Biography

Shane G. Owens, Ph.D., ABPP, is a board-certified behavioral and cognitive psychologist, and a dad. He is the assistant director of Campus Mental Health Services at Farmingdale State College and is a sought-after authority on college-student and young-adult mental health. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical and school psychology from Hofstra University.

Dr. Owens’ scholarly work has appeared in Aggressive Behavior and the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. He is a member of the editorial board of Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

Dr. Owens writes for Smerconish.com, US News, Fatherly, and ShrinkTank.com.

Areas of Expertise (4)

College Mental Health

Parenting

Anxiety

Social Media

Industry Expertise (4)

Health Care - Providers

Health and Wellness

Education/Learning

Mental Health Care

Accomplishments (2)

Distinguished Service Award - New York State Psychological Association (professional)

Distinguished Service Award

Psychologist of the Year - Suffolk County Psychological Association (professional)

Psychologist of the Year

Education (3)

Drew University: BA, Psychology/Philosophy 1997

Summa cum Laude

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY: MA, Clinical and School Psychology 1998

Master of Arts with Distinction

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY: PhD, Clinical and School Psychology 2003

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Affiliations (8)

• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
• Suffolk County Psychological Association
• Anxiety and Depression Association of America
• American Association of Suicidology
• Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology
• American Psychological Association
• American College Health Association
• American Board of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology

Languages (1)

• English

Event Appearances (5)

Whether we “like” it or not, we need to embrace social media.

the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference 2019  Chicago, IL

What can an evidence-based mental health practitioner do when faced with pseudoscience?

52nd Annual Conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies  Washington, D.C.

Teaching kids lifelong suicide prevention skills.

Staten Island Committee for Child and Adolescent Mental Health  Staten Island, NY

A psychologist’s social media voice.

Nassau County Psychological Association  Garden City, NY

Collaborative management of suicide risk in college students.

Krasner Psychological Center  Stony Brook, NY

Availability

• Keynote
• Moderator
• Panelist
• Workshop Leader
• Corporate Training

Media Appearances (3)

Bad to add barriers to health care at Rowan

NJ.com  online

Bad to add barriers to health care at Rowan

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How psychologists lost men

Smerconish.com  online

How psychologists lost men

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How your child can maintain mental health treatment when moving to campus

US News Health  online

How your child can maintain mental health treatment when moving to campus

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Published Articles (3)

Overcoming procrastination: The effect of implementation intentions

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Owens, S. G., Bowman, C. G., & Dill, C. A.

Overcoming procrastination: The effect of implementation intentions

Effects of trait anger and anger expression style on competitive attack responses in a wartime prisoner’s dilemma game.

Aggressive Behavior

Kassinove, H., Roth, D., Owens, S. G., & Fuller, J. R.

Effects of trait anger and anger expression style on competitive attack responses in a wartime prisoner’s dilemma game.

Alcohol use among university students: Incidence, reasons, and effects

ERIC Document Reproduction Service

Owens, S. G., Roth, D., & Schmelkin, L. P.

Alcohol use among university students: Incidence, reasons, and effects