- Harriet Lerner
Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., (born
November 30 ,1944 ) is a clinical psychologist who is a major contributor to feminist theory and therapy. [ [http://www.harrietlerner.com/pages/about_harriet_lerner.htm About] . Harriet Lerner, Ph.D. Retrieved on2008-06-07 .] [ [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/5800/Harriet_Lerner/index.aspx Harriet Lerner from HarperCollins Publishers] . Retrieved on2008-06-07 .] From 1972 to 2001 she was a staff psychologist at theMenninger Clinic inTopeka ,Kansas and a faculty member and supervisor in the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry. During this time she published extensively on the psychology of women and family relationships, revising traditional psychoanalytic concepts to reflectfeminist and family systems perspectives. [ [http://www.friends.edu/institute/lerner.aspx VOICE LESSONS - 10 Steps to Extraordinary Relationships] . Friends University. Retrieved on2008-06-07 .]Education
Lerner did her undergraduate work at the
University of Wisconsin in Madison, where she received a government grant to study and pursue independent research inDelhi ,India . She received her M.A. in Educational Psychology fromTeacher’s College ofColumbia University and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology fromThe City University of New York . She did her predoctoral internship atMt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco and completed her postdoctoral training at the Menninger Clinic, where she subsequently joined the staff. [ [http://www.speakersonhealthcare.com/speakers/Harriet_Lerner_PhD.php Harriet Lerner, PhD" Health care speaker] . Speakers on Healthcare. Retrieved on2008-06-07 .]Works
Lerner is best known for her general-audience books which provide a framework for understanding and improving family and work relationships.
"The Dance of Anger", a "New York Times" bestseller that has been translated into more than 35 foreign editions, was the first book published in the United States on the subject of female anger. [cite news |title= PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: May 21, 1989 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DA143FF932A15756C0A96F948260 |work=
The New York Times |date=May 21 1989 |accessdate=2008-06-07] "Women in Therapy" is a compilation of her professional publications related to female psychology. She is also an award-winning children’s book author with her sister, Susan Goldhor. [ [http://www.harrietlerner.com/pages/franny_b.htm Franny B. Kranny. There's a Bird in Your Hair!] . Harriet Lerner, Ph.D. Retrieved on2008-06-07 .]Books
*"The Dance of Anger," 1985, revised in 2005
*"Women in Therapy," 1988
*"The Dance of Intimacy," 1989
*"The Dance of Deception," 1993
*"Life Preservers," 1996
*"The Mother Dance," 1998
*"The Dance of Connection," 2001
*"The Dance of Fear," 2004Children's books
*"What’s So Terrible About Swallowing An Appleseed?," 1996
*"Franny B. Kranny, There’s a Bird in Your Hair!," 2001References
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