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Kaphan, Marvin Norman was born on July 8, 1926 in Brooklyn. Son of Harold and Bertha (Harrison) Kaphan.
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Marvin Norman Kaphan
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Marvin Norman Kaphan, American Psychotherapist. License clinical social worker, marriage, family and child counselor, registered social worker, California; licensed teacher, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California; diplomate American Board Examiners in Clinical Social Work; certified group psychotherapist.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Education, City College of New York, 1949; postgraduate, New York University, 1950; Master of Science in Social Work, Columbia University, 1955.
Career
Chief psychiatric social worker, Suicide Prevention Center, Los Angeles, 1958-1965;
affiliate in social work, Suicide Prevention Center, Los Angeles, since 1965;
private practice psychotherapy,, North Hollywood, California, since 1959;
teacher,, 1950-1951;
staff, Grove School, Madison, Connecticut, 1951-1953;
trainee in field work, Manhattan Eastern State Hospital, New York City, 1953-1955;
member of staff parent-child guidance service, Jewish Big Brothers Association, Los Angeles, 1955-1958. Play therapist, consultant on group dynamics Council Jewish Women, New York City, 1954. Group psychotherapist mental health clinic St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, North Hollywood, 1960-1962.
Field teacher University of Southern California Graduate School Social Work, Los Angeles, 1962-1965. Instructor Moorpark College, 1972-1973, Antioch College West, 1974-1975. Supervisor Southern California Counesling Center, 1970-1979.
Conductor numerous workshops. Speaker in field.
Achievements
Membership
Acting captain United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Fellow Group Psychotherapy Association Southern California (treasurer since 1978), Society for Clinical Social Work. Member NASW (charter), Academy Certified Social Workers, Royal Society Health (licentiate), Association for Humanistic Psychology, National Federation Socs. for Clinical Social Work (commission on psychoanalysis), Society for Science Study Sex, Southern California Association Social Workers in Private Practice, Am.Group Psychotherapy Association (clinical member), Los Angeles Group Psychotherapy Society.
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Married Iris Selicoff, September 22, 1951;1 child, Russell.
