1994 - 2000 Iowa State University Ames, IA
Human Development and Family Studies - Marriage and Family Therapy
Doctoral of Philosophy

1973 - 1975 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
Rehabilitation Counseling Master of Arts

1965 - 1969 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA
Psychology Bachelor of Arts

Dissertation Title: Effects of a Clinical Feedback System on Patient and Staff Outcomes in a Rural Community Mental Health Center

Major Fields of Research Interest: Mental health services, psychotherapy and preventive services, adolescent substance use and risk behaviors, and supervision and training of counselors and therapists

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Teaching Experience -

Iowa State University - Ames, IA
Linking Families and Community Resources, 1999
Children, Families and Public Policy, 2000

Wayne State College - Wayne, NE
Internship in Counseling, 1998, 1999
Research Design, 1999

Des Moines Area Community College - Carroll, IA. Campus
Introduction to Psychology, 1988, 1992, 1994
Abnormal Psychology, 1994

Drake University, in conjunction with Arrowhead AEA
Stress Management, Summer, 1992 - 1998

Professional Experience

2001 - present: Central Iowa Psychological Services, Ames, IA
Mental Health Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist
Individual, couple, and family counseling in a private group practice with clinics in Ames, IA, West Des Moines, IA, and Webster City, IA.

2001 - present: Institute for Social and Behavioral Research, ISU
Ames, IA
Assistant Scientist II
Scientist with Project Family, a research program that conducts and evaluates preventive interventions for adolescent substance use and other problem behaviors

1999 - 2001 Institute for Social and Behavioral Research, ISU
Ames, IA
Research Assistant
Data analysis and manuscript preparation for Project Family

1999 - 2000 Human Development & Family Studies Dept., ISU Ames, IA
Temporary Instructor
Teaching upper level core classes for HDFS majors.

1998 - 2000 Health & Behavior Research Project ISU, Ames, IA
Research Assistant
Conduct data analysis for social psychologists studying adolescent risk behavior.

1998 - 1999 Wayne State College, Wayne, NE
Temporary Assistant Professor
Counselor Education Department Distance Learning Program. Taught and supervised counseling interns in Northwest Iowa, and taught a graduate level research design class.

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1990 - 1998 Personal Best, Carroll, IA
Consultant and Trainer
Provide consulting/training to companies and organizations on stress management and topics related to wellness and human relations.

1994 - 1998 Carroll Psychiatry, Carroll, IA
Mental Health Counselor
Individual, couple, and family counseling in a private group psychiatric practice with clinics in Carroll, IA. and Audubon, IA. Hospital privileges at St. Anthony Hospital and Audubon County Hospital.

1988 - 1994 Sunrise Counseling and Wellness Center, Carroll, IA
Mental Health Counselor
Individual, couple, and family counseling in a solo private practice.

1985 - 1987 Plains Area Mental Health Center, LeMars, IA
Mental Health Counselor
Individual, couple, and family counseling, consultation and education, in a rural Community Mental Health Center

1978 - 1985 West Iowa Mental Health Center, Carroll, IA
Mental Health Counselor
Individual, couple, and family counseling, consultation and education, in a Community Mental Health Center

1976 - 1978 Midlands Psychological Associates, Council Bluffs, IA
Mental Health Counselor
Individual, couple, and family counseling in a group private practice

Licenses and Certifications

Licensed Mental Health Counselor # 22, 1992 - present
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist # 164, 1998 - present
National Academy of Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselors #901, 1985 - present
National Board of Certified Counselors #20189, 1989 - present

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Professional memberships

American Psychological Association, 2001 - present.

American Mental Health Counselor Association, 1985 - 2000.
Past Member Services Committee member

Iowa Mental Health Counselor Association, 1985 - present. Past President, past Secretary, past Treasurer.

American Counseling Association, 1985 -1999.

Iowa Counseling Association, 1985 - 1999. Past President, past Government Relations Committee Chairperson.

Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. 1998 - Present.

Awards received

1994 Iowa Counseling Association Award for Contributing to the Status of the Profession

Other Professional Activities

1994 - 2001. Board of Behavioral Sciences Examiners, past Secretary, past Chairperson. Appointed by the Governor to the regulatory board that licenses Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists.

1991 - 1994 Presentations at the Iowa Counseling Association Conferences, including: Diagnosing with the DSM III-R; Assessing Personality; Female-Male Communication in the Workplace.

