Jill Holly Freedman

Background

Freedman, Jill Holly was born on November 19, 1951 in St. Louis. Daughter of Milton and Madeline Rose Freedman.

Education

Bachelor, Shimer College, 1972; Master of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, 1975.

Career

Therapist, Edgetown School, Chicago, 1975-1976; private practice, Evanston, Illinois, since 1979. Therapist Oak Therapeutic School, Chicago, 1976-1982. Member adjunct faculty social work and counseling psychology departments George Williams College, Downers Grove, Illinois, 1982-1985.

Member of faculty Midwest Institute Training and Development, South Bend, Indiana, 1982-1991, Chicago Center for Family Health, since 1990. Mem.core faculty Evanston Family Therapy Center, since 1988, co=director, since 1990, supervisor of therapists, since 1976.

Achievements

• Jill Holly Freedman has been listed as a noteworthy Psychotherapist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Symbol, Story, and Ceremony: Using Metaphor in Individual and Family Therapy

    (Describes the psychotherapeutic use of metaphor in its th...)

Membership

Support group facilitator Better Existence for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Evanston, since 1990. Fellow National Association Neurolinguistic Programming (board directors 1983-1986). Member NASW, American Family Therapy Academy, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (associate editor newsletter since 1995, elections county 1993-1996, chair 1995-1996), Illinois Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (board directors 1991-1995, chair of gender and minority committee).

Connections

Married Gene Norman Combs, August 18,1984.

Father:

Milton Freedman

Mother:

Madeline Rose Freedman

Spouse:

Gene Norman Combs