Meet the author
Santo J. Triolo
PhD, ABAP · Clinical Psychologist · Certified Forensic Examiner
For more than four decades, Dr. Triolo has sat across from children, adults, families, soldiers and veterans, and listened. The Psychology of Stupid is what he heard.
He has led clinics, taught at the college level, trained crisis responders and written about adult ADHD. Today he practices and speaks from Maui, Hawaiʻi.
Why this book
Forty years in the room. One class on paper.
The novel is a conglomerate of more than 40 years of professional activities, shaped by professors, colleagues and patients who taught the author more than they knew.
That experience runs from child and family therapy to forensic evaluations, from Army posts and veterans’ care to a state children’s mental health division, and from adjunct teaching to continuing education for fellow psychologists.
Professor Stona, the novel’s teacher, is a character. The questions he asks his students are the ones the author has asked for a lifetime.
Education
Ph.D., Family Relations and Human Development
Developmental (Clinical Child) Psychology, Ohio State University, 1993
B.A., Psychology
Developmental (Clinical Child) Psychology, University of Michigan, 1975
Certifications
Diplomate, American Board of Assessment Psychology
2001
Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Examiners
1996
American Board of Medical Psychotherapists
1987
Licensed Psychologist
Hawaiʻi and Massachusetts
Community service
Crisis Intervention Team Instructor
Maui Police Department
E Ola Hou Suicide Prevention Task Force
Member
Hawaiʻi Psychological Association
Board member
Developmental Disabilities Council
Member
Career highlights
Clinic, classroom and community
2013 to present
Clinical Psychologist, Aloha Psychological Services
Child, adolescent, adult and family psychotherapy, forensic evaluations, psychological assessments, presentations and continuing education workshops.
2011 to 2014
Acting Clinical Director, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division, State of Hawaiʻi
Oversaw clinical care for children and adolescents under state care in Maui County, and served on the Child Death Review Committee.
1987 to 2009
Clinical Director, Adult and Child Psychological Services
Assessments and individual, family and group psychotherapy in Columbus, Georgia, plus supervision of psychology interns.
1983 to 2009
Clinical practice with military personnel and veterans
Consultation, assessment and therapy at Fort Benning for PTSD, depression, anxiety, anger, ADHD and emotional problems following brain injury.
1984 to 1999
Professor and Director of Education
Taught psychology at Troy State and Columbus College, and directed continuing education for area psychologists.
The Psychology of Stupid
Novel, 2022
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adulthood: A Practitioner’s Handbook
Brunner/Mazel, 1998
Attention-Deficit Scales for Adults (ADSA): Manual for Scoring and Interpretation
with K. R. Murphy, Brunner/Mazel, 1996
Social and psychological discriminants of adolescent suicide: Age and sex differences
Journal of Early Adolescence, 1984
Want him in your classroom?
Lectures, workshops and community talks, in person or online.