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CURRICULUM VITAE
2019
Froma Walsh, PhD
Co-Founder & Co-Director, Chicago Center for Family Health &
Mose & Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita,
School of Social Service Administration & Dept. of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine,
The University of Chicago
Office: Chicago Center for Family Health
20 N. Wacker Drive, # 1442
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: 312-372-4731
www.ccfhchicago.org
License: Clinical Psychologist, State of Illinois: 071-002668; AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Education:
1973-1977 The University of Chicago: Ph.D. Human Development & Behavioral Sciences
1968-1970 Smith College, Northampton, MA: MSW
Yale University, Department of Psychiatry -- field placements:
1st year: Inpatient psychiatry: individual, family, multi-family group therapy
2nd year: Yale Child Study Center: child & family therapy.
1960-1964 University of California, Berkeley: B.A. (honors), Psychology
Primate research, mental functioning and creativity
Honors / Awards:
Presidential Citation for Outstanding Career, American Psychological Association, 2016
Blanche F. Ittleson Award for Distinguished Career
American Orthopsychiatric Association, 2008
Senior Career Research Award, Society for Pastoral Counseling Research,
Ottawa, Canada 2008
Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology,
American Psychological Association, Division 43, 2004
Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy, Theory & Practice,
American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA), 1995
Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Practice of Marriage and Family
Therapy American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
Outstanding Contributions to Mental Health,
Association of Psychiatric Outpatient Centers of the Americas (POCA), 1989
National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship for graduate studies
Ford Foundation Fellowship for graduate studies
University of California Scholarship; Business & Professional Women's Scholarship
Positions:
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1991- Current. Co-Founder and Co-Director, Chicago Center for Family Health (independent
non-profit affiliate, University of Chicago)
Post-graduate Training in Couple and Family Therapy; Community-based projects
applying Family Resilience practice framework; International training, consultation.
2007 -- Mose & Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita, SSA, The University of Chicago
1982-2007 Mose & Sylvia Firestone Professor, School of Social Service Administration &
Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago
Master's and doctoral teaching; research; administration
Founding Co-Director, Center for Family Health (CCFH) (1990--)
Chair, Clinical Concentration, 1984-1986; 1988-90; 1993-1994; 2000-2001;
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 1983-1984
1972—ongoing: Consultation, lectures, workshops, family systems resilience-oriented training,
research, and community-based services, nationally and internationally.
2014 -- Visiting Faculty – Aitia Family Institute, East West Cultural Development Centre
Shanghai, China
2008-2010 Clinical Professor of Psychology, Center for Applied Psychological & Family
Studies, The Family Institute, Northwestern University.
1982-- Emeritus Faculty, Family Institute (at Northwestern University).
1972-- Visiting Faculty, Multicultural Family Institute (of New Jersey).
1990 Visiting Senior Lecturer in Family Therapy, University of Hong Kong.
1979-90 Visiting Faculty, Smith College School for Social Work.
Lecturer: Introductory and Advanced Family Therapy, Postgraduate Certificate
Program (1979-1982), Continuing education; Research consultant.
1981; 1985 Consultant, U.S. Agency for International Development & Government of Morocco,
Ministry of Social Affairs: Establishment of first School of Social Work in Morocco
Curriculum design and program evaluation. Rabat/Tangier, Morocco
1977-82 Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical
School:
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Division & Program Coordinator, Clinical
Doctoral Program in Later Life (1977-1978).
Associate Professor, Center for Family Studies/The Family Institute,
Division of Dept. of Psychiatry (1978-82)
Steering Committee, Harris Center for Developmental Studies
1971-77 Coordinator, Family Therapy Training & Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry,
Michael Reese Medical Center, Chicago:
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Program administration, family therapy course instruction & clinical supervision
of psychiatry residents, psychology interns, and social work students/staff;
Co-investigator, Schizophrenia Research: Family Studies Coordinator
1970-71 Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University Medical School, New
Haven, CT:
Clinical training & supervision of MFT; research (T. Detre & D. Kupfer).
Outpatient psychiatry: Individual, family, couples group therapy.
1967-68 Cross-cultural Program Coordinator, Institute of Public Service, University of
Connecticut, Hartford, CT:
Program for United Nations and U.S.A.I.D. Fellows from developing nations.
1966-67 Counselor, Special Problems Unit, Peace Corps Administration, Washington, DC.
1964-66 Peace Corps Volunteer, Morocco:
1) Community development: Adolescent girls' nonformal education (Foyers feminins)
2) Psychological evaluation & research, Ministry Bureau for Maladapted Youth:
Psychosocial evaluation of delinquent youth; research established Moroccan
norms for cross-cultural application of psychological tests for children.
Delegate, International Conference on Cross-Cultural Psychological Testing,
Lagos, Nigeria
Grants:
NIMH & State of Illinois: Schizophrenia research, 1971-1977,
Co-investigator, 1971-1977. (Roy Grinker, Sr., principal investigator; PhilipHolzman,
& Martin Harrow, co-investigators).
NIMH funded Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Doctoral Training in
Clinical Gerontology. Program Coordinator, 1977-1978. (P.I. David Gutmann, &
Morton Lieberman)
Professional Affiliations, Boards:
American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA): President (1991-1993); Board of
Directors; Executive Committee (1982-90); Charter Member (1978- ).
Editor (1997-2001): Journal of Marital & Family Therapy
Editorial Boards: Family Process; Journal of Marital & Family Therapy; Families, Systems,
& Health; Ad Hoc Reviewer for many journals internationally
Family Process Institute, Board of Directors, 2001–2007; Vice President, 2002 –2004.
50th Anniversary Conference Co-Chair –2009-2011.
American Psychological Association: Fellow, Division 43 (Society of Family Psychology)
1987--current
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American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, Clinical Member; Approved
Supervisor (1990 – current).
International Family Therapy Association, Member
Council on Contemporary Families - Charter Member, 1997 -
American Orthopsychiatric Association: Board of Directors (1986-1989), & Fellow (1975-);
Representative, Coalition on Family Diagnosis (1989-1991)
Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family: Invited Member (1986-).
Professional / Public Service
Fulbright Specialist Roster – 2018--2021
Board Member & Consultant– Porter-Cason Institute, Tulane University, School of Social
Work, New Orleans: 2010 - current. Strengths-oriented, family-centered, community-
based training and service initiatives, post- Katrina recovery; at-risk low-income youth
Consultation & Coordination, Los Angeles Mayor’s Office, Gang Reduction / Youth
Development: Prevention Program, Family-Centered Training; 2011–2013.
Consultant, Sit/Stay/Read (www.sitstayread.org) - dog-assisted literacy program for
children in Chicago public schools, disadvantaged neighborhoods. 2013 – ongoing.
Consultant, Military Family Research Institute, Purdue University, 2011.
Consultant, Rand Corporation, for DOD Resilience Initiative, 2010.
Consultant, United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) Community Mental
Health Services for Palestinian Refugee population, Gaza and West Bank;
Trainings on treatment of traumatic loss and resilience-oriented practice approach,
Jerusalem, Ramallah, & Gaza; July, 2006.
Consultant, Hurricane Katrina Disaster Response: I.Am.Able Center for Family
Development community service team, Chicago, Sept, 2005.
