Biosketch
I attended Miami University, where professors Crannell and Patton gently guided me toward psychology (and faculty in chemistry and biology strongly guided me away from medicine) and Duke University, where my mentors were professors Zener, Rodnick, Garmezy, Borstelman, and Spielberger. While in graduate school, I lived and worked for two years at the NC Cerebral Palsy Hospital, a small, in-patient facility for children up to 14 years old. As the psychologist and only male on the premises, I learned much about child development and handicapping conditions. That experience led me into child clinical work. Following an internship at Boston Children's Hospital, I came to Cleveland in 1960 as one of the first psychologists at the Mental Development Center, and interdisciplinary out-patient clinic for children at Case Western Reserve University. The Center was headed by a psychologist, Jane W. Kessler (now emerita at CWRU), which made it a unique facility for mental retardation among the many starting at that time under the Kennedy administration.
After several years at the clinic, I began teaching in the Department of Psychology and gradually became full time on the faculty by 1970. At that time Professor George Albee asked me to edit the Newsletter for the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA). The Newsletter developed into an interdisciplinary journal, Professional Psychology, and soon became a permanent publication of the APA. A few years later, I was asked to edit the journal of the Division of Psychotherapy, which I did for 10 years. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the APA, I edited a volume, History of Psychotherapy: A Century of Change (APA, 1992). I later edited the first volume of Handbook of Psychology (Wiley, 2003) titled, History of Psychology. Currently I am working on the 2nd edition of History of Psychotherapy.
I have also been active in professional "politics" having served as presidents of the local and state psychological associations and of the Division of psychotherapy of APA. I chaired the International Committee of APA as well as the Policy & Planning Board, and had terms on the Board of Professional Affairs, Council of Representatives, and on the APA Board of Directors.
In the Cleveland community I had the privilege of chairing the County Board of Mental Retardation, the Board of Early Childhood Options, the Mental Health Committee of the Cleveland Chapter of the American Red Cross and of its Trauma Action Team that responds to local disasters and situations requiring crisis counseling. Recently, I served a three year term as president of The Cleveland Jewish News.
In 1998 I was asked by the Dean of Arts and Sciences to become the founding director of the Schubert Center for Child Development. And in 2000 I retired from the faculty as Professor Emeritus.
Research Interests
My research and clinical interests have been in the area of developmental disabilities, attitudes toward the disabled, and related fields. Over the years I have directed a number of students' dissertations on such topics as child abuse and eating disorders.
Courses Taught
- Introductory Psychology
- Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Abnormal Psychology
- Seminar and Practicum: Preschool and Daycare, Hospitalized Children, Adolescents
Recent, Representative Publications
History of Psychotherapy: A Century of Change (ed). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1992.
The Anatomy of Psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1995 (with G. VandenBos, J. Frank-McNeil, and J. Norcross). Teaching guide with twelve psychotherapy videotapes.
Training issues in clinical psychology. Chapter in E. Walker & J. Matthews (eds), Beginning Skills and Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997 (with J. Overholser).
Clinical Documentation Sourcebook for Child Mental health Professionals. New York: Wiley & Sons, 1999 (with J. Shapiro).
History of Psychology (ed). Vol 1 of I. Weiner (ed) Handbook of Psychology, New York, Wiley & Sons, 2003. |
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