Background
Singer-Magdoff, Laura Joan Silver was born on March 21, 1917 in New York City. Daughter of Max David and Minnie (Stabsky) Silver.
Singer-Magdoff, Laura Joan Silver was born on March 21, 1917 in New York City. Daughter of Max David and Minnie (Stabsky) Silver.
Student, New York University, 1936-1938; student, University Minnesota, 1938-1939; Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1946; Doctor of Education, Columbia University, 1961.
Nursery and elementary school teacher, director, Bronxville, New York, 1943-1945. Teacher Cherry Lawn School, Darien, Connecticut, 1943-1944, Columbia Grammar School, 1951-1953, New York Children's Colony, 1953-1954. Psychotherapist, marital, family counselor Community Guidance Service, New York City, 1958-1991.
Private practice, since 1958. Founder, president Save A Marriage, Inc., since 1974. President Interpersonal Development Institute, Inc., 1983, co-producer Gleam Productions, 1989.
Adjunct professor Teachers College, Columbia University, 1961-1974. Visiting faculty New School for Social Research. Faculty American Association for Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.
Psychotherapist television series Living Together. Past member executive board Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, Community Secretary Information. Adviser board trustees National Accreditation Association for Psychoanalysis, Inc.
Supervisor department psychology City University of New York, 1994-1996.
Fellow American Institute Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, American Association Marriage and Family Therapists (past president, supervisor), American Orthopsychiat. Association, Science Society Study Sex, American Academy Clinical Sexologists (clinical fellow). Member World Federation Mental Health, New York Society Clinical Psychologists (past editor Newsletter, member executive board), American Family Therapy Association (charter), American Psychological Association, American Society Psychologists in Private Practice, Association Applied Psychoanalysis, National Council Family Relations.
Married Edward I. Plotkin, 1938 (deceased 1945). 1 child, JoAnn Melanie. Married Arthur I. Singer, 1948 (divorced 1962).
Married Samuel Magdoff, December 23, 1963.