National Scientific Advisory Board Member, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research
Consortium (SIRC) on Community-based Resilience. Arizona State University, National
Institute of Health / National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH/NIDA) 2002 –
Advisor, YMCA of the USA and Search Institute Survey of Families in America,
Minneapolis, 2002-2004.
Advisory Panel, Status of the American Family: YMCA of the USA & American Medical
Association, 1998-2002.
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National Advisory Board, Wynne Center for Family Studies, University of Rochester,
Department of Psychiatry, 1997-2003.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Journal Editor’s Consortium, 1998—2001.
National Advisory Committee, Family Support Program, SSA, University of Chicago,
1994- 2000.
Chair, Joint Council on Family Therapy Training and Practice, 1992-95.
National Commission on Children: Appointed to Working Group on Strengthening
Families, Washington, DC, 1992.
Publications:
Books:
Walsh, F. (2016). Strengthening family resilience (3rd ed.). New York: Guilford Press. (paper
edition, 2017)
Walsh, F. (2012; paper ed. 2016). Normal Family Processes: Growing Diversity and Complexity.
(4th ed.). New York: Guilford Press (Chinese edition, Shanghai Joint Publishing: 2013;
Portuguese edition, 2016, Artmed Editore, Sao Paolo, BR; Turkish edition, 2017, Istanbul).
Walsh, F. (2006/2011). Strengthening family resilience. (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
(Italian edition, La Resilienza familiare, Milan, Italy: Raffaello Cortina Editore;
Chinese Editions: Psi-Garden Pub. Taiwan; and East China University of Science and
Technology Press, Shanghai, 2014).
Walsh, F. (Ed.) (2009). Spiritual Resources in Family Therapy, (2nd. ed.) New York: Guilford
Press. (Korean edition, 2011; Chinese Mandarin editions, Taiwan, 2012; Shanghai, 2016.
Walsh, F. & McGoldrick, M. (Eds.). (2004). Living beyond loss: Death in the family. (2nd. ed.)
New York: Norton. (Japanese edition; Tokyo; Portuguese ed., Sao Paolo)
Walsh, F. (Ed.). (2003). Normal family processes: Growing diversity and complexity. (3rd ed.)
New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (Ed.). (1999). Spiritual resources in family therapy. New York: Guilford Press.
(paper edition, 2003)
Walsh, F. (1998). Strengthening family resilience. New York: Guilford Press.
(Spanish edition, 2004, Madrid & Buenos Aires: Amorrotu editors; Portuguese edition. 2005,
Sao Paolo: Editora Roca; Korean edition, 2002, Seoul: Nanam Publishing House)
Walsh, F. (Ed.). (1993). Normal family processes (2nd. ed.). New York: Guilford Press. (Italian
edition, Milan)
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Walsh, F. & McGoldrick, M. (Eds.). (1991). Living beyond loss: Death in the family. New York:
W.W. Norton. Paper edition (1995). Spanish and Portuguese editions, Buenos Aires; San
Paolo, 1997.
McGoldrick, M., Anderson, C., & Walsh, F. (Eds.). (1989). Women in families: A
framework for family therapy. New York: W.W. Norton. Paperback edition, 1993;
German edition, Freiburg, 1991.
Walsh, F. & Anderson, C.M. (Eds.). (1987). Chronic disorders and the family. Special
issue, Journal of Psychotherapy & the Family, 3, 3; & (1988) hardcover and
paper editions. New York: Haworth Press. Japanese edition, Tokyo, 1994.
Walsh, F. (Ed.) (1982). Normal family processes. New York: Guilford Press.
Italian edition, Stili di funzionamento familiare. Milan: Franco Angeli Pub. (1986).
Journal Articles, Chapters
Walsh, F. (2019). Loss and bereavement in the family: A systemic framework for recovery
and resilience. In B. Fiese, (Ed.), APA Handbook of Contemporary Family Psychology,
Vol. 1. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.
Walsh, F. (2019). Social class, rising inequality, and the American Dream. In M. McGoldrick & K.
Hardy (Eds.). Revisioning Family Therapy: Race, class, culture, and gender in clinical
practice. (3rd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2019). Spirituality, healing, and resilience. In M. McGoldrick & K. Hardy (Eds.).
Revisioning Family Therapy: Race, culture, and gender in clinical practice. (3rd ed.). New
York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2017). Loss in couples and families. In J.L. Lebow et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia
of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer Pub. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-
15877-8_469-1
Walsh, F. (2017). Resilience in couples and families. In J.L. Lebow et al. (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer Pub.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_590-1
Walsh, F. & Mahoney, A. (2017). Spirituality in couple and family therapy. In J.L. Lebow
et al. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy, Springer Pub.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_550-1
McGoldrick, M. & Walsh, F. (2017). Stonehenge Conference on Women in Families and
Family Therapy. In J.L. Lebow et al. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Couple and Family
Therapy. Springer Pub. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_624-1
Walsh, F. (2016). Applying a family resilience framework in training, practice, and research:
Mastering the art of the possible. Special Section on Family Resilience: Family Process, 55,
616-632.
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Walsh, F. (2016). A family developmental framework: Challenges and resilience across the life
cycle. In T. Sexton & J. Lebow (Eds.). Handbook of Family Therapy, (4th ed., pp. 30-47).
New York: Routledge.
Walsh, F. (2016). Family resilience. In J. Carlson, S. Dermer (Eds.) Sage Encyclopedia of
marriage, family, and couples counseling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Walsh, F. (2016) Family resilience: A developmental systems framework. In Special Issue,
Resilience in Developing Systems, A. Borge, A. Masten, & F. Monti, Eds., European Journal
of Developmental Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2016.1154035
Walsh, F. (2016). Family transitions: Challenges and resilience. In M. Dulcan (Ed). Dulcan’s
Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: American
Psychiatric Association Press.
Walsh, F. (2016). Strengthening family resilience: Overcoming serious life challenges. Fortalecer
a resiliencia familiar: Superar grandes aversidades de vida. In P. Dias, et. al., Novos Desafios,
Novas Competências: Contributos Atuais da Psicologia,. Aletheia - Associação Cientí ca e
Cultural. DOI 10.17990/Axi/2016_9789726972679_011
Walsh, F. (2016). The family in later life: Challenges, opportunities, and resilience. In M.
McGoldrick, N. Garcia Preto, & B. Carter (Eds.), The expanding family life cycle: Individual,
family, and social perspectives. (5th ed., pp. 339-359). Boston: Pearson.
McGoldrick, M. & Walsh, F. (2016). Death, loss, and the family life cycle. In M. McGoldrick, N.
Garcia Preto, & B. Carter (Eds.), The expanding family life cycle: Individual, family, and
social perspectives. (5th ed., pp. 360-375). Boston: Pearson.
Walsh, F. (2014). Conceptual framework for family bereavement care: Strengthening resilience.
In D. Kissane (Ed.) Bereavement care for families. (pp. 17-29). New York: Routledge.
Walsh, F. (2014). Family therapy: Systemic approaches to practice. In J. Brandell (Ed.),
Essentials of clinical social work. (pp. 160-185). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Walsh, F. (2013). Community-based practice applications of a family resilience framework. In D.
Becvar (Ed.), Handbook of family resilience. (pp. 65-82).New York: Springer.
