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Raymond Chip Tafrate, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor

410 Vance Academic Center
Office Phone: (860)832-3147
Email Address: tafrater@ccsu.edu

Office Hours:
Monday: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Tuesday: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Wednesday: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Education

Ph.D. Hofstra University, 1995.   Clinical and School Psychology.
M.A. Hofstra University, 1991.   General Psychology.
B.A. University of Vermont, 1987.   Psychology.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses:
  Research Methods in Criminal Justice
Controlling Anger & Aggression
Extreme Offending
Supervised Field of Studies in Criminal Justice
Graduate Courses:
  Offender Profiles
Correctional Counseling

Research Interests

Anger Related Disorders
Criminal Thinking
Offender Motivation

Selected Publications

  DiGiuseppe, R. & Tafrate, R. (2006) Understanding anger disorders. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  Kassinov, K., & Tafrate, R. (2006). Anger management video program: An instructional guide for practitioners. Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers, Inc.
DiGiuseppe, R., & Tafrate, R. (2004). Anger disorders scale. North Tonawanda, NY:  Multi-Health Systems (MHS).
Kassinove, H., & Tafrate, R. (2002). Anger management: The complete treatment Guidebook for practitioners. Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers, Inc.
  Tafrate, R. & Kassinove, H. (2006; *Invited Chapter) Anger management for adults: A menu-driven cognitive-behavioral approach to the treatment of anger disorders. In E.L. Feindler (ed). Anger Related Disorders: A Practitioner's Guide to Comparative Treatments.; New York, NY: Springer Publishing (2006) Understanding anger disorders. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  DiGiuseppe, R., & Tafrate, R. (2001). Anger treatment for adults: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10, 70-84.