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

208-200 Vance Academic Center
Office Phone: (860) 832-3147
Email Address:
tafrater@ccsu.edu

Office Hours:
Monday: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Tuesday: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Thursday: 1:00 - 3:00 pm

 Ph.D., Hofstra University, Clinical and School Psychology

Research Interests: Anger Related Disorders, Criminal Thinking, Offender Motivation

Courses Taught

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

Selected Publications and Academic Paper Presentations

    Tafrate, R., & Kassinove, K.  (2009).   Anger management for everyone: Seven proven ways to control anger and live a happier life.  Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers, Inc.

    Tafrate, R. (2009, August; *Invited Address). CBT and the angry client: Engagement, assessment, and treatment.  Presented    for CBT Australia, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, & Darwin, Australia.

     Tafrate, R. (2009, August; *Invited Address). Motivational interviewing:  theory, skills, and application                                    with diverse populations.  Presented for CBT Australia, Alice Springs, Australia.

     Tafrate, R., Schwedler, S., Buckwalter, R., & Cucolo, J.  (2009, March).  The relation between criminal thinking and psychological conditions commonly associated with criminal behavior. In R. Tafrate (Chair), Thinking bad but feeling good: Criminal thinking and its correlates.  Symposium conducted at the 46th annual convention of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, MA.

DiGiuseppe, R., & Tafrate, R. (2007). Understanding anger disorders.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press.       

Kassinove, H. & Tafrate, R. (2007, November, *Invited Address).  Preparation, change, and forgiveness strategies for  treating angry adults. Clinical Grand Rounds demonstration conducted at the41st annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

Kassinove, K., & Tafrate, R. (2006).  Anger management video program: An instructional guide for practitioners - DVD. Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers, Inc.

Tafrate, R. & Kassinove, H.  (2006). 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.

     Tafrate, R. (2006, August).  Chair. Research on anger treatments: Beyond college students and analogue studies. Symposium conducted at the 114th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

     Tafrate, R. & Kassinove, K. (2006, July).  The initial approach: Beginning treatment with anger disordered adults. In H. Kassinove (Chair), Understanding and treating disruptive anger. Symposium conducted at the 26th annual convention of the International Congress of applied Psychology, Athens, Greece.

    Tafrate, R. (2005, August; *Invited Address).  Treating disruptive anger: A menu-driven CBT approach for adolescent and   adult clients.  Presented at the second annual Summer Institute of the Canadian Psychological Association, Whistler, British Columbia.

DiGiuseppe, R., & Tafrate, R. (2004).  Anger disorders scale.  North Tonawanda, NY:  Multi-Health Systems (MHS).   

DiGiuseppe, R., & Tafrate, R. (2003).  Anger treatment for adults:  A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10, 70-84.          

Kassinove, H., & Tafrate, R. (2002).  Anger management: The complete treatment Guidebook for practitioners. Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers, Inc.