NJ Licensed Psychologist #2720
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Dr.
Allen Weg received his Bachelors in Psychology from Cortland State University,
New York, and his Masters in Clinical-Experimental Psychology from Fairleigh
Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey. He received his Doctorate
in Counseling Psychology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey,
and is a New Jersey licensed psychologist.
Dr. Weg is founder and director of Stress and Anxiety Services of New Jersey, PA, an independent practice in East Brunswick, New Jersey in Middlesex County. He had also worked as a Senior Psychologist in the outpatient department of Richard Hall Community Mental Health Center in Bridgewater, New Jersey for 14 years, until November, 2000.
In both of these settings, he has over the years treated scores of individuals and run many groups for the treatment of Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobias, Social Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. He has also has considerable experience with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Trichotillomania, and Habit Control, as well as non-anxiety focused work with persons suffering from depression, grief and loss, personality disorders, marital and sexual problems, adult children of alcoholics, and adults sexually abused as children. He has since 1991 served as a clinical field supervisor for the Psychological Clinic at Rutgers University, where he supervises graduate students in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology and Rutgers Ph.D. program.
While he initially worked only with adults, Dr. Weg began to accept children and adolescents into his practice in 1996. This change came in response to multiple complaints by concerned parents who reported to Dr. Weg that they were having difficulty finding child psychologists who were competent in the cognitive behavioral treatment of OCD. At that time, Dr. Weg initiated post-doctoral training with some of the country’s most prominent specialists in the treatment of pediatric OCD. He has since himself presented workshops on this topic to mental health professional organizations, and has expanded his work to include not only children and adolescents with OCD, but also youngsters who suffer with other types of anxiety disorders.
He has previously for a period of nine years served as a consultant to the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, where he offered regular presentations on stress management topics, smoking cessation, and a variety of communication and life management skills. This was presented as part of Live For Life, an employee wellness program, to more than a dozen J&J companies in Central New Jersey, and to audiences often numbering over 100.
For a period of four years, Dr. Weg had served as a member of the Board of Directors and scientific advisor, for Panic Relief, Inc., an organization dedicated to the education, support, and referral for panic sufferers. He had written a featured article in every issue of the Panic Relief News during that four year period, wherein he reviewed, in detail, a cognitive-behavioral treatment program for panic.
He is one of the original founders and presently Vice President of the New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation: an arm of the national OCF in Connecticut, which is dedicated to the support, education and treatment of those suffering with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Dr. Weg's many roles in this organization include that of being co-editor and one of the regular contributing writers of the organization's newsletter, which goes out to over 1,000 New Jersey OCD sufferers and mental health professionals.
In addition, Dr. Weg is a member of the Steering Committee of the New Jersey Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists, the premiere Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) organization in New Jersey that promotes the training and development of CBT therapists throughout the state via a series of seminars, workshops and newsletters.
In September, 2003, Dr. Weg became one of a small handful of professionals who were the first to be trained at the annual retreat run by the Trichotillomania Learning Center (TLC). TLC is the premiere organization in the world involved in the treatment, research and support for the problem of compulsive hair pulling and BFRBs (Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors, which include skin picking and nail biting). At the close of the 3 day seminar, trainees were informed that as of that moment, they were the best formally trained professionals in the world for the specific treatment of Compulsive Hair Pulling and other BFRBs.
OFFICE POLICIES
Dr. Weg’s office policies are described in the FAQs link on the Home Page of this website.
FEES
Dr. Weg's fees for services are $270 for an initial evaluation, and $200 for a 45 minute individual therapy session. The other therapists on staff offer services at varying fees, most significantly lower than those quoted here.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Fax and Phone- This information is found on the Home Page of this website, as well as on the FAQs link. These numbers are also located on our letterhead stationary, business cards, and receipts given at the end of each session.
Email-You can email Dr. Weg directly at AllenWeg@aol.com
BELOW IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT DR ALLEN WEG...
