Lynn Hoffman (family therapist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lynn Hoffman (family therapist)

American psychotherapist

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1924

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 21-Dec-2017

Profession: psychotherapist, social worker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Lynn Hoffman (family therapist)

  • Lynn Hoffman (Born in Paris, France, September 10, 1924, died December 21, 2017), an American social worker, family therapist, author and historian of family therapy.
  • Her mother, Ruth Reeves (1892–1966) was a painter, Art Deco textile designer and an originator of the American Index of Design.
  • She graduated summa cum laude in English Literature in 1946 from Radcliffe, and after editing psychology works, she started MSW studies in 1969 and specialized in family therapy.Originally a systems-strategic theorist and therapist, she has since become a proponent of post-systems/post-modern/collaborative approaches.
  • She has been an advisory editor of Family Process and Journal of Marital & Family Therapy.
  • Until her retirement in 2000, she had for many years been on the faculty of the Ackerman Institute and the Smith College School of Social Work.
  • She spent her last years as a lecturer at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut.

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