Thomas Bartholomew, Ph.D.

Tom Bartholomew Ph.D., has worked with individuals with chronic and persistent mental illness for 20 years. He began his career in a Clubhouse Model program eventually becoming the coordinator of residential treatment in UBHC Clubhouse program.

Tom has been the director of a partial care program in NJ which developed of Clubhouse hybrid model and ran specialized programs for individuals with developmental disabilities as well as Mental Illness. Tom is now on the faculty of UMDNJ’s Psychiatric Rehabilitation Department where he teaches classes in psychiatric rehabilitation and works in a consultative capacity with Trenton Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey.

Tom has previously been a UMD member of a clinical affiliation project with both Ancora and Greystone Psychiatric hospitals . He has specifically consulted with the staff at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital on their Specialized MI/DD unit and with staff a Greystone on intervention strategies with patients who have cognitive impairments.