ClusterBusters — Medical Advisory Board2012–present
Medical Advisory Board and subject-matter expert for the largest cluster headache advocacy organization worldwide.
Education
| Ph.D. | 1998 | Auburn University | Counselor Education and Supervision |
| Ed.S. | 1991 | University of West Georgia | Guidance and Counseling |
| M.A. | 1989 | University of West Georgia | Psychology |
| B.A. | 1983 | University of Miami | Psychology |
Licensure & Certification
- Licensed Professional Counselor, GA #01930 (1994–present)
- Diplomate in Trauma Counseling, American Mental Health Counselors Association (2018–present)
- American Red Cross Certified Disaster Mental Health Counselor / Supervisor (1997–2022)
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Psychotherapists — Lifetime Member (2001–present)
- Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia — Clinical Member & Founding Member (1993–present)
- American Headache Society
Selected Honors
Alumni Achievement Award — College of Social Sciences (2020)University
of West Georgia
Georgia Counselor Educator of the Year (2019)Licensed Professional
Counselors Association of Georgia
Cluster Headache International Advocacy Award
(2019)ClusterBusters
Georgia Counselor of the Year (2004)Licensed Professional Counselors
Association of Georgia
Clinical Experience
Counselor in Private Practice — 1993–present, Carrollton,
GA
Individual, marital, and family psychotherapy; clinical supervision; crisis intervention; hospital and school consultation; mediation.
Counselor Supervisor — 1997–2024, Carrollton, GA
Individual and group clinical supervision for counselor trainees.
Primary Therapist — 1991–1993, Murphy-Harpst-Vashti
Center, Cedartown, GA
Assessment, treatment planning, individual, group, and family psychotherapy in a residential setting for severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.
Outpatient Coordinator — 1988–1991, Gateway — A Center for
the Treatment of Addictive Illness, Carrollton, GA
Assessment, individual & group psychotherapy, program development.
Academic Appointments
University of West Georgia — Department of Psychology
Professor Emeritus2022–present
Professor2014–2021
Associate Professor2004–2014
Assistant Professor1998–2004
Coordinator of Therapeutic Services1999–2009
Instructor1992–2004
Publications
Schor LI, Pearson SM, Ettore U, Yuxuan G, Shapiro RE, Kaas JH, Burish MJ. The location of pain in
cluster headache: Data from the International Cluster Headache Questionnaire. Headache. 2024.
Schor LI, Pearson SM, Shapiro RE, Zhang W, Miao H, Burish MJ. Cluster headache epidemiology
including pediatric onset, sex, and ICHD criteria: Results from the International Cluster Headache
Questionnaire. Headache. 2021.
Parakramaweera R, Evans RW, Schor LI, Pearson SM, Martinez R, Cammarata JS, Amin AJ, Yoo SH,
Zhang W, Yan Y, Burish MJ. A brief diagnostic screen for cluster headache: Creation and initial validation of
the Erwin Test for Cluster Headache. Cephalalgia, 2021; 41(13): 1298–1309.
Burish MJ, Pearson SM, Shapiro RE, Zhang W, Schor LI. Oxygen as the optimal acute medication for
cluster headache: A comment and additional validation step from the Cluster Headache Questionnaire.
Headache. 2020.
Burish MJ, Pearson SM, Shapiro RE, Zhang W, Schor LI. Cluster headache is one of the most
intensely painful human conditions: Results from the International Cluster Headache Questionnaire.
Headache. 2020; 61(1): 117–124.
Schor, L. (2020). Georgia Disaster Mental Health (comprehensive public website). Georgia
Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities.
Pearson SM, Burish MJ, Shapiro RE, Yan Y, Schor LI. Effectiveness of oxygen and other acute
treatments for cluster headache: Results from the Cluster Headache Questionnaire, an international survey.
Headache. 2019.
Schor LI. Cluster headache: Investigating severity of pain, suicidality, personal burden, access
to effective treatment, and demographics among a large international survey sample. Cephalalgia, 2017;
37(2S): 172.
Schor, L. I. (2013). Leaps of faith: A therapy tale twice told. Voices: The Art and Science
of Psychotherapy, 49(2), 47–57.
