About Dr. Kovacs | Career and Honors

Career

Received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan

Is a licensed psychologist

Has been in practice for more than 40 years

Was a consultant to the Student Counseling Center, California State University at Northridge

Was a consultant to the Marianne Frostig Center for Exceptional Children, Pasadena

Was a consultant to the California Youth Authority Center for Delinquency Control, South Central Los Angeles

Was the Founding Campus Dean of the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles; currently holds the post of Founding Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor

Formerly Editor of the journal PSYCHOTHERAPY: Theory, Research, and Practice

Served as a consultant on health care reform appointed by the American Psychological Association’s Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice

Teaches and trains doctoral candidates studying psychology and masters candidates studying marriage and family counseling

Counsels individuals, groups, couples, families, and adolescents; works with individual and family developmental adjustment impasses; does executive coaching, couples counseling about marital distress, family and parent counseling, mediates separation and custody disputes, and teaches coping skills to those with chronic illnesses or their caretakers

Supervises and consults with other health and mental health professionals

Honors

Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology

Fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Divisions of Clinical Psychology, of Psychotherapy, of Independent Practice, of Family Psychology, of Media Psychology, and of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity.

Recipient of Psychologist of the Year Award conferred by the Division of Independent Practice, American Psychological Association

Recipient of Distinguished Professional Psychologist Award conferred by the Division of Psychotherapy, American Psychological Association

Former President of the Division of Independent Practice and also of the Division of Psychotherapy, American Psychological Association

Awarded an American Psychological Association Presidential/Board of Directors’ Citation for a career of distinguished service to the Association