About the author
Laurence Simon received his B.A. from City College of New York in 1962 and his Ph.D. from New York University in 1969. He is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York. He was Chief Psychologist at Flushing Hospital Mental Health Clinic and maintained a private practice on Long Island, New York. Dr. Simon is the author of "Cognition and Affect: A Developmental Psychology of the Individual," Prometheus Books (1986); "Psycho'therapy': Theory, Practice, Modern and Postmodern Influences" Praeger Publishers. (1998); "Psychology, Education, Gods and Humanity" Praeger Publishers. (1998) and "Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Human Relationships" Praeger Publishers. (2003). Dr Simon was co-editor of the journal "Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry" from 2005 - 2007.