Florence Kaslow

Florence Kaslow PhD (1952) is an American psychotherapist. In addition to studying and instructing Psychotherapy she also practices. She served as the 43rd president of the Div.(Society for Family Psychology), Div. 46 (Media Psychology and Technology) and co-chair of APA's committee on International Relations in Psychology.[1] She also served as a division president in 1987, and is a chair of the Family Psychology Specialty Council, which helps to boost membership and establish research as an important component of the division.[1]

Kaslow he helped found and was the first president of American Board of Forensic Psychology. Her contributions to psychology are numerous, as she has helped to found several other groups such as; the American Board of Forensic psychology, APA Division of Family Psychology, American board of family psychology, International Family Therapy Association.[1] She earned a Ph.D in psychology and spent years teaching graduate students and medical school courses in clinical, couple and family, and forensic psychology.[1]

Life and career

Early life and education

Kaslow is the daughter of Irving and Rose, who emigrated to the United States as children, served as a huge influence in her life as she learned of the poor treatment of individuals based on nationality or religion.[1] Specifically in respect to her treatment of people from other parts of the world and her desire to explore, educate, and help people from all corners of the world. She has also described the start of her interest in psychology of people and families dynamic began during early childhood due to being a part of such a large extended family.

She has received degrees from many Universities, including Temple (Bachelor's degree), Bryn Mawr (Master's degree), and Ohio State (Doctorate degree). During college she started volunteering to work in several international student resources such as counseling and peer mentoring, she continued this throughout her educational career.

During her career she has held several prestigious positions, she currently practices and writes about psychotherapy. She has had an influence in the field of family psychology, as she has been a part of it for many years and written many documents and article directly appplying to her family therapy. During her time at Hahnneman University, she was a professor and advised international students. She was the initial dean of one of the first combination Ph.D and J.D program at Hahnemann University.

She served as the division president in 1987, and is a chair of the Family Psychology Specialty Council, which helps to boost membership and establish research as an important component of the division. She earned her Ph.D in Psychology and spent years teaching graduate students and medical school courses in clinical, couple and family, and forensic psychology.

She has published twenty-six books and one-hundred and eighty articles on psychotherapy. [2][3]

Contributions to psychology

Kaslow has been awarded a variety of honors, including the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Contribution to Applied Psychology in 1990.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kaslow, Florence W. (2005). "Growing up everyone's trusted confidante: Why I really became a psychotherapist". Journal of Clinical Psychology. 61 (8): 965–972. doi:10.1002/jclp.20169.
  2. ↑ Kaslow, Florence W. (2016). "Ethical Problems in Prison Psychology". Criminal Justice and Behavior. 7 (1): 3–9. doi:10.1177/009385488000700101.
  3. ↑ Kaslow, Florence W. (2010). "A Family Therapy Narrative". The American Journal of Family Therapy. 38 (1): 50–62. doi:10.1080/01926180903430030.
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  • Chamberlain, Jamie (2001). "Like mother, like daughter". Monitor on Psychology. American Psychological Association. 32 (1): 38.
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