Drs. Linda Dubrow and Steve Eichel are the co-recipients of the 2003 Psychology in the Media Award, given by the Pennsylvania Psychological Association. The text of their award reads:

Pennsylvania Psychological Association

Psychology in the Media Award

June 20, 2003

 

Linda J. Dubrow, Ph. D.

Steve D. Eichel, Ph.D., ABPP

 

Linda Dubrow, Ph.D., and Steve Eichel, Ph.D., ABPP, have worked closely together for over twenty years and requested to be considered as a team entry for this award. Their extensive research, educational activities and treatment interventions concerning cults is the area of their work that has garnered the most media attention. They have received national and international recognition, publishing numerous articles and books, and appearing many times on television and radio. This year, Dr. Dubrow was featured in articles published in Denmark, while Dr. Eichel's work was cited on Web sites in Germany and Australia. Their cult-related writings have been translated into several languages, including Spanish and Russian. Their work and media outreach have also had an impact going beyond cults into the understanding of terrorism and the treatment of victims of all forms of totalism and coercive social influence.

 

Drs. Dubrow and Eichel have also been featured in the media on a range of psychological issues, including anxiety disorders, addictions, domestic violence and trauma. Years ago, they recognized the value of the Internet for public education, and initiated their practice Web site, described by Dr. Eichel in a November 1998 article in The Pennsylvania Psychologist, "Constructing a Website: An Introduction." Dr. Eichel also authored the official Web site of the Greater Philadelphia Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Their unique undertaking in 2002, the "cat credentialing" project, in which they were able to obtain bogus credentials for a feline, was picked up extensively, and enabled them to educate consumers about the importance of legitimate credentials in psychotherapy and hypnosis.

 

The Pennsylvania Psychological Association is proud to present the Psychology in the Media Award for 2003 to Drs. Linda Dubrow and Steve Eichel for their many years of educating the public through their outstanding involvement with the media.

 

Judith Blau, Ph.D.

for the Pennsylvania Psychological Association

   
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