Vita

DAVID ROYKO, Psy.D.

[email protected]

http://davidroyko.com

MEDIATION

Family Mediation Services

(FKA Marriage & Family Counseling Service)

Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois

Mediation, Intervention, Parent Education, Custody Evaluation

Mediator/Conciliator, 1988-1992

Director, 1992-present

PSYCHOLOGY

Ravenswood Hospital

Community Mental Health Center

Community Connection Programs, Chicago, IL

Staff Therapist, 1986-1988

Michael Reese Hospital

Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Institute

Adjunctive Therapy Department, Chicago, IL

Therapist and Supervisor

Evening/Weekend Adjunctive Therapy, 1984-1986

University of Illinois at Chicago

Student Counseling Service

Intern, 1985-1986

Lakeview Community Mental Health Center

Chicago, IL

Therapy Practicum, 1984-1985

Cook County Department of Corrections

Cermak Hospital & Residential Treatment Unit (RTU)

Chicago, IL

Diagnostic Practicum, 1983-1984

Ravenswood Hospital

Day Treatment Center

Chicago, IL

Undergraduate Intern, 1980

WRITING

(non-music)

Parents Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, others

Articles on autism, children and divorce, additional subjects

1999-present

BLOGS

Huffington Post blog

October 2015-present

Juggling Autism: The Chronicles of Ben Royko blog

May 2011-present

BOOKS

Voices of Children of Divorce (author)

Golden Books Adult (hardcover), 1999

St. Martin’s Press (paperback), 2000

Macmillan (eBook), 2012

Marriage: Just a Piece of Paper?

Eerdmans Press, 2002

Anderson, Browning, Boyer, ed.

Interview subject of chapter titled David Royko

Innovations in Court Services

AFCC Press, 2010

Cori K. Erickson, ed.

Co-author (with C. Levitz and S. Zingery) of chapter:

Screening for Domestic Violence in Family Mediation Cases

Royko in Love: Mike's letters to Carol

University of Chicago Press, 2010

Edited by David Royko

The Chronicles of Ben: Adventures in Autism

Smashwords eBook, 2013

WRITING

(music)

The Grove Dictionary of American Music

(second edition, 2013, Oxford University Press)

Contributor (5 entries)

Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Bluegrass Unlimited,

New York Times, others;

Hundreds of features, reviews, articles on bluegrass, jazz, classical, rock music: 1992-present

CD liner notes for:

Buell Neidlinger; Ron Spears; Ralph Stanley; Don Stiernberg; Bob Amos; the Waybacks; Jimmy Sturr; Chris Jones; Wayfaring Strangers, Special Consensus

Contributor to annual Village Voice--Pazz & Jop critic's poll

Contributor to annual Nashville Scene critic's poll

TEACHING

Children of Divorce in the Classroom:

Two-Day Workshop for Education Professionals

Designed & taught for SkyLight Professional Development & Training

1999-2003

Keeping Cool When the Game Gets Hot:

Youth Sports Parental Rage Workshops: 2001-2005

Co-Director, developer and presenter

Autism Boot Camp

Co-Director and presenter

MEDIA

ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, WGN, WTTW, WLUP,

People Magazine, Chicago Parent, others;

TV, radio, print interviews on divorce, music, autism

WRMN-AM, Elgin, IL

Royko's Shrink Radio

Co-host, weekly call-in radio program: 1999-2000

THIS AMERICAN LIFE

National Public Radio

Segment: Hit Me With Your Best Shot (writer, voice): 2006

ALL IN THE MIND

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Episode: Love Is a Battlefield

Follow-up to our This American Life story: 2009

HONORS

Lake Forest College

Sterling Price Williams Prize in Psychology: 1981

Roycemore School (Evanston, IL)

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year: 2000

International Bluegrass Music Association

Print Media Person of the Year: 2002

International Bluegrass Music Association

Final Ballot Nominee

Best Liner Notes: 2014

[For: Special Consensus: Country Boy]

(Won by Neil Rosenberg)

EDUCATION

Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago

Psy.D. (1989)

Lake Forest College

BA, Psychology (1981)

LICENSURE

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Illinois

Since 1991

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