Walsh, F. (2013). Religion and spirituality: A family systems perspective in clinical practice. In
K. Pargament, A. Mahoney, & E. Shafranske (Eds.). APA Handbook of Psychology, Religion,
and Spirituality. (vol. II, pp. 189-205). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
Press.
Walsh, F., & McGoldrick, M. (2013). Bereavement: A family life cycle perspective. Special
Issue:. Family Science, 4 (1), 20-27.
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Walsh, F. (2012). Clinical views of family normality, health, and dysfunction: From deficit to
strengths perspective. In F. Walsh (Ed.), Normal family processes: Growing diversity and
complexity. (4th ed., pp. 28-54). New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2012). Facilitating family resilience: Relational resources for positive youth
development in conditions of adversity. In M. Ungar (Ed.), The Social Ecology of Resilience:
Culture, Context, Resources and Meaning (pp. 173-185). New York: Springer.
Walsh, F. (2012). Family resilience: Strengths forged through adversity. In F. Walsh (Ed.)
Normal Family Processes: Diversity and Complexity. (4th ed., pp. 399-427). New York:
Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2012). The “new normal”: Diversity and complexity in 21st century families.
In F. Walsh (Ed.) Normal Family Processes: Diversity and Complexity. (4th ed., pp. 4-27).
New York: Guilford Press. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3740.5765
Walsh, F. (2012). The spiritual dimension of family life. In F. Walsh (Ed.) Normal Family
Processes: Diversity and Complexity. (4th ed., pp. 247-371). New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2012). Successful aging and family resilience. In B. Haslip & G. Smith (Eds.)
Emerging Perspectives on Resilience in Adulthood and Later Life. Annual Review of
Gerontology and Geriatrics, 32, 153-172. New York: Springer.
Walsh, F. (2011). Families in later life: Challenges, opportunities, and resilience. In M.
McGoldrick, B. Carter, & N. Garcia-Preto (Eds.). The expanding family life cycle. (4th ed., pp.
261-277). Boston: Pearson.
Walsh, F. (2011). Family resilience: A collaborative approach in response to stressful life
challenges. In S. Southwick, D. Charney, B. Litz, & M. Freedman, (Eds.) Resilience and
mental health: Challenges across the life span. (pp. 149-161). New York: Cambridge
University Press.
Walsh, F. (2011). Family therapy: Systemic approaches to practice. In J. Brandell, (Ed.). Theory
and practice in clinical social work. (2nd ed., pp. 153-178). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Walsh, F. (2011). Resilience in families with health challenges. In Kraft-Rosenberg, & M. S.-R.
Pehler, (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Family Health (pp. 895-899). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Walsh, F. (2011). Strengthening family resilience: Overcoming life challenges. In E. Scabini & G.
Rossi (Eds.) Family Transitions and Families in Transition. 23, 71-91. Studi Interdisciplinari
sulla Famiglia, presso Centro di Ateneo Studi e Ricerche sulla Famiglia Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
McGoldrick, M. & Walsh, F. (2011). Death, loss, and the family life cycle. In M. McGoldrick, B.
Carter, & N. Garcia-Preto (Eds.). The expanding family life cycle. (4th ed., pp. 278-291).
Boston: Pearson.
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Walsh, F. (2010). Spiritual diversity: Multifaith perspectives in family therapy. Family Process,
49, 330-348.
Walsh, F. (2010). Un modelo di resilienza familiare per la prevenzione et l’intervento. Rezilienza:
Rivista Sperimentale di Freniatria: La rivista della salute mentale. CXXXIV(1), 97-108,
Milan.
Walsh, F. (2009). Family transitions: Challenges and resilience. In M. Dulcan (Ed). Textbook of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association Press.
Walsh, F. (2009). Human-animal bonds: I. The relational significance of companion animals.
Special section, Family Process, 48(4) 462-480.
Walsh, F. (2009). Human-Animal bonds: II. The role of pets in family systems and family
therapy. Special section, Family Process 48(4), 481-499.
Walsh, F. (2009). Integrating developmental and systems theory: A family resilience framework.
In W. Borden, Ed. The Play and Place of Theory in Social Work Practice. New York:
Columbia University Press.
Walsh, F. (2009). Integrating spirituality in family therapy: Wellsprings for health, healing, and
resilience. In F. Walsh (Ed.) Spiritual resources in family therapy (2nd ed., pp. 31- 61). New
York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, (2009). Religion and spirituality in couple and family relations. In J. Bray & M. Stanton
(Eds.) Handbook of family psychology. (p. 600-612). Boston: Blackwell Wiley Publishers.
Walsh, F. (2009). Religion, spirituality, and the family: Multi-faith perspectives. In F. Walsh
(Ed.) Spiritual resources in family therapy (2nd ed., pp. 3-30). New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2009). Spiritual resources in adaptation to death and loss. In F. Walsh (Ed.) Spiritual
resources in family therapy (2nd ed., pp. 81-102). New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2008). Spirituality, healing, and resilience. In M. McGoldrick & K. Hardy (Eds.). Re-
visioning family therapy: Race, culture, and gender in clinical practice. 2nd ed. New York:
Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2008). Spirituality and family therapy. In: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Walsh, F. (2008). Using theory to support a family resilience framework in practice. Social Work
Now, 39, 5-14 (New Zealand).
Rolland, J. S. & Walsh, F. (2008). Family systems theory and practice. In G. Gabbord (Ed.),
Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments in Psychiatry. Washington, DC: American
Psychiatric Association Press.
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Walsh, F. (2007). Traumatic loss and major disasters: Strengthening family and community
resilience. Family Process, 46 (2) 207-227.
Walsh, F. (2006). The clinical value of a family resilience framework. In R. Welter-Enderlin & B.
Hildenbrand (Ed.) Resilienz—Gedeihen trotz widriger umstande. (Resilience: Thriving despite
adversity) (pp.43-79). Heidelberg, Germany: Carl-Auer Verlag Publisher.
Rolland, J. S., & Walsh, F. (2006). Facilitating family resilience with childhood illness and
disability. Special issue on the family. Pediatric Opinion, 18, 1-11.
Rolland, J.R. & Walsh, F. (2005). Systemic training for healthcare professionals: The Chicago
Center for Family Health Approach. Family Process, 44 (3) 283-301.
Walsh, F. (2004). Spirituality, death, and loss. In F. Walsh & M. McGoldrick (Eds.), Living
beyond loss: Death in the family. (2nd. ed., pp. 182-210). New York: W.W. Norton.
Walsh, F., & McGoldrick, M. (2004). When a family deals with loss: Adaptational challenges,
risks, and resilience. In D. Catherall (Ed.).Handbook of stress, trauma, and the family,. (pp.
393-415). New York: Brunner/Routledge
Walsh, F., & McGoldrick, M. (2004). Loss and the family: A systemic perspective. In F. Walsh
& M. McGoldrick (Eds.), Living beyond loss (2nd. ed.) (pp. 3-26). New York: Norton.
McGoldrick, M., & Walsh, F. (2004). A time to mourn: Death and the family life cycle. In F.
Walsh & M. McGoldrick (Eds.), Living beyond loss: Death in the family. (2nd. ed.)(pp. 27-46).
New York: W.W. Norton.
