Elaine M. Westerlund

Background

Westerlund, Elaine M. was born on November 19, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Alden F. and Virginia A. Westerlund.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northeastern U., 1980; Master of Education, Boston University, 1982; Doctor of Education, Boston University, 1987.

Career

Psychology trainee, Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1981-1982; psychology trainee, Laboure Center Mental Health Clinic, South Boston, Massachusetts, 1982-1983; psychology intern, South Shore Mental Health Center, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1983-1984; peer counselor, group facilitator, Incest Resources, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1982; psychotherapist, Incest Resources, Inc., Cambridge, 1982-1988; private practice psychologist, Cambridge, since 1988. Consultant and guest lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Elaine M. Westerlund has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Responding to Incest...in Memory of Nancy
  • Responding to incest: In memory of Nancy

Membership

Co-founder, director Incest Resources, Inc., Cambridge, since 1980. Founding member Deaf Women's Counseling Project, Cambridge, 1986. Member Association for Women in Psychology, Massachusetts Psychological Association, International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation (New England chapter), Massachusetts State Association of the Deaf, Psi Chi, Pi Lambda Theta, Sigma Epsilon Rho.

Connections

Married Joseph F. Doherty. 1 child, Neil A.

Father:

Alden F. Westerlund

Mother:

Virginia A. Westerlund

Spouse:

Joseph F. Doherty

child:

Neil A. Westerlund