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Iris Fodor, Ph.D., a Clinical Psychologist, is Professor Emerita in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University. She was a Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology for over forty-five years and was the director of two doctoral programs for training child clinicians and School Psychologists .She is a Licensed Psychotherapist in New York City, has ABPP Board certification in Clinical Psychology. She specializes in Cognitive and Gestalt Therapy. Iris Fodor is known for teaching, conducting workshops and writings about anxiety management, feminism-women's metal health, and integrative psychotherapy. Recent work focuses on memoir, experiential writing and life story. She is also a social activist and photographer who has participated in the Bridges to Understanding digital story telling projects with Tibetan adolescents in India and adolescents in South Africa, and Peru. Iris Fodor has been active in Professional Organizations and conducted international training seminars world-wide. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and is past president of their Clinical Division section on Women. She has published over fifty articles and chapters and is the author of an Edited book on Assertiveness and Social Skills Training for Adolescents. She has been on editorial boards of Professional Journals and has been an Associate Editor of Gestalt Review. Her photographs have been selected for group exhibits at Galleries in New York and Woodstock. Iris Fodor has a BA from CCNY(1956), MA in Psychology (1957) and Ph.D.(1964) in Clinical Psychology from Boston University. She has received certification in Gestalt Therapy from the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles (GTILA). She is alumna of the New Directions writing program of the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis. Iris has a son, daughter and three granddaughters. She lives in New York City and Woodstock, New York.