Walsh, F. (2003). Family resilience: A framework for clinical practice. Family Process, 42 (1), 1-
18. Spanish translation, 2005, Journal Systeme Familiare, Buenos Aires.
Walsh, F. (2003). Crisis, trauma, and challenge: A relational resilience approach for healing,
transformation, and growth. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 74 (1), 49-71.
Walsh, F. (2003). Changing families in a changing world: Reconstructing family normality. In F.
Walsh (Ed.) Normal family processes: Growing diversity and complexity, (3rd. ed., pp. 3-26).
New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2003). Clinical views of family normality, health, and dysfunction. In F. Walsh (Ed.)
Normal family processes, (3rd. ed., pp. 27-57). New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2003). Family Resilience: Strengths forged through adversity. In F. Walsh (Ed.)
Normal family processes, (3rd ed., pp.399-423). New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. & Pryce, J. (2003). The spiritual dimension of family life. In F. Walsh (Ed.) Normal
family processes, (3rd. ed., pp. 337-372). New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (2002). A family resilience framework: Innovative practice applications. Family
Relations, 51 (2), 130-137.
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Walsh, F. (2002). Bouncing forward: Resilience in the aftermath of September 11. Family
Process, 41 (1), 34-36.
Bailey, E., Pryce, J., & Walsh, F. (2002). Trends in author characteristics and diversity issues in
the Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 1990-2000. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy,
28 (4).
Walsh, F. (2001). A family resilience framework for intervention and prevention. In A.R. Roberts
& G.J. Greene (Eds.) Social Workers’ Desk Reference (246-251). New York: Oxford
University Press.
Walsh, F. & Crosser, C. (2000). Advances in family therapy theory and practice. In: P. Allen-
Meares & C. Garvin (Eds.) Handbook of Clinical Social Work. Sage.
Walsh, F. (1999) Religion and spirituality: Wellsprings for healing and resilience. In F. Walsh
(Ed.) Spiritual resources in family therapy. New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (1999). Opening therapy to spirituality. In F.Walsh (Ed.), Spiritual resources in family
therapy. New York: Guilford.
Walsh, F. (1999/2004). Families in later life: Challenges and opportunities. In B. Carter & M.
McGoldrick (Eds.), The expanded family life cycle, (3rd. ed., pp. 307-326). Boston: Allyn &
Bacon. (Classic Edition, 2004)
Lebow, J., Walsh, F., & Rolland, J.S. (1999). The remarriage family in custody evaluation. In R.
Galatzer-Levy & L. Kraus (Eds.), The scientific basis of child custody decisions. New York:
John Wiley and Sons.
McGoldrick, M. & Walsh, F. (1999). Death and the family life cycle. In B. Carter &
M. McGoldrick (Eds.), The expanded family life cycle, (3rd. ed.). (pp.185-201). Boston: Allyn
& Bacon.
Walsh, F. (1998). Beliefs, spirituality and transcendence: Keys to family resilience. In M.
McGoldrick (Ed.), Revisioning Family Therapy: Race, culture, and gender in clinical
practice. New York: Guilford.
Walsh, F. & McGoldrick, M. (1998). A family systems perspective on loss, recovery, and
resilience. In P. Sutcliffe, G. Tufnell, & U. Cornish (Eds.), Working with the dying and
bereaved. London: MacMillan Press Ltd.
Walsh, F. (1996). The concept of family resilience: Crisis and challenge. Family Process, 35,
261-81. Spanish translation, (March 1998) El concepto de resiliencia familiar: Crisis y
desafio. Sistemas Familiares, 11-32. Buenos Aires.
Walsh, F. (1996). Family therapy: Systems approaches to clinical practice. In J. Brendell (Ed.)
Theory and practice in clinical social work. New York: Free Press.
Walsh, F. (1996). Families and mental Illness: What have we learned? In B. Abosh (Ed.)
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Mental illness and the family. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Walsh, F. (1995). From family damage to family challenge. In R. Mikesell, D. Lusterman, & S.
McDaniel (Eds.), Integrating family therapy: Handbook of family psychology and systems
therapy. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Walsh, F., Jacob, L., & Simons, V. (1995). Facilitating healthy divorce processes: Therapy and
mediation approaches. (pp. 340-365). In N. Jacobson & A. Gurman (Eds.), Clinical handbook
of couple therapy, 2nd ed. New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (1994). Healthy family functioning: Conceptual and research developments.
Special Issue, Family Business Review, 8, 3-14.
Rolland, J. & Walsh, F. (1994). Family therapy: Systems approaches to clinical assessment and
treatment. In R. E. Hales, S. Yudofsky, & J. Talbott (Eds.), American Psychiatric Press
Textbook of Psychiatry, 2nd Ed. Philadelphia: American Psychiatric Press.
Walsh, F. (1993). Conceptualization of normal family processes. In F. Walsh (Ed.),
Normal family processes, 2nd Ed. New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. & Scheinkman, M. (1993). The family context of adolescence. In P. Tolan & B. Cohler
(Eds.), Handbook of clinical research and practice with adolescents. New York: John Wiley
& Sons.
Walsh, F. (1992). Beyond the myth of 'The Normal Family.' Plenary address, 50th Anniversary
meeting, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Monograph. Washington,
DC: AAMFT publications.
Walsh, F. (1991). Promoting healthy functioning in divorced and remarried families. In A.
Gurman & D. Kniskern (Eds.), Handbook of family therapy, Vol. II. New York:
Brunner/Mazel.
Walsh, F., & McGoldrick, M. (1991/1995). Loss and the family: A systemic perspective. In F.
Walsh & M. McGoldrick (Eds.), Living beyond loss: Death in the family. New York: Norton.
McGoldrick, M., & Walsh, F. (1991/1995). A time to mourn: Death and the family life cycle. In
F. Walsh & M. McGoldrick (Eds.), Living beyond loss: Death in the family. New York:
Norton.
Walsh, F. (1989). Reconsidering gender in the 'Marital Quid Pro Quo'. In M. McGoldrick,
C. Anderson, & F. Walsh (Eds.), Women in families: Framework for family therapy. New
York: Norton.
Walsh, F. (1989). Perceptions of family normality: Refining our lenses. Journal of Family
Psychology, 2, 303-306.
Walsh, F. (1989). The family in later life. In B. Carter & M. McGoldrick (Eds.), The Changing
Famil Life Cycle, 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
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Walsh, F., & Scheinkman, M. (1989/1993). (Fe)Male: The hidden gender dimension in models of
family therapy. In M. McGoldrick, C. Anderson, & F. Walsh (Eds.), Women in families:
Framework for family therapy. New York: Norton.
McGoldrick, M., Anderson, C. & Walsh, F. (1989/1993). Women in context. In M. McGoldrick,
C. Anderson, & F. Walsh (Eds.), Women in families. New York: Norton.
Walsh, F. (1988). Healthy and dysfunctional couples: What makes the difference? In
M. Andolfi, C. Angelo, & C. Saccu (Eds.), La coppia in crisi (The couple in crisis).
Rome, Italy: I.T.F. Publications.
Walsh, F. & McGoldrick, M. (1988). Loss and the family life cycle. In C. Falicov (Ed.), Family
transitions: Continuity and change. New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. & Olson, D.H. (1988). Utility of the Circumplex Model with severely dysfunctional
families. Journal of Psychotherapy & the Family, 4, 51-78.
