22A Lakeshore Drive #2, Farmington CT 06032 Telephone (860) 674-1635
134 East Wallace Street Virginia City MT 59755 Telephone (406) 843-5503
One hundred forty six semester hours of graduate study.
1969 -- M.Ed. in Counseling, University of Hartford.
1954 -- M.Div., Yale Divinity School.
1951 -- A.B., Yale University.
1945 -- Graduate, St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire.
Additional training in:
Group Dynamics (National Training Labs, Indiana Plan and Rutgers University)
Alcoholism (Yale School of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers School of Alcohol Studies and Fairfield County Council on Alcoholism Professional Seminars).
Management and Administration (Parish Internship Program and National Training Labs).
Publications include:
Behavioral and Medical Effects of Stress
A Study of Human Behavior in Adverse Stress
Specific expertise:
Management of feelings, stress and emotion as controllers of perception, thought, motivation and performance shaping factors on the job and in personal life. Management of group climate and corporate culture as forces which produce excellence in the workplace. Development of agreement, and consensual decisions in participatory business settings. Teaching methods for unlearning: the blocking of unwanted subconscious responses such as performance shaping factors which interfere with change. Presenting methods which can mobilize ease and relaxation and the accompanying clarity and cognitive flexibility.
1970 to present Director, Research and Development, DESIGNED CHANGE INSTITUTE, INC., Farmington, Connecticut.Teach, train, and conduct workshops in the U. S. and Europe. Chief architect of the Designed Change Process. Specialize in alcoholism, stress management, motivation, communications and versatility. Consultant in analysis of the workplace in relation to organizational structure, management and work-place design. Managed a research team for a study on the impact of high and low stress on human thought, behavior and health.
1966 to 1970: Assistant Psychiatric Social Work Supervisor at New Jersey Neuro-Psychiatric Institute. Program development and administration; student supervision and training; group and individual therapy, case management; public relations. Vocational Counselor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, State of Connecticut. Counseling and job placement; supervision in work situations; consultation with supervisors and managers regarding problem people on the job. Staff member, The Communicators, Pomfret, Connecticut. Film writer, editor and salesman in both narrated filmstrips and motion pictures. Primarily training, public relations and sales promotion for business and industry.
1954 to 1966: Episcopal Clergyman. Served as rector of a parish and chaplain of a mental hospital. Managing and administering parishes and personnel; directing public relations; training counselors; consulting with managers and supervisors regarding employment of troubled people; organizing and conducting conferences on alcoholism in business and industry.
1941 to 1950 Laboratory Assistant Kirtland Laboratory, Yale University. Prepared samples for microscopic examination. Operated equipment, including x-ray photo spectography. Developed method to cut and polish spheres of crystal to display their optical and other characteristics. United States Navy, (WWII Honorable Discharge 1946) Electronics Technician, built and maintained radio and radar equipment. Saint paul's School, Concord, N.H., Laboratory Assistant. Worked as student assistant in the biology laboratory and as student curator of birds in the museum.
United States Navy, W.W. II, Honorable Discharge 1946.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS have included: American Nuclear Society (Chairman, Program Committee, ANS Technical Group for Human Factors). American Personnel and Guidance Association. American Orthopsychiatric Association. National Association of Social Workers. International Transactional Analysis Association.
Sargent, T. O. Peer Counselor's Training Manual. Hartford: Change Agents, 1974.
Sargent, T. O. From Humanistic Psychology - A Look at Re-evaluation Counseling and Alcoholics Anonymous. Self and Society, the Journal for the British Association for Humanistic Psychology, 1974, 2, 10, 12-13. London: Self and Society, 1974.
Sargent, T. O. Celebrating differences. Self and Society, the Journal for the British Association for Humanistic Psychology, 1975, 3, 3, 19-21. London: Self and Society, 1975.
Sargent, T. O. Distress distorts. Self and Society, the Journal for the British Association for Humanistic Psychology, 1975, 3, 6, 11-12. London: Self and Society, 1975.
Sargent, T. O. On Building an Intentional Community. Self and Society, the Journal for the British Association for Humanistic Psychology, 1976, 5, 3, 25-26. London: Self and Society, 1976.
Sargent, T. O. Client directed recovery. Self and Society, the Journal for the British Association for Humanistic Psychology, 1978, 6, 8, 281-283. London: Self and Society, 1978.
Sargent, T. O. Conditioned meditation. Self and Society, the Journal for the British Association for Humanistic Psychology, 1980, VIII, 8, 242-245. London: Self and Society, 1980.
Sargent, T. O. Design and training criteria for stress and for boredom conditions. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society and the European Nuclear Society 1980 International Conference on World Nuclear Energy - Accomplishments and Perspectives. Vol 35 La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1980 (NTIS No. TANSAO 35 1-676).
Sargent, T. O. Towards accurate emergency response behavior. Proceedings of the fourth symposium on training of nuclear facility personnel, April 27-29, 1981. Gatlinburg, Tennessee. NTIS #CONF-810411. Springfield VA: NTIS 1981.
Sargent, T. O. Task analysis in complex technology. Personnel Selection and Training Bulletin. Memphis: Memphis State University, September 1982. Summary in: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. Vol. 39 La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1981 (NTIS No. TANSAO 39 1-1076).
Sargent, T. O. Training and education: extent of the difference. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. Vol. 39 La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1981 (NTIS No. TANSAO 39 1-1076).
Sargent, T. O. Aware and Unaware Functions in Personnel Interviews. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. Vol. 39 La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1981 (NTIS No. TANSAO 39 1-1076).
Sargent, T. O. A study of human behavior in adverse stress. Hartford: The Sargent Group, Inc., 1981. Summary in: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 1981 Annual Meeting. Vol. 38 La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1981 (NTIS No. TANSAO 38 1-776).
Sargent, T. O. "Personal integrity" and man-machine integration. Proceedings of the Behavioral Objectives in Aviation Automated Systems Symposium. P-114. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, October 1982.
Sargent, T. O. & Blum, R. B. Predicting and controlling performance shaping factors. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. Vol. 34 La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society (NTIS No. TANSAO 34 1-899) 1980.
Blum, R. B. and Sargent, T. O. Use of the Bimodal Theory in Reactor Crisis, Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society/European Nuclear Society Topical Meeting on Thermal Reactor Safety, Vol II, NTIS, Springfield, VA, CONF-800403/V-II (l980).
Sargent, T. O. The behavioral and medical effects of stress. Hartford: Designed Change Institute, Inc., 1984.
Sargent, T.O. Fetishism. The Sexually Unusual: Guide to Understanding and Helping, Daily, D.M., Guest Editor. Journal of Social Work and Human Sexuality, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1988. New York: Haworth, 1988.
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