Webb-Sight

Professional  -  Bio

 

Jon R. Webb, Ph. D. received his doctorate in clinical psychology in 1998 from the California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles (CSPP) and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at East Tennessee State University (ETSU).  Prior to his appointment at ETSU, Dr. Webb spent 1 1/2 years as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center where he was the Director of Addiction Psychology and Research in the department's Clinical Chemical Dependency Postdoctoral Fellowship program.  Also, Dr. Webb completed two research fellowships at the University of Michigan (UM) Medical School.  From June 2002 to January 2004, he was sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), in the Department of Psychiatry, Substance Abuse Section, Addiction Research Center (UMARC) and from April 2001 to June 2002, he was sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology (PM&R).  Prior to UM, Dr. Webb completed a clinical fellowship in chemical dependency treatment at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Rafael, California and an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited clinical internship in professional psychology at Brigham Young University in the Counseling and Career Center (BYU-CCC).  Dr. Webb's primary professional interests include:  Spirituality, Addiction, Temperament, Medical Rehabilitation, and Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy.

Below are links to copies of Dr. Webb's publications:

Webb, J. R. (2003). Spiritual factors and adjustment in medical rehabilitation: Understanding
        forgiveness as a means of coping
. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 34(3), 16-24.

Toussaint, L. & Webb, J. R. (2005). Theoretical and empirical connections between forgiveness,
        mental health, and well-being
. In E. L. Worthington, Jr. (Ed.), Handbook of forgiveness
        (pp. 349-362). New York: Routledge.

Toussaint, L. & Webb, J. R. (2005). Gender differences in the relationship between empathy and
        forgiveness
. Journal of Social Psychology, 145(6), 673-685.

Webb, J. R., Robinson, E. A. R., Brower, K. J., & Zucker, R. A. (2006). Forgiveness and alcohol
        problems among people entering substance abuse treatment
. Journal of Addictive Diseases,
        25(3), 55-67.

Robinson, E. A. R., Cranford, J. A., Webb, J. R., & Brower, K. J. (2007). Six-month changes in
        spirituality, religiousness and heavy drinking in a treatment-seeking sample
. Journal of Studies
        on Alcohol and Drugs
, 68(2), 282-290.

Webb, J. R. (2007). Spiritual factors and adjustment in medical rehabilitation: Understanding
        forgiveness as a means of coping
. In A. E. Dell Orto & P. W. Power (Eds.), The psychological and
        social impact of illness and disability
(5th ed., pp. 455-471). New York: Springer Publishing
        Company. (Reprinted from Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 34(3), 16-24)