Joan D. Atwood, Ph.D. is the Director of the Graduate Programs in Marriage and Family Therapy at Hofstra University. Dr. Atwood is also the Director of the Marriage and Family Clinic located in the Saltzman Community Center at Hofstra. Dr. Atwood is the past President of the New York State Association for Marriage and Family Therapists and was awarded the Long Island Family Therapist of the Year award for outstanding contributions to the field. She teaches courses in Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Gender Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy, Sexual Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy, Families in Transition, Social Construction Theory and Therapy, Supervision and Advanced Supervision.
Dr. Atwood has published six books: Making Contact With Human Sexuality; Treatment Techniques for Common Mental Disorders; Family Therapy: A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective; Counseling Single Parents; Family Scripts; and Challenging Family Therapy Situations. In addition, she has published numerous journal articles on Social Construction Theory and Therapy, Families in Transition, Human Sexuality Issues, and Family Health Issues. Dr. Atwood is a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor of AAMFT; she serves on the Editorial Board of many journals in the field; she holds Diplomate Status and is a Clinical Supervisor on the American Board of Sexology; she has been elected to the National Academy of Social Workers; she is a Certified Imago Therapist; she is a Certified Divorce Mediator; and she has served on the President's Commission for Domestic Policy.
Among her many projects, Dr. Atwood is the co-developer of the P.E.A.C.E. Program (Parent Education and Custody Effectiveness), a court based educational program for parents obtaining a divorce and the L.I.F.E. Program (Looking Into Feelings and Emotions), a school-based K-12 curriculum which helps children learn to express feelings and emotions. Dr. Atwood has made numerous TV appearances and Radio and Newspaper interviews. She is in private practice in Rockville Centre, New York, specializing in Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy.
Dr. Atwood's Vita
Books By Dr. Atwood:
Atwood, Joan D., ed. (April 2001) Family Systems/Family Therapy: Applications for Clinical Practice. Haworth Amazon Books
Atwood, Joan D. (Fall, 1997). Challenging Family Therapy Situations: A Social Constructionist Perspective. New York: Springer-Verlag. Amazon Books
Atwood, Joan D. (1996). Family Scripts. Chicago:Taylor Francis, Inc. Amazon Books
Atwood, Joan D. and Genovese, Frank. (1993). Counseling Single Parents.VA:ACA. Amazon Books
Atwood, Joan D. (1992). Family Therapy: A Systemic Behavioral Approach. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, Inc. Amazon Books
Atwood, J. and Chester, R.(1987). Treatment Techniques for Common Mental Disorders. Englewood, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, Inc. Amazon Books
Articles:
A Social Constructionist Approach to Counseling the Single Parent Family
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