Jeannette Lofas, Ph.D, LCSW
Jeannette Lofas, Ph.D., LCSW
America’s Pioneering Authority On Divorce, Remarriage And Children
The Stepfamily/Blended Family
Counselor, Lecturer and Spokesperson
President and Founder, The Stepfamily Foundation, Inc.
Certified Divorce & Co-Parenting Mediator
In 1995, received the first National Parent's Day Award from President Clinton for
"your efforts in strengthening step relationships in families across America and thus contribute to effective parenting."
America’s Pioneering Authority On Divorce, Remarriage And Children
The Stepfamily/Blended Family
Counselor, Lecturer and Spokesperson
President and Founder, The Stepfamily Foundation, Inc.
Certified Divorce & Co-Parenting Mediator
In 1995, received the first National Parent's Day Award from President Clinton for
"your efforts in strengthening step relationships in families across America and thus contribute to effective parenting."
About Jeannette Lofas
Jeannette Lofas was the first person to uncover and present the here to fore unknown dynamics, ways of functioning of the stepfamily. Previously there were no know answers. The first answers were put forth in Lofas' first book, LIVING IN STEP, McGraw Hill with Ruth Roosevelt in 1975. Lofas then went on to found the Stepfamily Foundation, Inc. in 1976. The rest is a history of work, research, a system for counseling, books and years of appearing on TV and in the press. She was lauded and heralded as the discoverer and founder of new stepfamily movement.
Curriculum Vitae
Professional History:
Stepfamily Foundation, Inc., - Founder and President, 1975-Present; CBS, NBC, ABC TV –Reporter & Film Critic; Ivan Tors Films - Producer; Whitney Museum NYC- New American Film Series Co Founder; Radio Free Europe - On Air Reporter, US, Europe, Tokyo. Lofas is a recognized media personality and public speaker. She has appeared on: The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King, and featured in: The New York Times, Vogue, and New York Magazine.
Publications:
Living In Step, with Ruth Roosevelt, McGraw-Hill, 1976; How to Be a Stepparent, Nightingale Connant Audio Book, 1986; He's OK, She's OK: Honoring the Differences Between Men & Women, Tzedakah, 1995; Family Rules, Kensington Books 1998. Stepparenting 3rd Edition May 2004, Citadel Books, the largest selling book of its kind.
Awards and Speeches:
"Woman of the Month" Good Housekeeping Magazine; Keynote Speaker for U.S. Family Service Centers, Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; Speaker at White House Conference On the Family; Keynote Speech "The State of the Family” given in Heidelberg, Germany for the U.S. Armed Forces in Europe; Speaker at Family Court Judges Association; "The New Family: Step Relationships" speech given at the Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater (6,000 attendees); Guest Professor at Long Island University; "Women, Remarriage and Money," the Financial Women’s' Association; Keynote Speaker at the Women's Federation of World Peace; "The 21st Century Family" speech given at the NY Employee Assistance Association, Smart Marriage Conference Presenter, Two Day Seminar Buenos Aires, Fundacion XXI; All Souls Church Lecture Series.
Degrees:
Ph.D. Westbrook University; Fordham University, M.S.W; University of Michigan, B.A; University of Geneva, Interpreter's School, (French, German into English); University of Vienna.
* * * Fluent in German and French: ability to communicate in Spanish and Swedish
Stepfamily Foundation, Inc., - Founder and President, 1975-Present; CBS, NBC, ABC TV –Reporter & Film Critic; Ivan Tors Films - Producer; Whitney Museum NYC- New American Film Series Co Founder; Radio Free Europe - On Air Reporter, US, Europe, Tokyo. Lofas is a recognized media personality and public speaker. She has appeared on: The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King, and featured in: The New York Times, Vogue, and New York Magazine.
Publications:
Living In Step, with Ruth Roosevelt, McGraw-Hill, 1976; How to Be a Stepparent, Nightingale Connant Audio Book, 1986; He's OK, She's OK: Honoring the Differences Between Men & Women, Tzedakah, 1995; Family Rules, Kensington Books 1998. Stepparenting 3rd Edition May 2004, Citadel Books, the largest selling book of its kind.
Awards and Speeches:
"Woman of the Month" Good Housekeeping Magazine; Keynote Speaker for U.S. Family Service Centers, Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; Speaker at White House Conference On the Family; Keynote Speech "The State of the Family” given in Heidelberg, Germany for the U.S. Armed Forces in Europe; Speaker at Family Court Judges Association; "The New Family: Step Relationships" speech given at the Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater (6,000 attendees); Guest Professor at Long Island University; "Women, Remarriage and Money," the Financial Women’s' Association; Keynote Speaker at the Women's Federation of World Peace; "The 21st Century Family" speech given at the NY Employee Assistance Association, Smart Marriage Conference Presenter, Two Day Seminar Buenos Aires, Fundacion XXI; All Souls Church Lecture Series.
Degrees:
Ph.D. Westbrook University; Fordham University, M.S.W; University of Michigan, B.A; University of Geneva, Interpreter's School, (French, German into English); University of Vienna.
* * * Fluent in German and French: ability to communicate in Spanish and Swedish
