Dale G. Larson

Professor of Counseling Psychology
Coordinator, Health Psychology Emphasis

Dale Larson did his undergraduate work in psychology at the University of Chicago and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from U.C. Berkeley. A licensed clinical psychologist and marriage and family therapist, Dr. Larson's interest areas bridge counseling and health psychology, including counseling skills theory and training, stress management, self-concealment, and end-of-life care. He has published extensively in these areas and is the author of the award-winning book, The Helper’s Journey: Working with People Facing Grief, Loss, and Life-Threatening Illness. Dr. Larson chaired the First National Conference on Hospice Volunteerism and his Hospice Home Page website received a national Award of Excellence in Educational Achievement from the National Hospice Organization. Professor Larson has been a Summer Scholar at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and has lectured and conducted research in Europe as a Fulbright Scholar. In 2001, he was Senior Editor and a contributing author for Finding Our Way: Living With Dying in America, a 15-article national newspaper series funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that appeared in 170 newspapers, reaching 7 million Americans.

He lives in San Jose with his wife and their son. His interests include backpacking, travel, and noontime basketball.