Introduction
Dorothy Becvar is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed clinical social worker whose contributions to the field of family therapy include teaching family therapy to graduate students in university settings and authoring influential texts. Her contributions also include her many presentations to professional organizations, service on editorial boards, and provision of leadership in family therapy associations.
Career
Dr. Becvar completed her MSW degree at Saint Louis University in 1980 and a PhD program in Family Studies at Saint Louis University in 1983. Her professional career began in Philadelphia, PA, leading family clusters, enrichment groups for whole families in church settings. She began her academic career at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and subsequently held academic positions at Saint Louis University, Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX), the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University (St. Louis, MO), and Radford...
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Becvar, D. S. (1997). Soul healing: A spiritual orientation in counseling and therapy. New York: Basic Books.
Becvar, D. S. (2001). In the presence of grief: Helping family members resolve death, dying, bereavement and related end of life issues. New York: Guilford Press.
Becvar, D. S. (2007). Families that flourish: Facilitating resilience in clinical practice. New York: W. W. Norton.
Becvar, D. S. (Ed.). (2013). Handbook of family resilience. New York: Springer.
Becvar, D. S., & Becvar, R. (1994). Hot chocolate for a cold winter’s night: Essays for relationship development. Denver: Love Publishing Co.
Becvar, D. S., & Becvar, R. J. (2013). Family therapy: A systemic integration (8th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Becvar, R. J., Becvar, D. S., & Bender, A. E. (1982). Let us first do no harm. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 8(4), 385–391.
Nichols, W. C., Nichols, M. A., Becvar, D. S., & Napier, A. Y. (Eds.). (2000). The handbook of family development: Dynamics and interventions. New York: Wiley.
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Caldwell, K. (2016). Becvar, Dorothy. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_788-1
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