Sylvia Marie Adler

Background

Adler, Sylvia Marie was born on June 6, 1932 in Rochester, New York, United States. Daughter of Harold and Dorothy (Popick) Adler.

Education

Bachelor, U. Rochester, 1950-1954; Master in Social Service, Smith College School for Social Work, 1954-1956.

Career

Psychiatric social worker, Institute Juvenile Research, Chicago, 1957-1959, 61-65; social work consultant, Kramer Foundation, Palatine, Illinois, 1965-1971; director, Professional Education Family Institute Chicago, Oak Park, Illinois, 1969-1971; lecturer continuing education nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 1972-1977; private practice specializing in family, individual and somatic psychotherapy, Berkeley, California, since 1972; associate, Center Energetic Studies, Berkeley, since 1974. Consultant family therapy Loyola University Guidance Center, Chicago, 1966-1971. Visiting associate professor California Institute Integral Studies, San Francisco, 1981-1983.

Teacher, presenter of workshops on family therapy, United States and Europe, since 1965.

Achievements

• Sylvia Marie Adler has been listed as a noteworthy Psychotherapist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Orthopsychiat. Association; member Smith College School Social Work Alumnae Association (national vice president 1963-1965), National Association Social Workers (certified, chairman Northern California private practice counsel 1975-1977), Northern California Council Psychiatry Psychology and Social Work (National Association Social Workers representative 1975-1978), Association Family Therapists of Northern California, American Academy Psychotherapists.

Connections

Married Jay Schmidt, December 1955 (divorcedJuly 1964).

Father:

Harold Adler

Mother:

Dorothy (Popick) Adler

Spouse:

Jay Schmidt