Ruth Brill Gross, Ph.D.

Ruth Brill Gross, Ph.D., is being recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Top Distinguished Educator for her outstanding contributions and professional excellence in the field of Clinical Psychology.

Garnering over five decades of professional experience in psychology, Dr. Gross is currently retired from the practice of clinical psychology since 1999. Upon giving up her license in 2017, Dr. Gross is now a Virginia Master Naturalist, happily focusing her energies on gardening and studying the behavior of her cats.

Throughout her acclaimed career, Dr. Gross has worked in several settings in the psychology profession and garnered incomparable experience working with individuals with substance and alcohol abuse issues, veterans suffering from PTSD, brain injury, and related disorders. She served as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with West Virginia Weight and Wellness. In a former position at Counseling Associates, Dr. Gross worked closely in the areas of assessment, rehabilitation, clinical psychology, counseling, psychotherapy, and neuropsychology with individuals, couples, families, and more.

As an academician, Dr. Gross served as associate professor at the university of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Psychology and Psychiatry, Xavier University (Cincinnati),George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). At UC she directed the day treatment program of Cincinnati General Hospital, developed the Gross Geometric Forms Creativity Test for young children, and directed the Sands School Study of Young Child Education. Before academic appointments Dr. Gross worked as a university student counselor at WV University and the Ohio State University, later at Xavier University. Dr. Gross’s major service later (Psychology and Neuropsychology) was for the Washington DC Veterans Affair Medical Center (four years) and the Martinsburg WV VAMC (thirteen years and a later year doing

disability evaluations). At the Martinsburg VAMC Dr. Gross directed the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program in addition to treating many PTSD patients. She retired from the VA System in 1999 and went on to work in private treatment programs in Winchester and Leesburg, Virginia. She gave up her licenses in 2017 (two) because of back injury.

To prepare for her career, Dr. Gross completed her undergraduate studies from West Virginia University where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Education and Biological Science. As the first clinical psychology graduate, she went on to receive both her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and a Master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the same institution. Subsequently, she interned under the supervision of Menninger faculty in Topeka, Kansas. In Topeka and as a faculty member of the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, she received advanced training in psychoanalytic, supportive, and cognitive therapies.

Furthering her studies, Dr. Gross completed post-doctoral training in neuropsychology at the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

To stay up-to-date with the latest industry developments, Dr. Gross has remained active memberships and affiliations with several professional organizations including the American Psychological Association, National Academy of Neuropsychology, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Monroe Institute and the Sigma Xi Research Society.

A respected voice in her field, Dr. Gross is the author and co-author of several scholarly articles and three books. To share her breadth of expertise, she constructed a creativity test: The Gross Geometric Forms Creativity Test.

In light of her achievements, Dr. Gross is the recipient of several VAMC Awards. She has been listed on the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology and on several Who’s Who lists.

Dr. Gross dedicates this recognition to her grandmother, Mabel Brill, and Dr. Marvin Kaplan.