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Antonette M. Zeiss, PhD is an American Psychologist known for being the first woman to be the official chief consultant for mental health at the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office.

Biography
Zeiss grew up in Santa Cruz, California and spent many of her days being with her family. It was her mother who influenced her to proceed with her life as being so important in life. Her mother Adele, had a quote that stuck to her and it was “never turn your back on a wave. If you turn around, face the wave, dive under it and don't be afraid of it…. You wont get hurt” What her mother told her really stuck with her throughout her life.

Zeiss received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Oregon in 1977. She also was a chief consultant for a mental health service at the department of veterans affairs central office or better known as (VACO). She was the first woman to do this.

In her earlier days, Zeiss worked at Arizona State University and Stanford University as a faculty member. At Stanford, Zeiss worked in the lab of personality psychologist Walter Mischel, PhD and as an assistant professor, doing clinical research. She did extensive research on delayed gratification. After doing so, she joined the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO) where she was given the role of Director of Interdisciplinary Team Training in Geriatrics. She was later given the role of Director of Psychology Training at the Palo Alto Health Care System.

Zeiss worked at Stanford in the lab of the personality psychologist Walter Mischel and this man became her husband. They got married years later and both headed for the same graduate school which was University of Oregon. She loved what she was doing which was developing interdisciplinary teams to serve veterans of all ages and service eras. In 2004 is when she worked for the VA’s strategic plan for expanding and transforming mental health services. This is when she focused on implementing delivery of psychotherapy.

Research
She focused on delivering psychotherapy with emphasis on evidence based therapy. She believes that emphasis on psychotherapy has the strongest evidence for PTSD, depression, schizophrenia and etc.

Awards
2004: Society of Clinical Geropsychology's Distinguished Clinical Mentorship Award

2006: Award for the Advancement of Psychology and Aging from the APA Committee on Aging (CONA)

2009: United States Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious

2010: Antonette Zeiss Distinguished Leadership Award

2011: Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy

2013: Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association