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William J. Doherty, PhD, is professor of family social science and director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at the University of Minnesota. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed psychologist. He received his PhD in family studies from the University of Connecticut in 1978 and served on the faculties of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Iowa and at the University of Oklahoma before taking his current position at the University of Minnesota in 1986. He is past-president of the National Council on Family Relations, the oldest interdisciplinary family studies organization in North America. In 1992, he received the Significant Contribution to the Field of Marriage and Family Therapy Award from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. For his work on moral and community issues in therapy, the Utne Reader magazine named him one of the 10 most innovative therapists in the United States. He has authored or edited 9 professional books on family studies and family therapy, over 150 scholarly publications in variety of journals and books, and 4 books for the lay public. His book Soul Searching: Why Psychotherapy Must Promote Moral Responsibility (1995) is a critique of contemporary psychotherapy's emphasis on individual self-interest and demonstrates a communitarian approach to psychological healing. The book has received widespread acclaim as an original contribution to contemporary psychotherapy. His book Take Back Your Kids: Confident Parenting in Turbulent Times (2000) is a call for parents to assume leadership in their families, instead of anxiously surrendering children to the peer culture and the consumer culture. It won Forward Magazine's Parenting Book of the Year Award for books from independent publishers. His book Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart (2001), describes how marriage has been undermined by the me-first consumer culture, by frenetic busyness, and by over-indulgent parenting, and shows how couples can take back their marriages through rock-solid commitment, rituals of connection and love, and participation in communities that support their marriages. It won the Self-Help Book of the Year Award for books from independent publishers. His most recent book, Putting Family First: Successful Strategies for Reclaiming Family Life in a Hurry-Up World (2002), highlights the problem of overscheduled kids and underconnected families and shows parents how to reclaim family time and use it well. The book is coauthored with Barbara Z. Carlson. It describes the Putting Family First initiative based in Wayzata, Minnesota. |
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