Dr. Weg has over the years made presentations on the topic of the treatment of anxiety disorders to many mental health facilities in Central New Jersey, including:
Jewish Family Services
Catholic Charities
Family Service Association
The Association for the Advancement of Mental Health
Intensive Family Support Services (IFFS)
The Rutgers Community Mental Health Center and its satellites (now known as University Behavioral Health)
New Jersey College Counseling Centers Encounter
Richard Hall Community Mental Health Center
Raritan Bay Mental Health Center
Monmouth Medical Center
Children's Specialized Hospital
Dr Weg has also presented at conferences sponsored by:
The New Jersey Psychological Association
The National Association of Social Workers, New Jersey Chapter
The New Jersey Educational Association
The New Jersey Counseling Association
The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists- New Jersey Chapter
The National Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
The Anxiety Disorders Association of America
The New Jersey Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists
The New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
The Middlesex County Association of Psychologists
The Somerset County Association of Psychologists
The Morris County Association of Psychologists
The Bergen County Association of Psychologists
The Monmouth/Ocean County Psychological Association
The Mercer County Association of Psychologists
Dr. Weg has also presented as part of training programs for:
The New Jersey Department of Human Services; New Jersey Internship Training Program
The Tourette's
Syndrome Program, The Psychological Clinic
at the Graduate School
of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey,
Robert Wood Johnson School of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Residency Training Program
UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School
Department of Psychiatry- Internship Program
The Gerentological Institute of New Jersey
In addition, he has on two occasions been featured as a guest on the talk radio station, WCTC, and was a guest panelist on the New Jersey Network television show, Healthcalls. In the Spring and Summer of 2000, he was a guest on the CN-8 Cable TV show, Family Talk, once to discuss Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder, and once to discuss OCD. The following Summer, in 2001, he was again featured on CN-8, discussing panic disorder on the show, Real Life. In June of 2002, he was interviewed on the Highland Park Cable TV show, Psychology Matters, where he spoke on the treatment of OCD. In March of 2006, Dr. Weg was interviewed in his capacity as Vice President of the New Jersey Obsessive Compulsive Foundation on the show To Your Health on New Jersey 12 cable television. He and Ina Spero, who is president of NJOCF, discussed OCD in general and the Foundation in particular. In October of 2006, Dr. Weg and one of his clients were featured in a New Jersey Network News review of OCD.
Dr. Weg is a professional member of the following organizations:
* The American Psychological Association
* The Association for
the Advancement of Behavioral Therapy
(member
of the Special Interest Group for Phobias and Related Anxiety Disorders)
* The New Jersey Psychological Association
* The New Jersey Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
* The Anxiety Disorders Association of America
* The Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
* The Middlesex County Association of Psychologists
* The Trichotillomania Learning Center
The following are recent events which featured Dr Weg as a presenter:
(scroll down to see any upcoming presentations...)
* UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School
Department of
Psychiatry- Internship Program- May 7, 2008, Piscataway, NJ
Presenting on "Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* New Jersey Department of
Human Services; New Jersey Internship Training Program
February 20, 2008,
West Windsor, NJ
Presenting on
"Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* Mercer
County Association of Psychologists-
January 20, 2008,
Princeton, NJ
Presenting on "CBT for Adult Social Phobia"
* National Association of
Clinical Social Workers- NJ Chapter
January 9, 2008, Edison, NJ..
Presenting on
"Flying Into the Darkness- Exposure Therapy for Anxiety Disorders."
* Monmouth/Ocean County
Psychological Association
December 9, 2007, Spring Lake, NJ
Presenting on "CBT for Adult Social Phobia"
* New Jersey Dental
Society
December 5, 2007, North Brunswick, NJ
"Body Dysmorphic and Anxiety Disorders in Dental Patients"
* Gerentological
Institute of New Jersey
November 29, 2007,
Tinton Falls, NJ
Presenting on "CBT for Anxiety Disorders"
*
New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
October 28, 2007,
Doubletree Hotel, Somerset, NJ
"Living
with OCD
Panel" - moderator
* Middlesex
County Association of Psychologists-
September 20, 2007, New Brunswick, NJ
Presenting on "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of OCD"
*
New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
September 10, 2007,
Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
"You Are the
Therapist"- Moderator
* Raritan Bay Mental Health
Center-
June 12,
2007, Perth Amboy, NJ.
