Education
Ph.D., Human Development/Clinical Child Psychology, University of Chicago, 1965
Research Focus
Family therapy theory,
process, and outcome; parent-child relationships; and impact of community violence on families
Courses
FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy
Career Highlights
- Author of Family, Self, and Psychotherapy: A Person-Centered Perspective (2001).
- Published in such journals as Journal of Consulting Psychology, Family Relations,
Human Sexuality, Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, and The Person-Centered
Review.
- Published chapters in edited volumes such as Human Sexuality: Psychosocial
Aspects of Disease; Family Strengths: Positive Models for Family Life; Innovations
in Client Centered Therapy; and Families: Intergenerational and Generational
Connections.
- Served on editorial boards of Family Relations, The Person-Centered Review,
and Family Perspectives.
- Author of nine funded grants totaling $300,000, including studies of parental
expectations of children, and the impact of community violence on Colombian
children and their families.
- Outstanding Teacher in School of Public Health (1999).
- Honors include election to Sigma Xi, Fellow Status in the American Association
of Marriage and Family Therapy, and listing in Who's Who in America.
- Served on the boards of the National Council on Family Relations, the Person
Centered Association, and the Mid-Atlantic Association for Marriage and Family
Therapy.
Selected Publications
Gaylin, N. L. (2001). Family, self, and psychotherapy: A person-centered perspective. United Kingdom: PCCS.
Gaylin, N. L. (1999). Client-centered child and family therapy. In S. Russ & T. Ollendick (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapies with children and families (pp. 107-120). New York: Plenum.
Gaylin, N. L. (1996). Reflections on the self of the therapist. In R. Hutterer, G. Pawlowsky, P. Schmid, & R. Stipsits (Eds.), Client-centered and experiential psychotherapy: A paradigm in motion (pp. 383-394). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Gaylin, N. L. (1993). Person-centered family therapy. In D. Brazier (Ed.), Beyond Carl Rogers: Towards a psychotherapy for the 21st century (pp. 181-200). London: Constable.
Gaylin, N. L. (1991). An intergenerational perspective of marriage: Love and trust in cultural context. In S. Pfiefer & M. Sussman (Eds.), Families: Intergenerational and generational connections (pp. 143-159). New York: Haworth Press.
Gaylin, N. L. (1989). The necessary and sufficient conditions for change: Individual versus family therapy. The Person Centered Review, 4(3), 263-279.