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Gene Nelson, Psy.D. Biographical Data

Internship Director
Telephone: 717-560-7917
Fax: 717-560-6452
E-mail: gene.nelson@twponessa.com

Dr. Gene Nelson is the Internship Director for T.W. Ponessa and Associates. He is a Pennsylvania licensed psychologist who graduated from Immaculata University with a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology. He also holds a Master's Degree from Immaculata College in Counseling Psychology and a seminary degree in Pastoral Counseling.

With more than 20 years of experience in mental health services, Dr. Nelson has a broad base of clinical training and expertise including outpatient therapy, intensive outpatient therapy, drug and alcohol therapy, directing a partial hospitalization program for people with serious emotional disorders and a second partial hospitalization program for people with serious emotional disorders and drug and alcohol involvement.

Dr. Nelson has extensive experience in family therapy including pre-marital and marital counseling, and is a seminar director for the Prepare/Enrich program. He has served as the Clinical Director for an agency with multiple sites, which included two large BHRS programs, psychiatry, outpatient services including EAP (brief therapy), and a gymnasium where therapy and exercise was provided for obese/bariatric clients. He has conducted thousands of BHRS and many adult psychological evaluations beginning in his pre-doctoral internship.

Dr. Nelson supervised interns in his pre- and post-doctoral training. He developed a successful internship program in Philadelphia with students from many of the local colleges. In addition, Dr. Nelson taught counseling, psychology, development, and grief courses for eight years. During that time, along with the Academic Dean, he developed an 18-hour minor in pastoral counseling that later led to a three-track major in pastoral and professional counseling.

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