Author: Robert W. Firestone

Robert W. Firestone, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, author and researcher. He has focused extensively on the defenses constructed during childhood, which impair the ability of adults to sustain intimate relationships. He was engaged in private practice from the time he received his PhD in 1957 until 1979. Over this time he developed his initial concepts on schizophrenia and applying these to a theory of neurosis. His major publications include The Fantasy Bond, Compassionate Child-Rearing and Fear of Intimacy. He has developed a therapeutic methodology described in Voice Therapy, Suicide and the Inner Voice and Combating Destructive Thought Processes. He has been a consulting theorist with the Glendon Association since 1979.

Courses By Robert W. Firestone:

	Title	Credits
6955475	Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion	15