Walsh, F. (1987). The clinical utility of normal family research. Psychotherapy, 24, 496-503.
Walsh, F. (1987). New perspectives on schizophrenia and families. In F. Walsh & C.M. Anderson
(Eds.), Chronic disorders and the family, Special Issue. Journal of Psychotherapy & the
Family, 3, 3 (& hardcover & paper eds., 1988).
Walsh, F. (1987). Family relationship patterns in schizophrenia. In R.R. Grinker, Sr. &
M. Harrow (Eds.), Clinical research in schizophrenia: A multi-dimensional approach.
Springfield, Ill.: Thomas Pub.
Walsh, F. & Anderson, C.M. (1987). Chronic disorders and families: An overview. In F. Walsh
& C. Anderson (Eds.), Chronic disorders and the family, Special Issue. Journal of
Psychotherapy & the Family, 3, 3 (& hardcover & paper eds., 1988).
Walsh, F. (1985). Social change, disequilibrium, and adaptation in developing countries: A
Moroccan example. In J. Schwartzman (Ed.), Families and other systems. New York:
Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (1984). Family influences for success. In M. Aronson, J. Ward (Eds.). The future of
free enterprise, Vol. 3. Atlanta: Georgia State University Press. (Re-issued 2000).
Walsh, F. (1983). Family therapy: A systemic orientation to treatment. In A. Rosenblatt & D.
Waldfogel (Eds.), Handbook of clinical social work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Walsh, F. (1983). Normal family ideologies: Myths and realities. In C. Falicov (Ed.), Cultural
dimensions of family therapy. Rockville, Md.: Aspen Publications.
Walsh, F. (1983). The timing of symptoms and critical events in the family life cycle. In
H. Liddle (Ed.), Family life cycle: Implications for family therapy. (pp. 120-133). Rockville,
Md.: Aspen Publications.
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McGoldrick, M. & Walsh, F. (1983). A systemic view of family history and loss. In M. Aronson
& L. Wolberg (Eds.), Group and family therapy: 1983, (pp.252-270). New York:
Brunner/Mazel.
Walsh, F. (1982). Conceptualizations of normal family functioning. In F. Walsh (Ed.), Normal
family processes. New York: Guilford Press.
Walsh, F. (1981). Preventing burnout in therapeutic work with severely dysfunctional families.
In A. Gurman (Ed.), Questions and answers in the practice of family therapy. New York:
Brunner/Mazel.
Summers, F. & Walsh, F. (1981). Symbiosis and confirmation between the parents of the
schizophrenic. Family Process, 20, 3l9-330.
Summers, F. & Walsh, F. (1980). Schizophrenic and sibling: A comparison of parental
relationships. American Journal of Family Therapy, 8, 45-52.
Walsh, F. (1980). The family in later life. In E. Carter & M. McGoldrick (Eds.), The
family life cycle: Framework for family therapy. New York: Gardner Press.
Walsh, F. (1979). Breaching of family generation boundaries by schizophrenics, disturbed non-
schizophrenics, & normals. International Journal of Family Therapy, 1, 254-275.
Summers, F. & Walsh, F. (1979). Symbiosis and confirmation between father and schizophrenic.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 49, 136-148.
Walsh, F. (1978). Concurrent grandparent death and birth of schizophrenic offspring: An
intriguing finding. Family Process, 17, 457-463.
Walsh, F. (1977). The family of the borderline patient. In R.R. Grinker, Sr. & B. Werble (Eds.),
The borderline patient, rev. ed. New York: Basic Books.
Summers, F. & Walsh, F. (1977). The nature of the symbiotic bond between mother and
schizophrenic. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 47, 484-494.
O'Donnell, J., Pitt, A., & Weisberg (Walsh), F. (1965). Contributions a l'elaboration d'une batterie
de tests adaptes aux jeunes Marocains. Coordination, 2, 11-33. Rabat: Government of
Morocco.
Major Presentations
Workshop, “Integrating the Spiritual Dimension in Clinical Practice: Suffering, healing, &
resilience.” Ackerman Institute for the Family, New York, NY, Mar 29, 2019.
Keynote: “Strengthening Resilience in Families Facing Crisis and Challenge” Norwegian Family
Therapy Association, Annual Conference, Bergen, Norway, Mar 7-8, 2019.
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Webinar: “Integrating Spirituality in Family Therapy.” Ontario Family Therapy Association,
Feb 8, 2019.
Keynote Address, “Applying a Family Resilience Framework” – Bi-Annual Conference, Iberian
Family Therapy Association, and Lecture, “Traumatic and Complicated Loss: Facilitating
Recovery and Resilience”: University of Coimbra, Portugal Oct 26, 2018.
Special Session on Terminal Illness (with John Rolland, MD): “Fostering Family Resilience in
Facing Death and Loss: Meaning-making, Hope, and Spirituality.” Collaborative Family
Healthcare Annual Conference, Rochester, NY, Oct 20, 2018
Annual Conference: “Traumatic and Complicated Loss: Facilitating healing and resilience.”
Marriage & Family Therapy Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Jan. 26, 2018.
Keynote Address: “Strengthening Resilience in Families Facing Adversity: Practicing the Art of
the Possible” American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Annual
Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 6, 2017.
Keynote; “Strengthening Family Resilience, and Pre-conference Workshop on Complicated Loss:
CEFI International Congress, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sep. 27-29, 2017.
Workshop: “Strengthening Resilience in Adversity: Neurobiological and Relational
Connections.” International Training Intensive for Group from Brazil, Chicago, June 26-30,
2017.
Workshop: “Human-Animal Bonds: Relational Benefits and Therapeutic Applications.”
Ackerman Institute for the Family, New York, NY, Mar 3, 2017.
Keynote Workshop, “Transcending Trauma: Strengthening Resilience for Healing and Positive
Growth.” Kentucky Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (KAMFT) Annual
Meeting, Louisville, KY, Feb 17, 2017.
Grand Rounds Lecture: “Strengthening Family Resilience: Overcoming Trauma, Loss, and
Multistress conditions,” Department of Psychiatry, Yale University Medical School, New
Haven, CT, Nov 4, 2016.
APA Presidential Symposium, Providing Refugee Mental Health Services: Meeting Complex
Needs. Moderator and Presenter: “Strengthening resilience in refugee families impacted by
trauma and loss,” American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO,
Aug. 2016.
Workshop, “Facilitating Relational Resilience in Couples and Families” Ackerman Institute for
the Family, New York, NY, Feb 26, 2016. Clinical course: Practice Applications of a Family Resilience Framework. Counseling
Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, Fall 2015.
Keynote, “Family Resilience: Bringing out the Best in Challenging Times.” Loyola University
Business Center & Business Network, June 4, 2015.
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Keynote, “Roots, Wings, and Nests: Transcending Loss ~ Forging Resilience” Annual
Conference, Multicultural Family Institute, Highland Park, NJ. April 17, 2015.
Lecture and Discussion Session: Strengthening Family Resilience: A Systemic Framework for
Practice & Research. Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University,
Lansing, MI., April 10, 2015
Workshop: “Integrating the Spiritual Dimension in Family Therapy.” Ackerman Family Institute,
New York, NY, Jan. 2015.
Keynotes and Special Session: Family Resilience Practice Applications; Integrating the Spiritual
Dimension in Family Therapy:
Ontario Association of Marriage & Family Therapy, Toronto, Nov. 22-23, 2014
Minnesota Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, Minneapolis, Nov. 12-13, 2014.
