Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Woodinville Psychological Services 
18500 156th NE, Suite #202
Woodinville, WA 98072
425-481-5700, ext. 16#
425-481-2157 (fax)
drffej45@aol.com

Academic Training:

Ph.D.

1988 -- Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond, Virginia 
Major: Clinical Psychology (APA Approved)
Dissertation Title: “The Development of a Multitrait-Multimethod Measure of Pediatric Pain”

M.S.

1983 -- Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond, Virginia
Major: Clinical Psychology

B.S.

1979 -- University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, Minnesota
Major: Psychology

Licensure and Credentialing:

Licensed Psychologist (Clinical)

- Washington State Board of Health, Examining Board of Psychology, License #PY00002232
- Ohio State Board of Psychology, License #4211
- Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, License #550 

Postdoctoral Fellowship:

August, 1988 - July, 1989 

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: 
Fellowship in Pediatric Psychology; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Predoctoral Internship:

September, 1985 - August, 1986

Indiana University School of Medicine Psychology Training Consortium (APA Approved); 
Indianapolis, Indiana

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September 2004 - Present 
Pediatric, Adolescent, and Adult Psychologist 
Private Practice

Woodinville Psychological Services; Woodinville, Washington
The focus of my practice is on providing cognitive and behaviorally oriented psychotherapy 
to children, adolescents, adults, and families who are dealing with health-related issues. 
This includes addressing adjustment to and coping with acute or chronic medical diagnoses, 
Preparation for medical procedures, improving adherence to medical regimens, providing 
non-pharmacological treatment for pain. Specific populations seen include children, teens, 
and adults with diabetes, asthma, headaches, IBD/RAP, and tic/movement disorders. Areas
of particular clinical interest are: 1) Assessment/treatment of individuals and families coping 
with eating disorders, 2) Clinical hypnosis for enhancement of medical symptom management 
3) Facilitation of life transitions.

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July, 1997 – June, 2003
Child and Pediatric Psychologist
Coordinator, Mary Bridge Eating Disorder Program
Pediatric Psychology Service
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital; Tacoma, Washington

The Pediatric Psychology Service provides both inpatient pediatric and outpatient mental health
care to the families served by this 85-bed primary and tertiary care hospital. Responsibilities 
included inpatient consultation to medical staff and direct intervention with children and 
families who are coping with the full spectrum of acute and chronic health concerns, 
outpatient psychological and psychoeducational evaluations, and both individual and 
family-focused psychotherapeutic interventions. Specific roles included: development and 
direction of the Mary Bridge Multidisciplinary Eating Disorders Program, provided 
consultation-liaison psychological services to inpatient medical units and outpatient specialty 
clinics (Adolescent Medicine, Endocrinology, Hematology/Oncology, Nephrology, and
Gastroenterology); served as consultant to the Southwest Washington Maxillofacial Team, 
and Pediatric Cochlear Implant programs; served as member of the Multicare Medical Ethics
Board; supervised pre- and post-doctoral trainees. 

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September, 1989 - June, 1997
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Consultation-Liaison Services
Department of Psychology, Columbus Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University School 
of Medicine; Columbus, Ohio

The Department of Psychology provides inpatient and outpatient mental health services, 
including psychological assessment, consultation, and intervention services to the 313-bed
Columbus Children’s Hospital (CCH). Responsibilities included developing and directing the
department’s Inpatient Consultation-Liaison service, which provided over 625 inpatient 
consultations to patients and staff of CCH’s multiple specialty departments during 1996; 
developed medical and hospital staff education regarding the issues of chronic illness 
and its effects on child and family functioning; initiated CCH’s Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain 
Management Program; conducted research on pediatric pain assessment and intervention, 
provided ongoing training for house staff regarding child development and developmental 
psychopathology, supervised predoctoral interns and postdoctoral fellows in the Department’s 
APA-approved training program served for six years as a member of CCH’s Board of Ethics.

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September, 1986 - July, 1988
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry
Riley Child Development Center, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University
School of Medicine; Indianapolis, Indiana

The Riley Child Development Center (RCDC) is an interdisciplinary training center whose 
dual mission is to provide diagnostic and intervention services for developmentally disabled 
and chronically ill children and their families and provide educational and training services
for professionals in related areas. Specific populations served include children with Autism, 
CP, ADHD, learning disabilities, attachment and feeding disorders. Duties included conducting
individual and family evaluations, providing short-term psychotherapeutic intervention, co- 
staffing pediatric outpatient clinics, supervision of RCDC trainees, coordinated RCDC’s 
training seminar on developmental disabilities.

Publications:

Gillman, J.B. and Bush, J.P. (1991). Is there a general factor in children’s pain responses? A multivariate study of three types of pain in children (abstract). The Society of Behavioral Medicine Proceedings. CO4, 124.

Gillman, J.B. and Mullins, L.L. (1991). Professional issues in pediatric pain intervention. In J.P. Bush and S.W. Harkins (Eds.) Pain in Children: Clinical and Research Issues From a Developmental Perspective. New York: Springer-Verlag Publishing.

Mullins, L.L., Gillman, J.B., and Harbeck, C. (1992). Multiple level interventions in pediatric psychology settings. In A. LaGreca, L. Segal, J. Wallander, and C.E. Walker (Eds.), Advances in Pediatric Psychology: Stress and Coping With Pediatric Conditions. New York: The Guilford Press.

