Independent practice with individuals, couples, families, and adolescents.

Home/job stress and conflict resolution.

Personal and relationship concerns.

Divorce counseling and mediation.

Board Certified in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), 1978¹.

Board Certified in Forensic Psychology, American Board of Forensic Psychology (ABFP), 1979².

Board Certified in Family Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), 2002³.

Fellow, Professional Academy of Custody Evaluators and Member, The PACE Advisory Council, 1993.

President, California State Psychological Association, 1976.

President, Division of Family Psychology (Div. 43), American Psychological Association (APA), 1988.

President, Division of State Psychological Association Affairs (Div. 31), American Psychological Association, 1993.

Co-Chair, Executive Roundtable, Practice Divisions (APA Divs. 12, 16, 17, 29, 31, 41, 42, 43, and 46), 1992-93.

President, Association of Family Therapists, 1970-72.

President, American Psychology-Law Society, Santa Clara County Chapter, 1982.

Council of Representatives, American Psychological Association, 1979-81, 1983-85, 1991, 1993, 1996-98, 1999-2001.

Founding Director, American Board of Forensic Psychology, 1978-81.

Chair, Coalition on Family Diagnosis, a consortium of 14 national organizations, 1994-96.

Chair, Committee on Human Resources, American Psychological Association, 1996.

Served on 13 boards of directors.

Independent practice with individuals, couples, families, adolescents, and organizations since 1967.

Senior Research Fellow and Chair, Board of Directors, 1993; President, Board of Directors,
1999-2003, Mental Research Institute.

Research to develop the Relationship Conflict Inventory to assess physical and verbal conflict, and topics of conflict.

Research to develop the Teasing and Bullying Survey to assess the severity, frequency, impact, and range of school teasing and bullying.

Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, 1998-2006.

Co-Founder and Past President of the Board, Emergency Treatment Center.

Member, Academy of Family Mediators and Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.

Presentations for California Continuing Education of the Bar, American Board of Forensic Psychology, California Family Law Report, Advanced Family Law Course, Norton Family Law Systems, and American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

The Public Member, Family Law Advisory Commission, Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California, 2003-2006.

Member, IACP Research Committee, 2006-Present.

Member, IACP Data Analysis Subcommittee of the Research Committee, 2006-Present.

Editor, California State Psychologist, 1973-74.

Editor, California State Psychological Association Directory Handbook, 1973, 1975, and 1978-79.

Editor, Bulletin of the American Academy of Forensic Psychologists, 1980-83.

Editor, State Psychological Association Affairs, Bulletin of Division 31, APA, 1990-91.

Board of Advisory Editors, Family Process, 1968-84.

Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1979-82.

Editorial Board, Family Therapy Today, 1987-89.

Editorial Board, Topics in Family Psychology and Counseling, 1991-93.

Editorial Board, The Family Psychology and Counseling Series, 1993.

Editorial Board, Journal of Family Psychology, 1987-97.

Editorial Board, Journal of Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 1983-2001.

APA Publications and Communications Board and Book Advisory Committee, 1987-92.

Publications focusing on family therapy and assessment.

Outstanding Contribution to Psychology, Santa Clara County Psychological Association, 1977 and 1993.

Distinguished Service to CSPA, California State Psychological Association, 1978.

Distinguished Achievement in New Directions in Family Therapy, American Family Therapy Association, 1981.

Silver Psi, California State Psychological Association, 1986.

Family Psychologist of the Year, Division of Family Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1990.

Karl F. Heiser Presidential Award for Advocacy on Behalf of Professional Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1993.

Fellow, American Psychological Association, and APA Division 43, 1994; Division 51, 1996; Divisions 29, 42, and 46, 1999; and the American Orthopsychiatric Association, 1987.

Distinguished Practitioner in Psychology, National Academies of Practice, 1993. (Each academy limited to 100 elected members.)

Award for Distinguished Service to Family Psychology, Division of Family Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2002.

Lifetime Achievement Award. Santa Clara County Psychological Association, 2007.