| Dorothy Firman, Ed.D., LMHC Psychosynthesis trainer, psychotherapist, professor and author |
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Dorothy Firman, pictured here with her first granddaughter Sarah (One of her favorite pastimes) is a founder of the Synthesis Center and has directed its Professional Training Program for more than twenty-five years. Didi is certified in psychosynthesis and hypnotherapy and has extensive training in Gestalt therapy, Transactional Analysis, family therapy and transpersonal psychology. She is a founder and past co-chair of The Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis. Didi is also a professor at Union Institute & University's Vermont College campus where she teaches in the field of counseling and psychology. |
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| Didi is also well know for the mother/daughter relationship workshops that she has run nation-wide with her mother, Julie, and has written a book about this work titled Daughters and Mothers: Healing the Relationship. She has also written Chicken Soup for the Mother/Daughter Soul in conjunction with her mother, sister and the Chicken Soup co-authors. This book was on the New York Times Bestsellers List for nine weeks. She has just finished a second volume of stories for Chicken Soup on the subject. See her Mother/Daughter web site for more info (www.motherdaughterrelations.com). Taking Time For Me |
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| Didi has done consulting with corporations and organizations around issues of staff interrelations and dynamics. She maintains a private psychotherapy practice at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts. Didi specializes in working with the process of transitions in people's lives whether due to age, tragedy or disease or spiritual/existential crisis. She works with individuals and couples. She offers personal coaching, both face-to-face and on-line. She is the mother of three grown children, grandmother to two, a wife, a martial artist and a potter. Didi can be reached at dfirman@comcast.net |
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