EP85 Panel 06 – Training Psychotherapists I – Robert L. Goulding, M.D. Arnold A. Lazarus, Ph.D. Erving Polster, Ph.D. Lewis R. Wolberg, M.D.

Robert L. Goulding, MD Related seminars and products: 17

Robert Goulding, MD, is one of the leading exponents of Transactional Analysis. Along with his wife Mary Goulding, they developed an approach called Redecision Therapy. Redecision Therapy also includes unique elements based on the Goulding’s own experiences as seasoned psychotherapists. Their goal was to create a psychotherapy, based on the strengths and complimentary objectives of Gestalt therapy and Transactional Analysis, that was both brief and highly effective. Robert Goulding received his M.D. in 1944 from the University of Cincinnati and practiced general medicine until he switched to psychiatry in 1958. With his wife Mary, he founded the Wester Institute for Group and Family Therapy in Watsonville, California, and authored two books. Dr. Goulding is a Distinguished Life Fellow and member of the Board of Directors of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He served as president of the American Academy of Psychotherapists. An extraordinarily talented therapist, he has synthesized Transactional Analysis and Gestalt into his own model, Redecision therapy.

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Arnold Lazarus, Ph.D. Related seminars and products: 42

Arnold A. Lazarus, Ph.D., was Distinguished Professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. Lazarus served on the editorial boards of ten professional journals. He was president of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy and received the Distinguished Service to The Profession of Psychology Award from the American Board of Professional Psychology. His Ph.D. was granted in 1960 from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He has authored four books; co-authored, edited, or co-edited seven; and authoered or co-authoered more than 150 professional papers and chapters.

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Erving Polster, PhD Related seminars and products: 132

Erving Polster, Ph.D in clinical psychology, is the Director of The Gestalt Institute of San Diego, and the author of several important books, including Gestalt Therapy Integrated, Every Person’s Life is Worth a Novel, and From the Radical Center: The Heart of Gestalt Therapy, as well as dozens of articles and chapters. Erving has authored 6 books. In his current writings, he offers perspectives and designs for a communal application of psychotherapy principles. He also describes and celebrates a powerful contemporary momentum for people-at-large to join together in the search for personal and social enlightenment.

Lewis R Wolberg, M.D. Related seminars and products: 9

Lewis R. Wolberg, M.D., has practiced psychiatry and psychotherapy for more than 50 years. he received his M.D. from Tufts College Medical School in 1930. He is the author, co-author, or editor of 26 books and has authored 35 book chapters and numerous papers. He is Founder of the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in New York, with which he has been associated since 1945, and a Founding Fellow of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. 

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