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About Dan Gottlieb
Welcome to my new blog and weekly on-line chat. To be considered for an on-line consultation with Dan, send an e-mail describing your concerns to drdangottlieb@aol.com
Throughout the week I'll be posting entries about research I find interesting, your emails and my responses, random observations about life and current events and recommendations for books, lectures or webpages. Feel free to e-mail me questions, reactions or vignettes about your life though I cannot respond to everyone. And please know that if I use your correspondence, although I will try to disguise identifying characteristics, because this is a public forum, I cannot assure confidentiality.
Understand this is not psychotherapy and cannot be a substitute for it. Further, I cannot assess or diagnose. The purpose of this dialogue is to be educational and perhaps to help writers and viewers gain a different perspective on themselves. People needing help should contact a mental health professional.
Dan Gottlieb
is a psychologist and marital therapist and has been in practice nearly 40 years. His career started in community mental health and substance abuse until his accident in 1979 made him a quadriplegic.
Since that time, he has been in private practice. Since 1985, he has been hosting a radio show called "Voices in the Family" on WHYY FM, Philadelphia's NPR affiliate. He was a regular columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1994 until 2008. He is also the author of four books.