Schor, L. I., Shapiro, R., & Wold, R. (2012). Cluster headache and suicide. Fact sheet
developed for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK).
Schor, L. I. (2009). Dissociative Identity Disorder: Too much for one soul to bear?
Voices, 44(2), 28–33. (Invited author)
Schor, L. I. (2008). The heart and soul of the therapist: Rage, fear, desire, loss, and love in
the psychotherapy relationship [Foreword]. Washington, D.C.
Schor, L. I. (2007). A life's work, maybe more. MAPS Bulletin, 17(3), 18–19.
Schor, L. I., & Arons, M. (2007). Tribute to Duncan Blewett. Journal of Humanistic
Psychology, 47(4), 541–543.
Schor, L. I. (2006). Red suede pillow: An allegory of suffering and healing. Voices,
38(3).
Compton, M. T., Cibulas, B. K., Gard, B., Kaslow, N. J., Kotwicki, R. J., Reissman, D. B., Schor,
L., & Wetterhall, S. (2005). Incorporating community mental health into local bioterrorism planning.
Community Mental Health Journal, 41(6), 647–663.
Schor, L. I. (2004). Apperception as a primary process of the psyche: Implications for theory
and practice. The Journal of Psychological Practice, 10(1), 60–72.
Schor, L. I. (2003). A person-centered approach to the use of projectives. The
Person-Centered Journal, 10, 39–48.
Schor, L. I. (2002). What help have I to give? A therapist's journey to ground zero.
Voices, 38(3).
Schor, L. I. (2002). What is normal? Georgia Psychologist, 56(2).
Schor, L. I. (2001). Coming back to life: A long-term therapy group with survivors of in-school
suicide. Voices, 37, 63–74.
Schor, L. I. (2000). Invitations to dialogue: The legacy of Sydney M. Jourard [Book review].
Somatics, 13(3), 55.
Schor, L. I. (1999). Brief humanistic and existential therapy. In K. L. Barry et al. (Eds.),
Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse (pp. 105–119). SAMHSA Treatment
Improvement Protocol Series, Vol. 34. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Schor, L. I. (1994). AIDS attitudes: A pilot study. Georgia Journal of Mental Health
Counseling, 2, 51–60.
Conference Presentations & Workshops
Psychedelics and Therapy: High Time We Get Educated. Workshop, Licensed Professional Counselors
Association of Georgia, Atlanta, GA. (2024)
Living with Cluster Headache. Psychotherapy group, ClusterBusters cluster headache research
conference, Chicago, IL. (2022)
Complexity and Challenges of Supervision: Legal, Moral, and Ethical Challenges. Licensed
Professional Counselors Association of Georgia (virtual). (2021)
Cluster Headache Questionnaire: Updated results from a large international study. ClusterBusters
annual meeting (virtual). (2020)
Mental Health, Suicide, and Cluster Headache: Living with excruciating pain. ClusterBusters
annual meeting, Denver, CO. (2019)
Living with Cluster Headache. Psychotherapy group, ClusterBusters cluster headache research
conference, Dallas, TX. (2019)
The Truths We Can Afford to Tell: Listening to the unspoken. Workshop, annual institute and
conference of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, Atlanta, GA. (2018)
Cluster Headache Questionnaire: Preliminary results from a large international study.
Presentation and poster session, annual Neurology and Mental Health Conference, Bangkok, Thailand (presented
remotely). (2018)
Cluster Headache Questionnaire: Preliminary results from a large international study. UWG Social
Sciences conference, Carrollton, GA. (2018)
Cluster Headache Questionnaire: Preliminary results from a large international study.
ClusterBusters annual meeting, Denver, CO. (2018)
Ethics in Supervision. Workshop, Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia, Newnan,
GA. (2018)
Cluster Headache: Investigating severity of pain, suicidality, personal burden, access to
effective treatment, and demographics among a large international survey sample. Poster session, annual
International Headache Society conference, Vancouver, Canada. (Abstract of Distinction Award). (2017)
Cluster Headache: An International Study & Living with Cluster Headache (psychotherapy group).
ClusterBusters cluster headache research conference, Austin, TX. (2016)
Ethics in Supervision: We're gonna need a bigger compass. Workshop, Licensed Professional
Counselors Association of Georgia, Stone Mountain, GA. (2016)
Cluster Headache: Psychological aspects & Living with Cluster Headache (psychotherapy group).
