Freeman Institute for Cognitive Therapy - Arthur Freeman Information Page

Arthur Freeman, Ed. D., ABPP, HSPP

Dr. Arthur Freeman is Vice Chairman of the Freeman Institute Corporation and
Director of Clinical Training and Supervision for The Center for Brief Therapy, PC in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Dr. Freeman is Chair Emeritus and Professor of Psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine where he still teaches part-time. In
addition, he is in Chicago, Illinois part-time where he is currently head of the Psychology Department of Sheridan Shores Rehabilitation Hospital and
Visiting Professor at Governor's State University in Chicago, Illinois.

. He has three diplomates (board certifications) through the American Board of Professional Psychology including
ABPP certification in Behavior Therapy, Family Therapy and Clinical Psychology.

He is licensed as a psychologist and a Health Services Psychology Provider (HSPP) in Indiana.
Dr. Arthur Freeman has been a Visiting Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Universities of Umea and Gothenburg (Sweden);
at the University of Catania (Italy), at the Shanghai Second Medical University (China).

He has lectured in twenty five countries over the past 20 years

He completed his undergraduate and early graduate work at New York University and his doctoral work at Teachers College-Columbia
University.He studied at the Alfred Adler Institute in New York under Drs. Kurt and Alexandra Adler,
the Institute for Rational Living under Dr. Albert Ellis, and
completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania under Dr. Aaron T. Beck.

In addition to 60+ book chapters, reviews and journal articles, he has published fifty two professional books (see below) on the topic of CBT including:
Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders (with Aaron T. Beck),
Clinical Applications of Cognitive Therapy,
The Comprehensive Casebook of Cognitive Therapy (with Frank Dattilio).
Dr. Arthur Freeman has published two popular books,
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda:Overcoming Mistakes and Missed Opportunities (with Rose DeWolf)
and The Ten Dumbest Mistakes Smart People Make, and How to Overcome Them (with Rose DeWolf).

His work has been translated into Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
Dr. Freeman serves on the editorial boards of several U.S.and international journals.

He is board certified in Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy and Behavioral Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology
and licensed as a psychologist in Indiana.
Art Freeman is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (divisions of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Family Psychology),
of the American Psychological Society, of the Academy of Clinical Psychology,
and of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association.
Dr. Freeman is a past president of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy
and was the Vice President (2000-2002) of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology.

In 2000, the Pennsylvania Psychological Association named him recipient of its award for "Outstanding Contribution to the Science and Practice of
Psychology."

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