Clinical Focus
- Psychology
- Couples and family therapy, marital relationships, child and adolescent mental health, individual coping with stress and illness, influence of technology on family functioning, health technology innovation, team learning and design
Academic Appointments
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Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Administrative Appointments
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Director, Team Learning and Design, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign (2014 - Present)
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Chief, Couples and Family Therapy Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (1993 - Present)
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Director, Stanford Advanced Psychotherapy Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (2012 - 2013)
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Faculty, Stanford Center for Adolescence (1997 - Present)
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Director, Family Therapy Program, VA Palo Alto Health Care System (1992 - 2016)
Honors & Awards
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Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (2020)
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Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium (2018)
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Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium (2015)
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Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium (2013)
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Most Inspiring Mentor Award, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (2012)
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Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium (2012)
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Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium (2011)
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Academic Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (2010)
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Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium (2009)
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Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (1997)
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Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (1994)
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Joan Sadow Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center (1991)
Professional Education
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Advanced Externship, Family Therapy Supervision - Salvador Minuchin/Family Studies, NY (1988)
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Externship, Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, NY (1986)
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Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Cornell Medical College, NY (1986)
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Fellowship, Children's Hospital-Judge Baker Guidance Center/Harvard Medical School, MA (1985)
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Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, CO (1985)
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A.B., magna cum laude w/Honors, Brown University, RI (1979)