Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Taught graduate level courses plus served as coordinator of undergraduate rehabilitation education
1971-1978 Director of Psychological Services, Delaware Curative Workshop, Wilmington, Delaware Provided clinical and administrative skills for a variety of services that included grant preparation, staff supervision and writing
1973-Present Founded Counseling Services to provide a variety of psychological services within a Tri-state area thathave included assessment, both general and forensic, counseling, and business consultation. This led to the founding of "American Confidential Employee Service", and  "Direct"


Activities Concurrent with Counseling Services

Additional services have been provided to a wide range of public and private agencies that have included: Vocational Rehabilitation, Social Security Administration-Bureau of Hearings and Appeals, Juvenile Corrections, Child Protective Services.

Adhoc professor University of Delaware, Physical Therapy curriculum, police candidate selection for both Delaware and Pennsylvania police departments. Wrote and designed drug policy statements for many small businesses and associations of small business owners, provided triage services for mental health and substance abuse patients for an HMO, served as technical consultant for a national campaign to Hire the handicapped. Radio talk show host "Psychologically Speaking"

Affiliations

American Psychological Association, National Registry of Health Service Providers in Psychology, former president Delaware Psychological Association, Pennsylvania Psychological Association member

Publications

"The Vocational Rehabilitation of Stroke Victims, A descriptive and Predictive Study", ARC Report, April 1969, "Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, June 1971, "The Helping Relationship", A Handbook for those concerned about drugs, University of Arizona Interdisciplinary Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Use or Abuse, Bulletin Number Two, 1971, "Drug use and abuse", Technical research paper with Rogers, Tucson Drug Problem Coalition, June 1971, "Thera-flicks", a series of 12 books, Delaware Curative Workshop, June 1976, "New methods of disability assessment", with Chun, Zappla and VanDamm, Archives of Rehabilitation, 1979 "Mental health of incarcerated delinquents improves through the use of scuba training", with Davies, March and Oglesby, American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, July 1984 "Dealing with the difficult", Service Magazine, January, 1992 "Stress management difficult business situations", Parking Magazine, October, 1992 "Buying and selling your business", monograph for the Building Service Contractors Association, 1990 "Workbook", monograph published May 1996.

Licenses/Certification

Licensed psychologist in Arizona, Delaware and Pennsylvania, and licensed nursing home administrator.

Convention and Seminar Speaker

Convention and motivational speaker

457 W. Rockland Road   Montchanin, DE 19710   •   302-656-0819   •   info@owenlugar.com