VITAE
John Stewart, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Tufts School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry – Boston, MA
Private Practice
22 Monument Square, Suite 404
Portland, Maine 04101
207-712-4869
[email protected]
Licensed Psychologist, Child, Adolescent and Adult Couples and Family Therapy.
Maine Psychology License #00598 (since 1986)
Clinical experience overview
My thirty-five years of clinical practice have centered on assessment, treatment and consultation across age groups. I have extensive experience with Trauma Histories, Attachment Issues, Depression/Anxiety, ADHD and Learning Disabilities. In the past ten years I have added focus in the areas of family and couples therapy working from a neurobiological informed attachment model.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Current appointments and positions:
1987- present – Private Practice – Child, Adolescent, Adult, Family Therapy
2014- present Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry Tufts University School of Medicine, – Boston, Massachusetts
1985- 2017 Founder & Clinical Director – Co-Founder – Board Member– Maine Special Education / Mental Health Collaborative – K-12 Day Treatment and Out Reach support for students with emotional, behavioral and developmental disorders. New Gloucester, Maine (Non-profit Agency serving 60 students and families with a clinical staff of 12 and educational staff of 30)
2006- present Director - Family Therapy Vacations, Maine and Nicaragua, Intensive attachment focused couples and family therapy retreats. familytherapyvacations.com
1990 – 2014 Clinical Director for Hastings Clinical Associates / Attachment Focused Clinical Services, Portland Me. (Family focused clinical practice providing treatment, evaluation and consultation). Portland, Maine
1986-1987
Treatment team leader for Jackson Brook Institute (Inpatient adult and adolescent psychiatry). South Portland, Maine
1985-1986
Psychology Intern, Elmcrest Psychiatric Institute. (Inpatient child and adult Psychiatry). , Portland, Connecticut
1983-1985
Clinic coordinator, Counseling and Assessment Clinic for Texas A&M University,. (Outpatient Psychology Services). College Station, Texas
1980-1982
Special Education Behavioral consultant, Falmouth Schools (Services for behavioral disordered children within the public school setting). Falmouth, Maine
1978-1980
Peace Corps volunteer, consultant for Special Education (Development of services for children with special needs). Coyhaique, Chile
EDUCATION:
Elmcrest Psychiatric Institute, Portland, Ct.
A.P.A. approved Clinical Psychology internship – Inpatient Psychiatry - Completed 1986
Texas A & M University, College Station, Tx.
Ph.D.- Completed 1986 - A.P.A. Approved Counseling Psychology Program
Boston University, Boston, MA.
Masters Degree- Completed 1982 - A.P.A. Approved Counseling Psychology Program
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Il.
B.S. - Special Education- Completed 1977
Past and present professional affiliation:
American Psychological Association
Maine Psychological Association
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS / TEACHING AFFILIATIONS:
Tufts School of Medicine – Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry 2012- present
University of Vermont School of Medicine - Training Supervisor, Child Psychiatry
(Maine Medical Center) 1992-2012
University of Rhode Island – Training Supervisor, Psychology Program 2007
University of New England - Training Supervisor, Psychology Program 2006
RECENT COURSE AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
What Schools Can Do When Students Who Are Not Getting What They Need at Home – Harvard School Mental Health Conference, Boston Feb 2025
Reaching Out to Students in Need - a developmental and attachment informed model – Harvard School Mental Health Conference, Boston Jan 2019
Developing Attachment Informed Inpatient Child and Adolescent Treatment Programs - two day training Johns Hopkins inpatient and day treatment child and adolescent services, Baltimore, November 2018
SAMHSA’s Expert Panel on Child, Adolescent, and Transitioned Aged Youth Trauma and Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED)/Serious Mental Illness (SMI) - March 2018, Rockville, MD
Understanding and Managing the Narcissistic Student - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjAN-QE3QXM Feb 2017
DSM IV- TR – An Overview for Child and Adolescent Clinicians - Maine Psychological Association
Beyond Time Out –An Introduction to Developmental Psychopathology for Educators - presented nationally in 50 settings
Understanding and Managing the Severely Acting-out and Aggressive Child in the Public School Setting - presented national in 20 settings
Effective Discharge Planning for Children Leaving Psychiatric Hospitalization – Spring Harbor Hospital, South Portland, ME
Attention Deficit Disorder in the Preschool Child
Sibling Issues in Families with a Severely Disabled Child – Keynote Maine Parent Federation Annual meeting
Publications
What Helps When Children and Families Struggle – An attachment informed book on for families and clinicians. Co-authored with Erin Belfort, MD. (to be publish 4/2025). Austin Macauley Publishing, London
Attachment-Based Treatment Milieus for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Trauma – Creating healing environments in settings from inpatient psychiatry to special education classrooms. October 2017 (in press) Jessica Kingsley Publishing, London, UK
Understanding and Managing the Narcissistic Student - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjAN-QE3QXM Feb 2017
Making it Work for Everyone, Family Life as an Expat – International Living October 2014
Beyond Time Out, A Practical Guide to Understanding and Serving Students with Behavioral Impairments in the Public Schools, 2002, 1st , 2nd Edition 2004, manuscript 203 pages, HCA Press
Functional Behavioral Analysis – A step forward or Trojan horse – Communiqué- National Association of School Psychologist Journal -2001, vol. 27, #5.
Board Participation
Maine Special Education / Mental Health Collaborative, New Gloucester, Maine – Non-profit – providing comprehensive child, adolescent and family day treatment and outreach services to public schools in their programming for students with emotional, developmental and behavioral disabilities - 2001 – present – Co-founder
Shalom House Inc. – Portland, Maine - Non-profit serving persons with mental illness in establishing quality and stable housing – 1997-2003 – annual budget
Affinity Home Support Services – Non-profit providing in-home support to families with children with Autism – Portland, Maine, 2002-2004 – annual budget
Maine Psychological Association – Chairman – Division of Child & School Psychology – 1996-1998
