William Pollack, PhD
Founder/President Centers for Men & Boys Senior Consultant, Mental Health Of Men, Young Men & Boys
Cambridge Health Alliance
Faculty, MGH-McLean Psychiatry Residency Program
www.williampollack.com
Dr. William S. Pollack is the Director of the Centers for Men and Young Men and the Director of Continuing Education (Psychology) at McLean Hospital; and is Assistant Clinical Professor (Psychology) in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
He is the Past President of the Massachusetts Psychological Association, a member the Boston Psychoanalytic Society, a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology (ABPP, Board Certified), and a Founding Member and Fellow of The Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, a division of the American Psychological Association.
An internationally recognized authority on boys and men, Dr. Pollack is Founder & Director of the REAL BOYS® Educational Programs. He has served on the U.S. Presidential initiative, The National Campaign Against Youth Violence and is a consultant to The United States Secret Service, including its collaborative Safe Schools Initiative with the U.S. Department of Education.
His newest work, Real Boys Workbook (Random House/Villard, 2001), just released, has been seen as “the definitive guide to understanding and interacting with boys of all ages”. His nationally Best-selling book, Real Boys’ Voices (Random House, 2000/paperback, Penguin, 2001) revealed the wide range of the “secret emotional lives” of America’s young males, including the survivors of Columbine to the “boys next door”—from their fears of violence and the scourge of bullying and the “Boy Code”. His earlier, New York Times bestseller, Real Boys–Rescuing Our Sons From The Myths Of Boyhood [Random House, 1998/ paperback Holt/Owl, 1999] is based upon Dr. Pollack’s groundbreaking research project–Listening to Boys” Voices–on the inner emotional experiences of boys and has already had profound impact upon how we raise, teach and relate to our boys.
Dr. Pollack is also the co-author of a current book redefining the psychology of men and male/female relationships, entitled: In A Time of Fallen Heroes: The Re-Creation of Masculinity(Simon & Schuster); and Co-Editor of a comprehensive volume addressing boys” and men’s roles in work, family, love and health, entitled: A New Psychology of Men (Basic Books), as well as a recent book redefining psychological treatment for males: New Psychotherapy for Men (Wiley).
Dr. Pollack resides in Newton, Massachusetts with his family, where he also maintains a private practice in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, organizational consultation (as a principal in the psychological consulting firm Spectrum, O.E.D., Inc.) and consultation in violence prevention as a founder and Director of The National Violence Prevention and Study Center.