ClusterBusters cluster headache research conference, Chicago, IL. (2015)
Disaster Mental Health: What you should know. Emergency Management Association of Georgia
conference, Savannah, GA. (2015)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Secondary Trauma. Training for the Georgia Peace Officer
Crisis Intervention Team, Carrollton, GA. (2014)
Beyond Our Reach or Within Our Grasp: Boundaries; their role in enhancing virtue, managing our
inner saboteurs, and creating change for good. Invited talk, American Academy of Psychotherapists Winter Salon,
Atlanta, GA. (2014)
Psychological First Aid. Emergency Preparedness Workshop (Georgia Department of Public Health,
Emory University, and the CDC), Macon, GA. (2013)
Psychological Aspects of Cluster Headache & Living with Cluster Headache (psychotherapy
group). ClusterBusters cluster headache research conference, Chicago, IL. (2013)
Alternatives in Supervision: Experiential Presence in the Practice of Clinical Supervision (with
P. Foster). Workshop, annual institute and conference of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, Atlanta, GA.
(2012)
Alternatives in Supervision: A Call for Depth in Clinical Supervision (with P. Foster). Workshop,
Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia, Atlanta, GA. (2012)
Coping with Cluster Headache & Living with Cluster Headache (psychotherapy group).
ClusterBusters cluster headache research conference, Chicago, IL. (2011)
The Psychological Impact of Cluster Headache. Organization for Understanding Cluster Headache
research conference, Atlanta, GA. (2011)
Disaster Mental Health: What you should know and what you can do. Workshop, Licensed Professional
Counselors Association of Georgia, Atlanta, GA. (2010)
Seeds of Change, Sands of Time, Drums of War: Recognizing change within us, between us, and around
us. Workshop, annual institute and conference of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, Savannah, GA.
(2008)
Psychological Impact of Cluster Headache Pain (Chair; with J. Halpern, T. Passie, & K.
Lazarus). Invited symposium, ClusterBusters cluster headache research conference, Atlanta, GA. (2008)
The Biopsychosocial Treatment of Psychiatric Illness. Training for the Georgia Peace Officer
Crisis Intervention Team, Carrollton, GA. (2008)
Experiential Group Therapy: Working in the here and now (with E. K. Turner). Workshop, Licensed
Professional Counselors Association of Georgia, Stone Mountain, GA. (2008)
Ethical Process in a Context of Chaos: Life in psychotherapy (with L. Schwartzburd). Workshop,
annual institute and conference of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, Asheville, NC. (2006)
From Archetype to Enantiodromia: An introduction to Jung. Workshop, Licensed Professional
Counselors Association of Georgia, West Point, GA. (2006)
Addiction: Connection, disconnection, and relationships. Workshop, American Academy of
Psychotherapists, Balsam Mountain, NC. (2006)
Apperception and the Lived World: Representation and praxis (with M. A. Tissaw, L. Osbeck, &
J. M. Good). In L. Osbeck (Chair), Revisiting Representation and Its Discontents. Symposium, annual conference
of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. (2005)
Art Stimulus Apperceptive Response Technique. Workshop, Licensed Professional Counselors
Association of Georgia, Peachtree City, GA. (2005)
Bridges, Walls, Doors, and Windows: Boundaries of separation and connection. Workshop, American
Academy of Psychotherapists, Pawley's Island, SC. (2005)
Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water? A trauma counseling initiative. Workshop, Licensed
Professional Counselors Association of Georgia, Savannah, GA. (2004)
Managing the Minefield of Licensure (with L. Painter). Workshop, Mercer University Statewide
Student Fair, Atlanta, GA. (2004)
Disaster Mental Health. Workshop, Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia,
Peachtree City, GA. (2003)
Self Help? Analysis of a self-injury message board. Paper, annual conference of the American
Association of Suicidology, Bethesda, MD. (2002)
What Remains? Suffering and healing at ground zero. Workshop, Licensed Professional Counselors
Association of Georgia, Savannah, GA. (2002)
Art Stimulus Apperceptive Response Technique. Paper, annual conference of the American
Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. (2001)
Bleeding Hearts: Understanding clients who self-injure. Workshop, Licensed Professional Counselors
Association of Georgia, Pine Mountain, GA. (2001)
Coming Back to Life: A long-term therapy group with survivors of in-school suicide. Paper, annual
conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. (2000)
When Friends Kill Themselves: Working with survivors of in-school suicide. Workshop, Licensed
Professional Counselors Association of Georgia, Savannah, GA. (2000)
The Art-Stimulus Apperceptive Response Technique: A humanistic approach to the use of projectives
in psychotherapy. Workshop, Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia, Jekyll Island, GA.