Gillman J.B. (1994). A primary prevention approach to the management of inflammatory bowel disease. In R.A. Olson, L.L. Mullins, J.B. Gillman, and J Chaney (Eds.), The Sourcebook of Pediatric Psychology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon Press.

Olson, R.A., Mullins, L.L., Gillman, J.B., and Chaney, J. (1994). The Sourcebook of Pediatric Psychology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon Press.

Olson, R.A., Mullins, L.L., Chaney, J., and Gillman, J.B. (1994). The role of the pediatric psychologist in a consultation-liaison service. In R.A. Olson, L.L. Mullins, J.B. Gillman, and J. Chaney (Eds.), The Sourcebook of Pediatric Psychology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon Press.

Gillman, J.B. (1996). Parenting teens: Evolving roles and discipline. Pediatric Directions. 1, (7), 20-21.

Arkin, C.F. and Gillman, J.B. (1997) Rebellious adolescents: Is tough love the answer? In Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. Vol. 8, No. 3, 495-500.

Invited Presentations:

March 17, 2005 “No thanks, I couldn’t eat another bite” or “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing”: Eating Disorders in Adolescence.” Presented at the Annual Psychology, Counseling, and Mental Health Inservice Training, Edmonds School District, Edmonds, WA.

March 9, 2002 “Pediatric Psychosocial Pathology.” Seminar presented to the Tacoma Family Medicine Residency Program, Tacoma, Washington.

March 1, 2001 “Behavioral and Psychological Issues Affecting the School Aged Child” Seminar presented to the Tacoma Family Medicine Residency Program, Tacoma, Washington.

April 14, 2000 “Eating Disorders in Adolescence.” Clinical workshop presented to the Pierce County Washington Department of Social and Human Services; Tacoma, Washington.

October 17, 1998 “No thanks, I couldn’t eat another bite” or “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing”: Eating Disorders in Adolescence.” Presented at the conference entitled, “Food for Thought: Nutritional Challenges in the Growing Child”, sponsored by Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Center; Tacoma, Washington.

February 27, 1997 “Psychoneuroimmunology as the basis for psychosocial support and intervention in chronic illness.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Central Region Children’s Cancer Research Group (CCRG); Columbus, Ohio.

April 12, 1996 “Assessment and management of school avoidance.” Presented at the annual meeting of The Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners; Columbus, Ohio.

October 22, 1995 “Sleep….? Isn’t that what we used to do at night before the baby? Common sleep Problems of early childhood.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the Central Ohio Pediatric Society; Columbus, Ohio.

May 12, 1995 “Helping parents to help themselves: Enhancing parental self-care as a means of improving parent-child relationships.” Presented at the Spring Forum on Ambulatory Pediatric Care, sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio.

September 12, 1993 “Complementary, non-pharmacological interventions in pediatric pain management.” Presented at “Managing Pediatric Pain in the Nineties”, sponsored by Abbott Labs and Columbus Children’s Hospital; Columbus, Ohio.

July 15, 1993 “Taking control: The biopsychology of stress management in chronic illness.” Presented at Total Care of the Aplastic Anemia Patient Conference, sponsored by the Aplastic Anemia Foundation of America; Columbus, Ohio.

September 8, 1992 “Chronic pain in children: Multitrait-multimethod approaches to assessment.” Presented at the Pediatric Pain: Assessment and Intervention Conference, sponsored by the Department of Anesthesia, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of 
Medicine; Cincinnati, Ohio.

July 16, 1992 “Navigating the waves of family life: Creating family strengths.” Plenary session presented at The Ninth Annual National Conference of the American Juvenile Arthritis Organization; Columbus, Ohio.

May 7, 1991 “The impact of chronic illness on children and their families: Pragmatic assessment and interventions.” Presented at the annual conference of the Ohio Chapter, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners; Worthington, Ohio.

November 18, 1990 “Understanding psychophysiological symptoms in children.” Presented at the Sixth Annual School Health Update, sponsored by the Central Ohio Pediatric Society; Columbus, Ohio.

June 10, 1990 “Resiliency in chronically ill adolescents.” Presented at the Annual Conference of the Ohio Valley Chapter, Society for Adolescent Medicine; Columbus, Ohio.

May 11, 1989 “Supportive interventions with the families of children with chronic illnesses.” Presented at Presented at the Annual Oklahoma Conference on Ambulatory Pediatric Care, sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

January 12, 1989 “Adjusting to and coping with the birth of a medically fragile child.” Presented at the Annual Family Resource Center Conference, sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

April 14, 1988 “The impact of chronic illness on family life.” Presented at the Annual Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Day Conference, sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children; Indianapolis, Indiana.

May 8, 1986 “Preparing children for independence: The emotional development of the physically challenged child.” Presented at the Annual Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Day Conference sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children; Indianapolis, Indiana.

Professional and Research Interests:

Psychological intervention with children and families coping with chronic health conditions
Clinical hypnosis in medical symptom management 
Treatment of eating disorders in latency aged children and adolescence
Pain assessment and management
Grief and bereavement 
Life transitions

Professional Affiliations:

American Psychological Association (Divisions 12, 37, and 38)
Society of Pediatric Psychology