David Reed

David L Reed
FALMOUTH - David L Reed passed away on December 31, 2014 at Maine Medical Center surrounded by his loved ones after a brief battle with complications from cancer.
Dave was born on May 21, 1961 in the Long Island Jewish Hospital in Queens, NY. His parents, Edward Reed and Helene Pollins Reed, brought up David and his younger brother Steven in Caldwell/West Caldwell, NJ. David graduated from James Caldwell High School in 1979. He graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ in 1984 with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Photography. A year of volunteer work at the United Way solidified his desire to pursue clinical psychology as a career. He went on to pursue a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of South Florida.
Dave was a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He was trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in 1994. He also completed the Problem-Solving Treatment for Primary Care Certification Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in 2003. David was a Clinical Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School from 1995 to 2003. Dave was also a member of the
American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

A devoted husband and father, the center of Dave's life was his family. Dave enjoyed running, skiing, cycling, tennis and cooking with his wife Rachel, his sons, Sam and Max, and a close group of friends. He pursued every pastime with vigor, passion, and a love of life. He had a keen sense of humor and a wonderful smile.
Dave is survived by his wife, Rachel Rodetsky Reed and sons, Sam and Max Reed, all of Falmouth, Maine; his parents, Edward and Helene Reed of East Windsor, New Jersey; his brother, Steven Reed, sister in-law, Maggie Reed, and Maggie's daughters, Bridget and Joanna Patterson, all of Southampton, New Jersey; his sister-in-law Laurie Rodetsky Joffe, brother-in-law Jeffrey Joffe, niece Sydney Rodetsky, and nephew Ethan Rodetsky, all of Punta Gorda, Florida; his mother-in-law, Charlotte Rodetsky, of Portland, Maine; and countless relatives and friends who loved him.
Services will be held on Sunday, January 4th at 2 PM at Bet Ha'am Synagogue, 81 Westbrook St., South Portland, followed by interment at Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Hicks Street, Portland. Arrangements by The Jewish Funeral Home, Portland, Maine.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Dave's name can be made to Winter Kids, P.O. Box 7566, Portland, ME 04112 (donate online: ), or to Falmouth Food Pantry, 271 Falmouth Road, Falmouth, ME 04105.