ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Viola B. Mecke, Ph.D., ABPP has been a professional psychologist for over 50 years. She graduated from Akron University in Akron, Ohio, and received her doctorate from Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio. She continued her training at the University of Nebraska Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry and the Tavistock Institute of Interpersonal Relationships in London, England. She is an Emerita Professor (Adjunct) in Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Emerita Professor of the Department of Educational Psychology, East California State University, and has maintained a private practice as a Clinical Psychologist. She now resides in Gainesville, Fla.