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Harriet Lerner, PhD


Harriet Lerner, PhD is one of our nation's most respected voices on the psychology of women and marriage and family relationships. For three decades, she was a staff psychologist and psychotherapist at The Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, and a faculty member and supervisor in the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry. 

Currently in private practice in Lawrence, Kansas, she is the author of numerous scholarly articles and 11 books, including the New York Times best-seller, The Dance of Anger, Women in Therapy, The Dance of Connection, and The Dance of Fear. Lerner has been a guest on Oprah, CNN, NPR and numerous other media. She is also, with her sister, an award-winning children's book author, and she hosts a blog for Psychology Today and The Huffington Post. Lerner's new book is Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and The Coupled Up. 

Lerner lectures and consults nationally, while her psychotherapy practice remains at the heart of her work. 

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Harriet Lerner maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Imagine Magazine. She receives royalties as a published author. Harriet Lerner receives a speaking honorarium and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Harriet Lerner has no relevant non-financial relationships.