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Boss, Pauline

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Pauline Boss, Ph.D., LMFT

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Pauline Boss is an internationally recognized scholar, educator, and family therapist. She earned her Ph.D. in Child Development and Family Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975, where she then began her academic career as an assistant professor. After achieving tenure 1981, Boss transitioned to the University of Minnesota’s (UMN) Department of Family Social Science. She is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association (APA) and American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), former president of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR), and a clinician in private practice. Since retiring from the UMN in 2005, Boss has continued to actively contribute to the field – as Professor Emeritus – through writing, speaking, and training efforts across both national and international forums.

Boss’s principal expertise and professional contributions as a scientist practitioner are centered within the theory of am...

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  1. University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA

    Tai Mendenhall

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Jay L. Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Anthony L. Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University, Schaumburg, IL, USA

    Mudita Rastogi

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Mendenhall, T. (2019). Boss, Pauline. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_779

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