Froma Walsh papers

Froma Walsh received a BA with honors in Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley in 1964. After serving in the Peace Corps in Morocco, she earned an MSW at Smith College in 1970, with fieldwork in the Yale Department of Psychiatry and Yale Child Study Center. She received her PhD in Human Development at the University of Chicago in 1977. Dr. Walsh was on the faculty at Yale University Medical School; Michael Reese Medical Center; and Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Family Institute, before joining the faculty of the University of Chicago, where she is the Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita in the School of Social Service Administration and Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine. She is also Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Chicago Center for Family Health. Walsh is a leading expert on a family resilience practice approach in fostering recovery from crisis, trauma and loss; navigating disruptive life transitions; and mastering ongoing challenges with chronic, multi-stress conditions and widespread disasters. Areas of expertise also include: contemporary family diversity and challenges; and spirituality in clinical practice. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and an AAMFT approved supervisor, and past editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and past president of the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA). She has received many honors and awards for her work, and is a frequent speaker for national and international conferences, and consults widely on resilience-oriented community mental health training and services.