Florence Kaslow

Her contributions to psychology are numerous, as she has helped to found several other groups such as the American Board of Forensic Psychology, APA Division of Family Psychology, American Board of Family Psychology, International Family Therapy Association. She earned a PhD from Bryn Mawr College and spent years teaching graduate students and medical school courses in clinical, couple and family, and forensic psychology.

She has received degrees from Temple (Bachelor's degree), Ohio State (Master's degree) and Bryn Mawr (Doctoral degree). During college she started volunteering to work in several international student programs related to counseling and peer mentoring; she continued this throughout her educational career.

Career

She has had an influence in the field of family psychology, as she has been a part of it for many years and written many documents and articles directly related to couple and family psychology. Also known as a life coach, she has been cited as an expert in many psychological articles. During her time at Hahnnemann University, she was a professor and advised international students. She was the initial director of one of the first combined Ph.D and J.D program at Hahnemann Medical School.

She has published over 30 books and close to 200 articles.