Marvin R. Goldfried (born 1936) is an American psychologist. His area of interest includes LGBT issues and psychotherapy integration.
Early life
Marvin Goldfried was born in 1936 in
Brooklyn to parents from Eastern Europe. He was the first in his family to pursue education past high school. He majored in psychology at
Brooklyn College
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. He completed graduate education in clinical psychology at
University at Buffalo. During his graduate studies, he completed a summer internship at the
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
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. He earned his degree in 1961.
Career
Goldfried joined the faculty at
University of Rochester in 1961. In 1964, he joined the psychology department at
Stony Brook University
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and worked on developing a graduate program in clinical psychology. Goldfried studies LGBT issues, psychotherapy research, and psychotherapy integration. He is a distinguished professor of clinical psychology at
Stony Brook University
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. He is a co-founder of the
Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration. Goldfried is the founding editor of ''
In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice''. He is a former president of the
Society for Psychotherapy Research
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. He founded AFFIRM: Psychologists Affirming their LGBT Family which comprises a network of family members in psychology with LGBT relatives that encourages research, clinical work, education, and advocacy.
Awards and honors
Goldfried received the 2018 Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology from the
American Psychological Foundation.
Personal life
Goldfried is married to Anita and together they have two sons. He lived with his wife and first son in
Jerusalem in 1970 while he was on sabbatical. In 1999, he announced that one of his sons was gay.
See also
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LGBTQ psychology
LGBT psychology is a field of psychology of surrounding the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals, in the particular the diverse range of psychological perspectives and experiences of these individuals. It covers different aspects such as identity developmen ...
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