Congress Keynote presentation and workshop, Frontiers of Grief: Psychology of Grief and Loss,
Collegi Official de Psicologs de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, Nov 7, 2014.
Keynote lecture, Symposium on Family Resilience, University Palenky, Oulomouc, Czech
Republic, Nov 5, 2014.
Invited Faculty, lecture, “Risk and Resilience: Multi-level Dynamics,” 5-Day Summer School:
European Association of Developmental Psychology and Jacobs Foundation. Syros, Greece,
June 15-19, 2014.
Special Forum on Family Therapy, with Wai-Yung Lee, PhD and Harlene Anderson, PhD; &
Workshop, “Strengthening Family Resilience,” 21st IFP World Congress of Psychotherapy:
Psychotherapy Contributing to Global Health, Shanghai, China, May 9-11, 2014.
Invited Speaker, International Conference “Empowering Families: A Pathway to Development,”
Panel Moderator/Discussant: Families in Extreme Circumstances. Doha International Family
Institute, Doha, Qatar, Apr 15-17, 2014.
Keynote and Preconference Workshop, New Zealand Association of Family Therapy / WNFAST,
Auckland, New Zealand, Mar 17-18, 2014
Workshop, “In the Wake of Tragic Loss: Nurturing Healing and Resilience”. Ackerman Institute
for the family, New York, NY, Jan 17, 2014.
Keynote and Workshop, Facilitating Family Resilience, International Congress on Psychology,
Catholic University of Portugal, Braga, Dec 5-7, 2013.
3-day Intensive Training: Family Resilience Framework; Applications with Illness and Loss.
POEM, F. Walsh & J. Rolland, Istanbul, Turkey, 15-18, Nov, 2013.
Grand Rounds Lecture: Family Resilience Framework for Clinical Practice. Department of
Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Oct 16, 2013.
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Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress—Forum: Military Families in Transition: Stress,
Resilience, and Well-Being. Invited Participant. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,
Silver Springs MD, Sep 17-18, 2013.
5-day Intensive, Professional Training Group from Brazil: “Practicing Resilience: Gaining
Competencies for Youth, Couples, & Families to Flourish Despite Adversity.” CCFH,
Chicago, June 9-13.
Keynote “Keys to Family Resilience: Mastering the Challenges with Disabilities; & Workshop,
“Strengthening Family Resilience: Bringing out the Best” 13th Annual Spring Conference,
National Council for Rehabilitation Education, San Francisco, Apr 17-18, 2013.
Workshop, “Nurturing Resilience as a Relational Practice,” Psychotherapy Networker
Symposium, Washington, DC, Mar 22, 2013.
Workshop, “Strengthening Family Resilience.” Ackerman Institute for the Family. New York
City, Feb. 22, 2013.
Workshop: “Integrating Spirituality in Clinical Practice,” Georgia Center for Counseling, Atlanta,
Jan. 25, 2013.
Keynote Speaker: “Strengthening Youth & Family Resilience; ” & workshop: “Healing and
Resilience in Traumatic Loss; 2nd Juconi International Conference, “Breaking Cycles of
Violence and Exclusion; Building Healthy Relationships,” Puebla, Mexico, Nov 29-Dec. 1,
2012.
Grand Rounds, “Disruptive Family Transitions: Challenges and Resilience” Northwestern
University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Virginia Tarlow, M.D. Grand Rounds, Chicago, Nov. 14, 2012.
Keynote speaker: “Nurturing Resilience in the Wake of Traumatic Loss;” Children on the Edge:
2nd International Festival of Family Therapy, Andolfi Accademia di Psicoterapia della
Famiglia., Rome, Italy, June 7-9, 2012.
One-day Seminar and case consultation group: “Building and Sustaining Family Resilience” --
Centro di Psicologia y Analisi Transazionale; Terrenuove: Cooperativa Sociale Onlus, Milan,
Italy, May 25-26, 2012.
Keynote speaker: “Keys to Family Resilience: Facilitating healing and positive growth.” Illinois
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Annual Conference, March 10, 2012.
Seminar: Facilitating Family Resilience, Diploma Program in Positive Psychology, Universidad
Iberoamericana and Groupo Campos Elisios, Mexico City, Mexico, Feb 10-11, 2012.
Speaker, Special Session: Steadying the Tectonic Plates. “Navigating the Changing Landscape:
Spirituality, Gender, and Family Life ~~Theory, Research, and Practice” National Council on
Family Relations, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Nov. 18, 2011.
6th Annual Master Seminar; “Keys to Family Resilience.” Adelphi University School of Social
Work, Garden City, NY, Oct. 28, 2011.
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Bi-Annual Conference Keynote Speaker, “Tapping Spiritual Resources for Healing and
Resilience,” National Samaritan Institute, Denver, CO: Aug. 4, 2011.
Lydia Rapoport Distinguished Visiting Professor, Smith College School for Social Work,
Lecture: “Integrating Spirituality in Clinical Practice;” Doctoral Colloquium, “Research and
Practice Applications of a Family Resilience Framework. Northampton, MA, Jun 13-17, 2012
Institute Keynote: Resilience: Supporting Individuals and Families Facing the Challenges of
Diabetes, University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center. Chicago, June 10, 2011.
Keynote and workshop: Keys to Family Resilience: Recovery and Positive Growth out of
Adversity. 25th Annual Conference, Wisconsin Family Based Services Association. Madison,
WI, May 11-13, 2011.
Lecture, Strengthening Family Resilience. 80th Anniversary Commemoration, Graduate School of
Social Work, University of Denver, April 12, 2011.
Workshop: Keys to Family Resilience: Healing and Growth out of Crisis, Trauma, and Loss.
Washington Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (WAMFT), Seattle, March 12, 2011.
Workshop: Facilitating Family Resilience: Healing and Positive Growth from Crisis, Loss, and
Multi-stress Conditions. Association of Family Therapy, Scotland and NHS Education,
Edinburgh, Scotland, Mar. 25, 2011.
Keynote: Facilitating the Optimal Growth of Children, ChildMind Conference, Hong Kong Child
Intelligence Development Association, Hong Kong, Dec. 17, 2010.
Training Workshop: Strengthening Family Resilience, Hong Kong University Family Institute,
Hong Kong, Dec. 18, 2010
Training Workshop: Strengthening Family Resilience, Tongjj University, Psychological
Counseling Center, Department of Psychiatry, & Shanghai Counseling Association, Shanghai,
China, Dec. 21, 2010.
Keynote Presentation, “Trauma and Resilience: How to Intervene” XXXVI Convegno di Studio,
Accademia di Psicoterapia della Famiglia, Rome, Italy, Nov. 26-27, 2010.
Workshop: Strengthening Family Resilience, Istituto di Medicina e Psicologia Sistemica, Naples,
Italy, Nov. 24, 2010.
Keynote Address: Strengthening Family Resilience, 5th Congress, European Society on Family
Relations, Milan, Italy; and workshop Facilitating Family Resilience, Dept. of Psychology,
Catholic University of Milan, Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2010.
Plenary Speaker: “Keys to Family Resilience”; International Conference: Pathways to Resilience
II: The Social Ecology of Resilience. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 8-10.
