George Bombel, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Positions

Clinical Assistant Professor: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA

Clinical Psychologist: Department of Psychiatry
The Complexity Clinic
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA

Addresses

Houston Methodist Hospital (Office): Department of Psychiatry
6550 Fannin Street
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (346) 238-1573
Fax: (713) 383-9026
gbombel@houstonmethodist.org
https://www.houstonmethodist.org/provider/george-bombel/

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Austen Riggs Center: 06/2013 - Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States; Intensive inpatient psychoanalytic psychotherapy, personality assessment, psychodynamic group consultation/therapy, psychoanalytic studies

Residency at The University of Texas Health Science Center: 07/2009 - San Antonio, Texas, United States; Short and long-term individual psychodynamic psychotherapy in inpatient and outpatient settings, Psychodynamic group therapy

PhD from University of Toledo: 08/2009 - Toledo, Ohio, United States; Clinical Psychology

MA from University of Toledo: 12/2006 - Toledo, Ohio, United States; Psychology

MA from Washington State University: 02/1992 - Pullman, Washington, United States; Education

BA from Eastern Washington University: 08/1987 - Cheney, Washington, United States; Applied Psychology

BS from Eastern Washington University: 08/1987 - Cheney, Washington, United States; Developmental Psychology

Certifications

Licensed Clinical Psychologist: Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Licensed Clinical Psychologist: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Psychology

Professional Interests

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Psychodynamic group therapy/consultation
Clinical supervision
Personality disorders
Personality Assessment/psychological testing
Psychological assessment of psychodynamic constructs
Construct and predictive validity of personality assessment measures/scales
Meta-analysis of inter-rater reliability

Websites

Dr. Bombel's Research

VIICTR Research Database

Houston Methodist Hospital

Selected Publications

Mihura, J. L., Meyer, G. J., Bombel, G., & Dumitrascu, N.. " Standards, Accuracy, and Questions of Bias in Rorschach Meta-Analyses: Reply to Wood, Garb, Nezworski, Lilienfeld, and Duke " Psychological Bulletin. 2015 ;
Pubmed PMID: 25581288.
Mihura JL, Meyer GJ, Dumitrascu N, Bombel G. " The validity of individual Rorschach variables: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the Comprehensive System. " Psychological Bulletin. 2013 ; 548-605.
Katko N, Meyer G, Mihura JL, Bombel G. " The interrater reliability of Elizur’s hostility systems and Holt’s aggression variables: A meta-analytical review. " Journal of Personality Assessment. 2009 ; 357-364.
Bombel G, Mihura JL, Meyer GJ. " An examination of the construct validity of the Rorschach Mutuality of Autonomy (MOA) Scale. " Journal of Personality Assessment. 2009 ; 227-237.
Joni L. Mihura, Gregory J. Meyer, Nicolae Dumitrascu & George Bombel. " On Conducting Construct Validity Meta-Analyses for the Rorschach: A Reply to Tibon Czopp and Zeligman (2016) " 2016 ; 98 (4) : 343-350.
Joni L. Mihura, George Bombel, Nicolae Dumitrascu, Manali Roy & Emily A. Meadows. " Why we need a formal systematic approach to validating psychological tests: The case of the Rorschach Comprehensive System " Journal of Personality Assessment. 2018 May ;
Katko N, Meyer G, Mihura JL, Bombel G. " A principle components analysis of Rorschach aggression and hostility variables. " Journal of Personality Assesment. 2010 ; 594-598.
Kayatekin, S. M., Bombel, G., & Czelusta, K., L.. " Examining Professionals. In Kaplan H. I. & Sadock., B. J. (Eds.), Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry (11th ed.).. " Wolters Kluwer. 2024 May ;