(1999)
Technical Assistance & Consultation
Ad Hoc Reviewer — Cephalalgia (International
Headache Society)2020
Ad Hoc Reviewer — Headache (American Headache
Society)2020
Yale University School of Medicine2020
Consultant / subject-matter expert assisting with recruitment for an FDA-approved cluster headache psilocybin study.
American Mental Health Counselors Association — National Task
Force on Training and Standards2019–2020
American Red Cross — Disaster Assistance / Condolence Care
Team2016–2021
Providing on-call support to disaster victims.
American Red Cross — Disaster Assistance from Home
(DASH)2019
Providing supervisory support to volunteers deployed in the field.
Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy — Headache on the
Hill2012, 2014–2016, 2018, 2019
Patient advocate, subject-matter expert, and legislative liaison; met with legislators and staff in Washington, D.C.
Full-Scale Airport Disaster Simulation (Operation Big
Bird)2015
Participant / evaluator, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Atlanta, GA.
Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals — Cluster Headache Subject-Matter
Expert2015
Consultant (unpaid) collaborating on methodology with scientists and executives in the decision to pursue FDA Phase 3 trials for a Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide antagonist (Emgality). Eli Lilly Headquarters, Indianapolis, IN.
SAMHSA — Disaster Technical Assistance Cadre
Network2014–2021
Appointed to the SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Cadre Network. SAMHSA National Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Just Listening: Supporting Veterans2013–2018
Coordinated a support group for student and community veterans with Veterans Heart Georgia, sponsored by the UWG College of Social Sciences.
American Psychiatric Association — DSM-5 Field
Trials2011–2012
Collaborating Investigator: field trials in routine clinical practice.
American Red Cross — Disaster Mental Health Advisor for
Georgia2011–2014
Appointed by the American Red Cross National Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Disaster Mental Health Consultant / Evaluator2009
Georgia Defense Force / Metro Medical Strike Team, American Red Cross disaster simulation and decontamination drill, Atlanta, GA.
Full-Scale Air Crash Disaster Simulation2009
Participant / evaluator, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Atlanta, GA.
Disaster Mental Health Counselor — Hurricane
Response2008
American Red Cross Emergency Shelter, Villa Rica, GA. Crisis intervention with hurricane victims.
Disaster Mental Health Counselor — Tornado
Response2008
American Red Cross Service Center, Atlanta, GA. Crisis intervention with tornado victims.
Disaster Mental Health Counselor — Comair Flight 51912006
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, GA. Crisis intervention with family members of crash victims.
Disaster Mental Health Counselor — Hurricane Katrina
(SAMHSA)2006
SAMHSA Katrina Assistance Project, Baton Rouge, LA. Crisis intervention with hurricane victims living in FEMA trailer parks.
Full-Scale Avian Flu Disaster Simulation2006
Participant / evaluator, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Atlanta, GA.
Disaster Mental Health Manager / Supervisor — Hurricane
Response2005
American Red Cross Emergency Service Center, Lawrenceville, GA. Crisis intervention with hurricane victims.
Disaster Mental Health Counselor — Hurricane
Response2005
American Red Cross Emergency Service Center, Lithia Springs, GA. Crisis intervention with hurricane victims.
Disaster Mental Health Counselor — Hurricane
Response2004
American Red Cross Emergency Service Center, Valdosta, GA. Crisis intervention with hurricane victims.
Disaster Mental Health Counselor — Flood Response2003
American Red Cross Emergency Service Center, LaGrange, GA. Crisis intervention with flood victims.
Disaster Mental Health Counselor — September 11
(Ground Zero)2001
American Red Cross Respite Center at Ground Zero, New York, NY. Crisis intervention, trauma counseling, and psychological support.