Keynote Speaker: Strengthening Resilience in Response to Crisis and Adversity; Conference:
Resilience: Overcoming Adversity—Implications for Helping Professionals. Cleveland, OH,
May 13-14.
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Plenary Paper, “Family Resilience: Thriving in the Face of Multi-stress Challenges.” UCLA
Sloan Center CELF Conference “Reconsidering The American Dream: Middle Class Families
Experience The 21st Century,” Los Angeles, April 29-30, 2010.
Workshop, Tapping Spiritual Resources for Resilience; & Loss, Recovery, & Resilience –
Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, Washington, DC, March, 2010.
Plenary Presentation and workshop on Family Resilience, 30th Anniversary Meeting, Australian
Family Therapy Association, Sydney, Australia, October 19-23, 2009.
2-day workshop: Illness, Disability & Los: Facilitating Family Resilience (with J. Rolland). Lund
University, Sweden, September 22-23, 2009.
Plenary presentation: Spiritual Resources in Family Resilience. Annual Meeting, American
Family Therapy Academy, New Orleans, LA, June, 2009.
Workshop: Strengthening Family Resilience with Illness, Disability, and Loss. McGill Medical
Center, Montreal, Canada, Apr 24, 2009.
Plenary Lecture, Strengthening Family Resilience, and Workshop: Traumatic Loss: Facilitating
Family Healing and Resilience. International Congress: Family and Crisis: Models of
Intervention in the 21st Century. Castellon, Spain, Nov 26-28, 2008.
2-day Workshop, Family Resilience: Facilitating Recovery in Crisis, Trauma, and Adversity,
ISBL Pos-Graduacao, Londrina, Brazil, Nov 14-15, 2008.
Plenary Lecture and workshops on Family Resilience: Il Congreso Internacional de Psicologia:
La investigacion en Psicologia: Entre lo real y lo possible. Morelia, Michoacan Mexico,
27-31 Oct, 2008.
“Spirituality, Suffering, & Family Resilience: An integrative Approach”. Conference, Pinerest
Christian Mental Health, Grand Rapids, MI, June 4, 2008.
Pre-Conference Workshop & Keynote Address: “Families Today: Resilience and Spirituality.”
Society for Pastoral Counseling Research, Ottawa, Canada, May 1-2, 2008.
Workshop, “Our Pets, Ourselves: The Significance of Bonds with Companion Animals” – with C.
Anderson, Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, Washington, DC, March, 2008.
Keynote Address “Religion and Spirituality: Wellsprings for Healing and Resilience”; &
workshop,“Facilitating Family Resilience: Rebounding from Crisis & Overcoming Adversity.
Union Congress of Psychotherapy and Mental Health; Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 1, 8, 2007.
“Strengthening Family Resilience in Medical Crisis. Keynote with John Rolland; 6th Annual
Psycho-oncology Symposium, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Nov 2, 2007.
Keynote: “Keys to family resilience: The power of cultural belief systems and spirituality.” Johns
Hopkins Medical School, Symposium on Spirituality in Medicine, Baltimore, MD. May 15,
2007.
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Speaker, “Family Resilience Framework: Integrating Developmental and Systems Theory.”
Symposium, “The Play and Place of Theory in Social Work Practice.” SSA, University of
Chicago, May 11, 2007.
Lecture, “Complicated loss, recovery and resilience.” Mercer University School of Medicine,
Macon, GA, April 20, 2007.
2-Day Symposium “Strengthening Family Resilience: Mastering the Challenges of Illness,
Disability, and Loss”; with J. Rolland; St. Andrews Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, March 6-7,
2007
2-day Conference “Family Resilience: Finding hope when all seems lost”; “Helping families live
and love beyond loss”. Leergang Systeemtherapie 2007: Family Resilience. Psychiatrie In
Progressie, Symfora Groep, Amersfoort, Netherlands, Jan 25-26, 2007
“The Spiritual Dimension in Healing and Resilience.” Ruth Knee Lecture on Spirituality and
Clinical Practice, SSA, University of Chicago, Nov 9, 2006.
Keynote workshop “Traumatic loss, healing, and resilience,” 64th Annual Conference, American
Association of Marriage & Family Therapy, Austin, Texas, Oct 21, 2006.
Lecture, “Grieving, Bereavement, and Healing,” Multi-disciplinary Program in Child and
Adolescent Mental Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Medicine,
Lombard, IL, April 7, 2006.
Lecture “Tapping Family Resilience with Serious Childhood Illness.” Children’s Memorial
Hospital, Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, March 1, 2006
Keynote Address and workshop, “Family Resilience in Crisis, Trauma, and Loss: Tapping the
Power Within.” Georgia Psychological Assoc., Mid-winter Conference, Georgia, Jan 27-29.
3-day professional training workshop: “Loss and the Family: Trauma, Recovery, and Resilience.”
CEFI, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Nov 12-14, 2005.
Workshop: “Strengthening family resilience in Response to Trauma and Loss.” Annual
Conference, Northern New Jersey NASW, Oct 28, 2005.
Keynote: “Wisdom and Resilience at the End of Life: Child and Family Perspectives,
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, Oct 20, 2005.
1-Day Conference: “Strengthening Family Resilience with Crisis, Trauma, and Loss.” University
of Houston, Clear Lake, Oct14, 2005.
Conference Keynote, “Promoting Resilience in Refugee and Immigrant families.”, University of
Illinois at Chicago, September 30, 2005.
Keynote: Strengthening Family Resilience: Rebounding from Crisis, Adversity, and Loss.
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, September 23, 2005.
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Pre-conference Workshop, “Living Beyond Loss” (with M. McGoldrick), and presentation on
Family Resilience, American Family Therapy Academy / International Family Therapy
Association combined Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 21-25, 2005.
2-Day Workshops: Understanding and Healing Troubled Family Relationships: Use of
Genograms; and Living beyond Loss: Facilitating Recovery and Resilience, (with M.
McGoldrick): (1) Tokyo, Japan: Japan Family Therapy Association, Women’s University.
May 20-21, (2) Seoul, Korea: Korean Family Social Work Assoc. and Korean Family
Therapy Association; Yonsei University, May 27-28, 2005.
Keynote Address, “Healing from Traumatic Loss: Living New Life Narratives,” Annual
Conference, Multicultural Family Institute, New Jersey, April 15, 2005.
Workshop: “Healing and Resilience After Traumatic Loss,” 26th Psychotherapy Networker
Symposium, Washington, DC, March 19, 2005.
Keynote Address: “Strengthening Family Resilience Through Troubled Times;” and Workshop,
“Traumatic loss, healing, and resilience,” New Mexico NASW, Albuquerque, Feb. 23, 2005.
Plenary: “Utility of a Family Resilience Framework for Clinical Practice” and workshop,
“Spirituality, Suffering, and Resilience in the Wake of Loss,” International Congress:
“Resilience: Thriving Despite Adversity”, Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 9-12, 2005.
2004-2000
2-day Workshop, “Strengthening Resilience: Healing, Transformation and Growth out of Crisis,
Trauma, and Loss.” Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nov. 25-26, 2004.
Keynote Address: “Strengthening Resiliency: Bringing out the Best in Troubled Times,” North
American Assoc. of Masters in Psychology, 11th Ann. Convention, Wichita, KS, Oct 1, 2004.
