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Courses

  • 40000 Clinical Intervention in Substance Abuse
  • 40403 Fundamentals of Behavioral Therapy: Contemporary Approaches 
  • 43800 Skills for Conducting Psychotherapy with
    Chronically Distressed Persons
  • 63700 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Job Experience

  • Director and Managing Member, Emotion Management Program, LLC
  • Clinical Director, Trinity Services Inc.
  • Director, Emotion Management Program, University of Chicago
  • Director of Clinical Services, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, University of Chicago

Fields of Special Interest

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Contextual Behavior Theory and Therapy
  • Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
  • Chronic Distress
  • Problems Related to Substance Abuse

Publications or Presentations

  • Holmes, E. P., (2005). Dialectical Behavior Therapy: An Introduction.  A Seminar presented to members of the South Suburban Association of Counselors.

  • Holmes, E.P., (2005). Dialectical Behavior Therapy: An Introduction.  A Five-day Summer Institute presented at the University of Chicago, School of Social Services Administration, Professional Development Program.

  • Holmes, E.P., (2004). Dialectical Behavior Therapy: An Introduction.  A Seminar presented to Faculty and Graduate Students, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago.

  • Holmes, E.P., (2004). Dialectical Behavior Therapy: An Introduction.  A Two-day Workshop presented for the Professional Development Program at Lutheran General Hospital.

  • Holmes, E. P., (2004). Further Delineating the Applicability of Mindfulness and Acceptance.  A Presentation to Faculty and Staff, Department of Medicine at Rush University Medical Center.

  • Holmes, E.P., (2003). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Introduction.  One-day workshop presented at the University of Chicago School of Social Services Administration Professional Development Program.

  • Holmes, E.P., (2003). Dialectical Behavior Therapy: An Introduction.  A Five-day Summer Institute presented at the University of Chicago, School of Social Services Administration Professional Development Program.

Jelani McEwen

Jelani McEwen

When Jelani McEwen begins his new job as Charter Support Manager of the Illinois Network of Charter Schools upon graduation from the School of Social Service Administration in June 2013, in some ways he will have come full circle.