Dr. Volker Schuetz is the Director of Psychology and Director of Psychology Internship Training at Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility at Roosevelt Island, New York. His responsibilities include overseeing on-going individual and group therapies to treat the effects of chronic illness and injury. In addition, he oversees a three-pronged internship rotation program, which provides psychological services to adults and the elderly in the areas of Rehabilitation Medicine, HIV/AIDS and Geriatrics.
Dr. Schuetz holds an advance degree in psychology from Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freidburg, Germany. He received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Long Island University, C.W. Post, as part of the entering Class of 1998. He is also the author of the book, Attachment Styles and HIV-Risk Behavior: A Study of Young Men Who Have Sex with Men(Publisher: VDM Verlag, Dr. Mueller E.K, August 2008). In his book, Dr. Schuetz provides an overview and integration of attachment and HIV risk behavior literature. He then goes onto examine the relationship between John Bowlby’s construct of attachment and why some men continue to engage in unsafe sexual practices, despite having knowledge of the risk of HIV.
In addition, Dr. Schuetz is interested in change management in corporate settings. He also has training and practice experience in Executive Coaching. For further information, Dr. Schuetz can be reached at volkernyc@aol.com.