2-day Workshop: “Strengthening Family Resilience” Lund University, Sweden, Sep. 6-7, 2004.
Workshops: “Resilience: Bringing out the Best in the Worst of Times”; and with Monica
McGoldrick, “Legacies of Loss,” 25th Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, Washington,
DC, Mar 4-7, 2004; and Symposium West, Los Angeles, June 11-12.
Keynote and Workshop, “Bouncing Forward: Family Therapy and Family Resilience in an age
of uncertainty.” Louisiana Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Annual Conference,
Baton Rouge, LA, Feb. 26-28, 2004.
Presenter and Discussant, Symposium on Resilience & Salutogenesis, Chateau Mercier, Sion,
Switzerland, Oct. 29- Nov. 3, 2003.
Workshop, “Strengthening family resilience,” McGill University Medical Center, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, Oct. 24, 2003.
Keynote and Workshop, “Resilience in an Uncertain World,” Mental Health Consortium, Eastern
Tennessee (ETSU Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Arts & Sciences, Education, Counseling,
and Frontier Health), Johnson City, TN, October 17, 2003.
Distinguished Lecture, “Strengthening Family Resilience” and Visiting Professor, The Pampered
Chef Family Resiliency Program, Department of Human and Community Development,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, April 9-10, 2003.
Workshop, “Strengthening Families in Crisis: An Integrative Approach,” AIDS-Related
Community Services, New York, April 4, 2003.
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Plenary: “Family Healing and Resilience in the Wake of Trauma and Loss,” Conference,
“Strengthening Families in Troubled Times” Chicago Center for Family Health, Mar 7, 2003.
2-day workshop, “Strengthening Family Resilience in Major Life Challenges” for mental health
professionals in the Netherlands, Psychiatry in Progress, Symfora, Jan, 2003.
2-day workshop (with J. Rolland, MD), “Fostering Family Resilience with Serious and Life-
threatening Conditions.” Loma Linda Medical Center, California, January 16-17, 2003.
3-day workshop & consultation for U.S. Army Family Life Chaplains stationed: Application of
Family Resilience Model: Help military families and children cope with stresses, insecurity,
and threatened loss with deployments in war zones. Willengen, Germany, Oct 25-27, 2002.
Workshop: “Fostering Resilience in Coping with Uncertainty, Terrorism, Trauma, and Loss”;
State conference, “Disaster Preparedness: Social Work’s Role in Post 9/11 America”, Society
for Social Work Leadership in Healthcare; Monticello, IL, Sep 23, 2002.
Workshop, “Strengthening Family Resilience: Coping with Serious Illness” Boston region
NASW, Massachusetts, Sep 20, 2002.
Keynote: “From Risk to Resilience: Keys to Supporting Student Success.” Summer Institute for
School Professionals, Chicago Center for Family Health, Chicago, July, 2002.
“Crisis, Trauma, and Challenge: A Relational Resilience Approach for Healing, Transformation,
and Growth.” Lydia Rapoport Distinguished Lecture and Visiting Professorship, Smith
College School for Social Work, June 10-19, 2002.
Workshop: “Strengthening Family Resilience: Mastering Crisis and Challenge,” Family Service
Society Annual Conference, Corning, NY, June 5, 2002
Workshop, “Fostering Resilience in the Face of Death and Loss.” Annual Conference, Minnesota
Coalition for Death Education and Support, May 17, 2002.
Workshop, “Strengthening Family Resilience: Healing from Trauma and Loss,” Bradley Hospital
Annual Conference, Mansfield, MA, May 10, 2002.
Keynote: “The Healing Power of Truth-seeking and Truth-Telling in the Aftermath of 9/11.”
Annual Conference, Multicultural Family Institute. Highland Park, NJ, May 3, 2002.
Workshop, “Finding gifts at the end of life.” 25th Annual Psychotherapy Networker Symposium,
Washington, DC, March 8, 2002.
Workshop, “Strengthening Family Resilience”, Ohio Assoc. MFT, Cincinnati, OH, 2002.
Keynote, “ From Risk to Resilience: Strengthening Vulnerable Children and Families” Tri-City
Social Services, Annual Conference, Indiana, 2001.
Workshop, “Crisis, Trauma, and Loss: Building Family Resilience.” Sisters of Providence
Behavioral Healthcare: Brightside for Children & Families, Northampton, MA, 2001.
5-day Institute: “Strengthening Family Resilience: Healing, Transcendence, and Growth out of
Crisis.” Cape Cod Institute, Massachusetts, July 16-20, 2001.
Speaker: “Resilience and Restoration: Tools for strengthening families through crisis.” Jewish
Family Network / Jewish Federation of Metro. Chicago / Jewish United Fund. Skokie, 2001.
Plenary Speaker, “Caring for families at the end of life.” Conference co-sponsored by
Chicago Center for Family Health, the Cancer Wellness Center, The Chest Foundation,
and Chicago Coalition for End-of-life Care. Chicago, Apr. 20, 2001.
Lecture, “Strengthening family resilience: Implications for practice, policy, & research.” Edith
Harris Memorial Lecture, School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, 2001.
Two-Day Presentations: “Renforcer la resilience familiale: Une approache systemique face aux
crises et aux difficultes;” “Les cles de la resilience familiale: Applications pratiques.”
International Colloquium on Family Therapy, Paris, France, Nov. 18-19, 2000.
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Workshop, “Traumatic loss, recovery, and resilience.” Annual conference, American Association
for Marriage & Family Therapy, Denver, Nov. 5, 2000.
Keynote Address, “Spiritual resources for family resilience: Transcendence, transformation, and
growth out of crisis.” 20th Annual Conference, National Association of Catholic Family Life
Ministers and Educators, Pittsburgh, Sep. 15, 2000.
Keynote Speaker, “Family Resilience in Mastering the Challenges of Cancer,” Cancer
Wellness Center, Northbrook, IL, June 29, 2000.
Keynote Address “The Role of Family Resilience in Promoting the Success andWell-being of our
Children.” Mental Health Association of Greater Chicago, May 10, 2000.
Workshop, “The Role of Family Resilience in Mental Health and Healthcare.” Center for
Behavioral Health, Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI, April 7, 2000.
Plenary Speaker, “How families succeed: Bridging research, theory, and practice.” Symposium:
“Marriage and family systems: Looking to the future.” Dept. of Family Social Science
and College of Human Ecology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, April 6, 2000.
Keynote, “The Role of Family Resilience in Preventing Youth Violence.” CommunityConference:
“Stopping Youth Violence,” County Mental Health Assoc, Dubuque, IA, Mar. 21-22, 2000.
Workshop, “Family Resilience: Mastering the Challenges of a Changing World.” Annual
Conference, North Carolina Assoc. for Marriage & Family Therapy, Charlotte, NC, 2000.
Keynote Panel and Workshop, “Religion and Spirituality: Tapping the Wellspring”;
Chicago Center for Family Health, University of Chicago, Chicago, Feb 25, 2000.
Invited Address, “The Interface of Spirituality and Healing.” Bonnie Nieswinder Symposium,
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital & Loyola University, Chicago, February 5, 2000.
Two-day workshop on Family Resilience, South Carolina Society for Clinical Social Work,
Charleston, CA, Jan 14-15, 2000.
1999-earlier – contact F. Walsh
