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PhD, is professor of psychiatry and family medicine,
director of the Division of Family Programs and the Wynne Center for
Family Research in Psychiatry, and associate chair of the Depart ment of
Family Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and
Dentistry in Rochester, New York. She has many publications in the areas of
medical family therapy, family-oriented primary care, and supervision and
consultation. Her special areas of interest are family dynamics and genetic
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testing, somatization, and gender and health. She is a frequent speaker at
meetings of both health and mental health professionals. Dr. McDaniel is
co-editor, with Thomas Campbell, MD, of the multidisciplinary journal,
Families, Systems and Health,and serves on many other journal boards. She
co-authored or co-edited the following books: Systems Consultation, Family-
Oriented Primary Care, Medical Family Therapy, Integrating Family Therapy,
Counseling Families with Chronic Illness, The Shared Experience of Illness, Inte-
grating Family Therapy, and the Casebook for Integrating Family Therapy. Some
books have been translated into several languages; an additional volume is
exclusively in German.
Dr. McDaniel was chair of the Com mission on Accreditation for Marriage
and Family Therapy Education in 1998, p resident of the Division of Family
Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1999, and
chair of the APA Publications and Communications Board in 2002. Dr. Mc-
Daniel
was recognized by the APA as the 1995 Family Psychologist of the
Year. In 1998, she was the f irst psychologist to be a fellow in the Public
Health Service Primary Care Policy Fellowship. She also won the Postdoc-
toral Academic Mentoring Award from her medical school in 1998, and in
2000 she received the award for Innovative Contributions to Family Ther-
apy from the American Family Therapy Academy.
William C. Nichols, EdD, ABPP, is a marital and family therapist and
diplomate in clinical psychology, a fellow, clinical member, and approved
supervisor of the AAMF T; a charter member of both the American Family
Therapy Academy and the International Family Therapy Association
( IF TA); and a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and
the American Psychological Societ y. He was in full-time private practice
for nearly 25 years and taught and supervised postdoctoral, doctoral, and
masters’ st udents in MF T programs and postdegree professionals for 35
years at Florida State Universit y, the Merrill-Palmer Instit ute, and else-
where. Founder and f irst editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy,
he also edited Family Relations, and currently edits Contemporary Family
Therapy. He has written or edited eight MF T and therapy books, concept u-
alized and launched MFT accreditation, wrote the f irst model licensing
laws, co-wrote the national licensing examination, and chaired a state li-
censing board for seven years. He has been president of the AAMF T, IF TA,
and the National Council on Family Relations.
Rober ta L. Nutt, PhD, ABPP, is the founder and director of the counseling
psychology doctoral program that emphasizes family psychology and
women’s/gender issues at Texas Women’s Universit y. She is co-author of
the “ Division 17 Principles Concerning the Counseling/Psychotherapy of
Women: Rationale and Implementation” and Br idging Se parate
Gender
Worlds: Why Men and Women Clash and How Therapists Can Bring Them
To -
gether. Dr. Nutt has written and presented extensiv ely on gender and
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family issues, served in a number of leadership roles in psychology including
president of the Family Psychology Division of APA and held off ices in both
the women’s and men’s divisions. She holds the ABPP diplomate in family
psychology. She is currently co-chairing an APA Interdivisional Task Force
developing new guidelines for psychological practice with girls and women.
Terence Patterson, EdD, ABPP, is professor and director of the doctoral
program in counseling psychology at the Universit y of San Francisco. He is
a licensed psychologist and is board certif ied in family psychology with the
American Board of Professional Psychology. His specialties are family psy-
chology, ethical issues, and theoretical orientation in psychotherapy. He is
on the boards of a number of professional journals and has authored Vol. II
( Cognitive-Behavioral ) of the Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy, and the
Couple & Family Clinical Documentation Sourcebook. Dr. Patterson has served
as president of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psycho-
logical Association and is a fellow of APA.
Thomas H. Peake, PhD, ABPP, is professor and associate dean for the School
of Psychology at Florida Instit ute of T echnology (Melbourne), and adjunct
professor in the Depart ment of Aging and Mental Health of the Florida In-
stit ute of Mental Health of the Universit y of South Florida ( Tampa). Li-
censed in Virginia, Michigan, Florida, and chart ered in Great Britain, he has
practiced clinical, health, and family psychology for over 15 years. He is a
diplomate (ABPP) in both clinical and health psychology and is an approved
supervisor for AAMF T. Dr. Peake’s publication and practice areas include
books and articles on brief psychotherapies, clinical training and supervi-
sion, couples therapy, medical/health psychology, healthy aging, and a book
Cinema and