1995 Poster Presentation, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Linda Trudeau and Charles Cole. Assessing Personality: The Enneagram System.

2002 Poster Presentation, Society for Research on Adolescents Bienniel Conference. Linda Trudeau, Richard Spoth, Catherine Goldberg-Lillehoj, Cleve Redmond, and K.A. S. Wickrama. Effects of a Preventive Intervention on Adolescent Substance Initiation, Expectancies, and Refusal Intention.

2002 Symposium, Society for Research on Adolescents Bienniel Conference. Catherine Lillehoj, Linda Trudeau, Richard Spoth. Mediation and Moderation of School-based & Family-focused Universal Preventive Interventions. In Cathy Lillehoj, Linda Trudeau, Richard Spoth, Kenneth Griffin, Gilbert Botvin, Tracy Diaz, Margaret Doyle, Kathryn Kavanagh, and Noah Kaufmann. How do Adolescent Preventive Interventions Work and for Whom? Evidence for Mediation and Moderation.

2002 Poster Presentation, American Psychological Association Annual Conference. Linda Trudeau. Effects of Utilization Review on Patterns of Mental Health Recovery.

2002 Poster Presentation, American Psychological Association Annual Conference. W. Todd Abraham, Max Guyll, Catherine Lillehoj, Cleve Redmond, Daniel W. Russell, Richard Spoth, and Linda Trudeau Applying Growth Curve Methods to Longitudinal Adolescent Health Data.

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Publications

Daniel W. Russell, Arlene de la Mora, Linda S. Trudeau & Nancy Norman, and Mark F. Schmitz. (2000). Psychologists' Reactions to a Managed Mental Health Care Program Under Medicaid: A Longitudinal Investigation. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 31, 547-552.

Linda S. Trudeau, Daniel W. Russell, Arlene de la Mora, and Mark F. Schmitz (2001). Comparisons of Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and Social Workers on Job-Related Measures and Reactions to Managed Care in Iowa. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27, 501-508.

Richard Spoth, Catherine Goldberg, Tricia Neppl, Linda Trudeau, and Sushini Ramisetty-Mikler, (2001). Rural-Urban Differences in the Distribution of Parent-reported Risk Factors for Substance Use Among Adolescents. Journal of Substance Abuse, 13, 609-623.

Cleve Redmond, Richard Spoth and Linda Trudeau. (2001). Family and Community-Level Predictors of Parent Support Seeking. Journal of Community Psychology, 30, 153-171.

Linda Trudeau, Catherine Goldberg-Lillehoj, Richard Spoth, and Cleve Redmond. (2001). The Role of Assertiveness and Decision-Making in Early Adolescent Substance Initiation: Mediating Processes, under review.

Catherine Goldberg-Lillehoj, Richard Spoth, and Linda Trudeau.(in press). Rural Teacher Training to Enhance Implementation Quality of Empirically-Supported Preventive Interventions. The Rural Educator.

Richard Spoth, Cleve Redmond, and Linda Trudeau, and Chyungyeol Shin. (2001). Longitudinal Substance Initiation Outcomes for a Universal Preventive Intervention Combining Family and School Programs. Psychology of Addictive Behavior, 16, 129-134.

Richard Spoth, Max Guyll, Linda Trudeau, and Catherine Goldberg-Lillehoj. (2002). Two Studies of Proximal Outcomes and Implementation Quality of Universal Preventive Interventions in a Community-University Collaboration Context. Journal of Community Psychology, 30, 499-518.

Catherine Goldberg-Lillehij, Richard Spoth, Clevel Redmond, and Linda Trudeau. (2001). Assertiveness Among Young Rural Adolescents: Relationship with Alcohol use, under review.

Linda Trudeau, Richard Spoth, Cleve Redmond, Catherine Goldberg-Lillehoj, and K.A.S. Wickrama. (2001). Effects of a Preventive Intervention on Adolescent Substance Use Initiation, Expectancies, and Refusal Intentions, under review.

Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Monica Reis-Bergan, Linda Trudeau, and Linda Vande Lune. Inhibitory Effects of Drinker and Non-drinker Prototypes on Adolescent Alcohol Consumption, under review.

Catherine Lillehoj, Linda Trudeau, and Richard Spoth. Gender Moderation of a Longitudinal Model: Young Adolescent Normative Beliefs and Substance Initiation, under review.