Served on 13 boards of directors.

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

Senior Research Fellow, Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, California.

Research to develop the Relationship Conflict Inventory (RCI) to assess conflict processes (verbal and physical) and conflict content -- in terms of frequency, distress level, and causal attribution.

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

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

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

President, California Psychological Association, 1976.

President, APA Division of Family Psychology, 1988.

President, APA Division of State Psychological Association Affairs, 1993.

Council of Representatives, American Psychological Association, 6 terms.

Publications and Communications Board, American Psychological Association, 1987-92.

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

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

Extensive publications and editorial work in family psychology.

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

Silver Psi Award, California State Psychological Association, 1986.

Family Psychologist of the Year, APA Division of Family Psychology, 1990.

Fellow, American Psychological Association, 1994, and Divisions 29, 42, 43, 46, and 51.

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

Distinguished Practitioner in Psychology, National Academies of Practice, 1993. (The academy for each of the ten health care professions is limited to a total elected membership of 100.)

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

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

Psi Chi (National Honorary Society in Psychology), initiated April 25, 1957, at New York University, Washington Square. Former Member.

Sigma Xi (National Honorary Society in Science), Stanford Chapter, Member.

Award for Best Book of the Year 1972: The book of family therapy. Given by the editors of Psychotherapy and Social Science Review. Ferber, A., Mendelshon, M., Napier, A. (Eds.). (1972). The book of family therapy. Science House.

Included in faculty receiving special commendation for the overall level of their teaching by student evaluation. California School of Professional Psychology. Fall 1981.

Outstanding Contribution to Psychology by a Psychologist, presented by the Santa Clara County Psychological Association, 1993.

Task Force Advisor on Family and Relational Issues, DSM-IV™ (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed.) American Psychiatric Association, 1994.

Fellow, Division of Family Psychology, (Div. 43) American Psychological Association, 1994.

Fellow, Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, (Div. 51) American Psychological Association, 1997.

Fellow, Division of Media Psychology, (Div. 46) American Psychological Association, 1999.

Fellow, Division of Psychotherapy, (Div. 29) American Psychological Association, 1999.

Fellow, Division of Independent Practice in Psychology, (Div. 42) American Psychological Association, 1999.