Presenting on "CBT Treatment of Panic and Agoraphobia"
* National Association of Social
Workers, New Jersey Chapter
May 7, 2007, Atlantic City, NJ
Presenting on "Flying Into the Darkness: Story Telling for OCD"
* New Jersey Department of
Human Services; New Jersey Internship Training Program
April 11, 2007,
West Windsor, NJ
Presenting on
"Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* Richard Hall Community Mental Health Center
March 28, 2007,
Bridgewater NJ
Presenting on
"Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD in Adults"
*
New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
March 12, 2007,
Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
"Parenting a
Child with OCD: A Four Step Approach "
* UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School
Department of Psychiatry- Internship Program- March 7, 2007, Piscataway, NJ
Presenting on "Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* Bergen
County Association of Psychologists-
January, 7 2007, Tenafly, NJ
Presenting on "Social Phobia"
*
Presentation to Faculty
November 2, 2006,
Newmark School, Plainfield, NJ
"Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders in Students"
* Interviewed on New Jersey Network News piece on OCD, October 17, 2006
*
New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
October 15, 2006,
Doubletree Hotel, Somerset, NJ
"Living
with OCD
Panel" - moderator
* National Association of
Clinical Social Workers- NJ Chapter
August 15, 2006, Edison, NJ..
Presenting on "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Anxiety Disorders in Children
and Adults"
* UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School
Department of Psychiatry- Internship Program- May 3, 2006, Piscataway, NJ
Presenting on "Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* New Jersey Counseling
Association
May 1, 2006, Eatontown, NJ..
Presenting on "Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents"
* National Association of
Clinical Social Workers- NJ Chapter
April 25, 2006, East Brunswick, NJ..
Presenting on "Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents"
* National Association of
Clinical Social Workers- NJ Chapter
April 24, 2006, East Brunswick, NJ..
Presenting on "Individual and Group Treatment of Adult Social Phobia"
* Anxiety Disorders
Association of America- 26th National Conference
March 23-26, 2006, Miami, FL
"Getting Past Go: Overcoming Procrastination and Avoidance
in Carrying Out Your OCD Treatment Plan"
* Anxiety Disorders
Association of America- 26th National Conference
March 23-26, 2006, Miami, FL
"Mandy: A Case Presentation of
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with
Anorexia Nervosa"
* New Jersey Department of
Human Services; New Jersey Internship Training Program
March 8, 2006,
West Windsor, NJ
Presenting on
"Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* Middlesex
County Association of Psychologists-
January 22, 2006, New Brunswick, NJ
Panel Member on
"Dissociative Disorders"
* Raritan Bay Mental Health
Center-
December 13,
2005, Perth Amboy, NJ.
Presenting on "OCD in Children and Adolescents"
* New Jersey
Psychological Association-
October 29, 2005, Woodbridge, NJ
Presenting on "Getting Past Go: Ten Ideas to Help Get Unstuck in Treatment"
*
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists- New Jersey Chapter
September 30, 2005, Trenton, NJ
Presenting on "Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* National Association of Social
Workers, New Jersey Chapter
May 2-4, 2005, Atlantic City, NJ
Presenting on: "Assessment and Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder:
The Art of Developing Interventions"
*
New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
March 14, 2005,
Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
"Flying Into the Darkness
Part 2: More Examples of Narrative Therapy for OCD"
* New Jersey Department of
Human Services; New Jersey Internship Training Program
February 16, 2005,
West Windsor, NJ
Presenting on
"Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* New Jersey
Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation- 5th Annual Conference
October 10, 2004,
Doubletree Hotel,
Somerset, NJ
Psychologist
Panel for the Treatment of OCD- Panel member
* La
Frontera Center, Inc.; Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services
August 20, 2004,
Tucson, AZ
"Cognitive
Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* New Jersey Department of
Human Services; New Jersey Internship Training Program
July 28, 2004,
West Windsor, NJ
Presenting on
"Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* 17th
Annual Encounter of New Jersey College Counseling Centers
May 3, 2004,
Rutgers University, Cook Campus Center, New Brunswick, NJ
"Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders in Students"
* Anxiety
Disorders Association of America-24th National Conference
March 13, 2004,
Hyatt Regency, Miami, FL
"Flying
Towards the Darkness: Narrative Therapy for OCD"
*
New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
December 8, 2003,
Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
"Teen OCD
Panel" - moderator
* New Jersey
Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation- 4th Annual Conference
October 26, 2003, Somerset Marriott,
Somerset, NJ
Psychologist
Panel for the Treatment of OCD- Panel member
*
Rutgers Counseling Center for College Ave Campus
October 23,
2003, New Brunswick, NJ
Presenting
on "Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Anxiety Disordered Students"
* The Tourette's
Syndrome Program, The Psychological Clinic
Graduate School
of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University
September
19,
2003, Piscataway, NJ
Presenting on "Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
*
New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
September 8, 2003,
Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
"Getting Past
Go: Ten Ideas to Help Get Unstuck in Carrying Out an Exposure
Therapy Program for
OCD and Body Focused Disorders"
*
Children's Specialized Hospital
March 25,
2003, Mountainside, NJ
Presenting
on "Cognitive
Behavioral Treatment of Pediatric OCD"
* The Tourette's
Syndrome Program, The Psychological Clinic
Graduate School
of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University
March 14,
2003, at SAS of NJ office in Milltown, NJ
Presenting on "Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* Department of
Human Services; Internship Program Training
March 5, 2003,
West Windsor, NJ
Presenting on
"Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of OCD"
* Middlesex County
Association of Psychologists
January 26, 2003,
New Brunswick, NJ
Panel Discussant on
"Case Presentation and Discussion From Different Orientations"
* New Jersey Educational
Association
November 7, 2002, Atlantic City, NJ
Presenting on "Treatment of OCD in
Children and Adolescents"
* Rutgers University- Graduate
School of Applied and Professional Psychology
November 1, 2002, New Brunswick, NJ
Presenting on "Cognitive
Behavioral Group Therapy of Anxiety Disorders
Utilizing Manualized Treatment Protocols"
* New Jersey Affiliate of the
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation- 3rd Annual Conference
October 20, 2002,Somerset Marriott,
Somerset, NJ
Moderator for the Panel of Parents of
Kids with OCD
* National Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
Annual Conference-
August 9-11, 2002, Philadelphia.
Presenting on "Panic and OCD"
*
Guest on Local Access TV Cable show,
Psychology Matters,
a joint television production of Highland Park
Cable TV Commission
and the Middlesex County Association of
Psychologists. June, 2002, "OCD"
* Anxiety
Disorders Association of America- 22nd National Conference
March 21-24, 2002 Hyatt Regency, Austin, Texas
"The Differences Between Panic Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
with Panic Attacks: Diagnosis and Treatment"
* Intensive
Family Support Services (IFFS) of Middlesex County
December 13, 2001, University Behavioral Healthcare, North Brunswick, NJ
Presenting on "Stress Management for Staff"
* New Jersey
Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
December 11, 2001, University Behavioral Healthcare, Piscataway, NJ
Presenting
on "Panic and OCD"
* Jewish
Family Services/PAC of Mercer County
October 22, 2001, Princeton, NJ
"Treatment of Anxiety Disorders"
* New
Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation- 2nd Annual Conference
September 23, 2001,Somerset Marriott, Somerset, NJ
Moderator for the OCD Kids Panel
* Morris County
Psychological Association
September 12, 2001, Florham Park, NJ
Presenting on "Treatment of OCD"
* Guest on CN-8
cable television show, Real Life
July 24, 2001 at 5 pm, and July 25, 2001 at 12 noon
Panic Disorder
* Intensive Family
Support Services (IFSS) of Middlesex County
June 7, 2001, University Behavioral Healthcare, Piscataway, NJ
Presenting on "Anxiety Disorders and Their Treatment"
* Dr. Weg
received the Distinguished Service Award from the Rutgers Graduate
School
of Education Alumni Association, in part for his work with the NJ Affiliate
of the OC Foundation
March 24, 2001, New Brunswick, NJ
* UMDNJ Robert
Wood Johnson School of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Residency Training Program- February 22, 2001, Piscataway, NJ
Presenting on "Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Anxiety Disorders"
* New Jersey
Psychological Association-
October 21, 2000, Woodbridge, NJ
Presenting on "Childhood Treatment of OCD"
* Middlesex
County Association of Psychologists-
September 21, 2000, New Brunswick, NJ
Presenting on "Social Phobia"
* Central
New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
Conference-
September 17, 2000, Somerset, NJ.
Presenting on "Flying Into the Darkness: Narrative Stories for OCD"
* National Obsessive
Compulsive Foundation Annual Conference-
August 11-13, 2000, Chicago.
Presenting on "Panic and OCD"
Upcoming Presentations
* Essex-Union
County Association of Psychologists-
January 9, 2009, NJ
Presenting on "Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for OCD"
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