George Louis McGhee (March 3, 1925 – December 20, 2000) was an American

marriage and family therapist Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...

. He was also a lobbyist for marriage and family therapy laws in the state of

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Born in

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, he joined the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

in 1942. He worked as a teacher for the

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while earning a

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education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

and

Counseling Counseling is the professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes. This is a list of co ...

and Guidance (1958) at the

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. In 1963, he received an

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extramurally from the International Free Protestant Episcopal University (UK) in

Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology is an integration of social science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and persona ...

for his work in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling and gifted children. He also received an honorary fellowship from Saint Andrew's Ecumenical Church Foundation (UK). In 1964 he became one of the founders, originators, and first president of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. In 1979 he earned his

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in leadership and human behavior from

United States International University United States International University (USIU) was a nonprofit university based in San Diego, California that was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. At its peak, it had two additional American campuses and three interna ...

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References

*Graham, A. Lee, (1993) Hemet News (Newspaper), currently The Press Enterprise (Newspaper), front-page article about George L. McGhee page A1, Citizen of the week, May 7, 1993. Hemet, CA. *Staff writer (2000) Hemet News (Newspaper), currently The Press Enterprise (Newspaper), obituary section article, Obituary on George L. McGhee, December 23, 2000. Hemet, CA. *Bamberg-Johnson, D. (1994) Las Cruces Sun-News, page A9 ''Family therapy center of N.M. denies no one service'', August 15, 1994. Las Cruces, NM. *Bamberg-Johnson, D. (1994) Las Cruces Sun-News, ''Counseling made available to all'', May 1994, Las Cruces, NM. *Staff writer (1942) Los Angeles Times (Newspaper), front-page article about George L. McGhee, page A6, (photo page B) ''Navy Recruits 10,000th Man Here Since Pearl Harbor,'' March 13, 1942. Los Angeles, CA. {{DEFAULTSORT:McGhee, George Louis American psychotherapists Relationship counseling United States Navy sailors United States Navy personnel of World War II 1925 births 2000 deaths Los Angeles City College alumni California State University, Los Angeles alumni USC Rossier School of Education alumni People from Los Angeles United States International University alumni 20th-century American physicians

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