Dale G. Larson Ph.D.
Instructor
Dale G. Larson, Ph.D. is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, where he directs the graduate Health Psychology Program. His undergraduate degree in psychology is from the University of Chicago, where was first exposed to the work of Carl Rogers and Gene Gendlin.
Having a clinical practice for over 25 years, he is the author of The Helper's Journey: Working With People Facing Grief, Loss, and Life – Threatening Illness (Champaign, Il: Research Press) and has published extensively in the areas of counseling and health psychology, oncology, and hospice. Dale Larson's ability to translate theory and research into effective clinical practice has made him a popular speaker at national and international conferences.
Dr. Larson, the recipient of numerous awards for his contributions to end-of-life care, is a member of the Advisory Panel for the American Psychological Association Ad Hoc Committee on End-of-Life Issues, and was the Senior Editor of Finding Our Way: Living With Dying in America, a 15-week newspaper series funded by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation. The series was featured in the San Jose Mercury News.
