Michael P. Nichols

Areas of Specialization

• Clinical psychology

• Family therapy

• Couples dynamics

• Gender

Educational Background

B.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Ph.D. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Postdoctoral Training in Family Therapy (United States Army 1968-1970)

Postdoctoral Training with Murray Bowen, Washington, DC

Lenox Hill Psychoanalytic, New York

Training with Salvador Minuchin

Brief Biography

Professor of Psychiatry, Albany Medical College
(Director of Outpatient Psychiatry, Director
of Family Therapy Training)

Clinical psychologist, U.S. Army, Human Engineering Laboratories, Aberdeen, Maryland

Distinguished Service Award, New York State Psychological Association

Family Therapy Series Editor, Guilford Press

Editorial Board, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Courses Taught

• Family therapy
• psychoanalytic psychotherapy
• Freudian theory
• Self psychology
• Abnormal psychology
• Personality theory
• Elementary statistics
• The psychology of shame
• Psychological testing
• Sex education
• Group therapy
• Psychotherapy supervision
• Family therapy supervision