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Publications By or About Dr. Ilene Serlin

• Serlin, Ilene (2010) Sisterhood: Bonds and Transference [Review of the book You Were Always Mom's Favorite! Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives by Deborah Tannen]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 55 (No. 28), Article 7, July 14, 2010.

• Serlin, Ilene (2010) Trauma and the Arts [Review of the book Trauma, Tragedy, Therapy: The Arts and Human Suffering by Stephen K. Levine]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 55 (No. 21), Article 8, May 26, 2010.

• Serlin, Ilene (2010) The First International Conference on Existential Psychology Nanjing, China, April 2, 2010. Psychology Today, April 22, 2010.

• Serlin, Ilene (2010) Dance/Movement Therapy. [Chapter in The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology, Fourth Edition, Irving B. Weiner, W. Edward Craighead [Eds.], John Wiley & Sons (Pub)].

• Serlin, Ilene (2009) A Tribute to Rollo May and the Arts. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 49 (No. 4), October 2009.

• Schneider, Kirk J., Galvin, John and Serlin, Ilene (2009) Rollo May on Existential Psychotherapy. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 49 (No. 4), October 2009.

• Serlin, Ilene A. (2009) Working with Trauma in Israel: Lessons for America. National Psychologist, 18 (No. 3), July/August 2009

• Serlin, I. A. (2009) Complementary and Alternative Therapy for Psychologists. [Review of the book Complementary and Alternative Therapies Research by Tiffany Field]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 54 (No. 30), Article 1.

• Harvey, Richard (2009) Whole Personal Healthcare, Volumes 1, 2, & 3 (2007). [Review of the book Whole Person Healthcare by Ilene A. Serlin (Ed)]. Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 46 (No. 2).

• Serlin, Ilene (2009) Brokeback Mountain: A Gay and a Universal Love Story [Chapter in the book Existential Psychology East-West, Louis Hoffman, Mark Yang, Francis J. Kaklauskas, Albert Chan (Eds), University of the Rockies (Pub)].

• Serlin, Ilene (2009) How Can Mind/Body Medicine Help Copy With Depression? [Review of the book Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression by James S. Gordon]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 54 (No. 15), Article 8, April 15, 2009.

• Lundeen, Ed (2008) Whole Person Healthcare by Ilene Serlin. Independent Practitioner, 28 (No. 1), Winter 2008.

• Serlin, I. A. (2008) Book Review: How Can the Creative Arts Therapies Be Used for Social Action. [Review of the book Art Therapy and Social Action by Frances F. Kaplan (Ed)]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 53 (No. 9), Article 7.

• Gordon, Susan (2008) Book Review: Whole personal healthcare. [Review of the book Whole Person Healthcare by Ilene A. Serlin (Ed)]. The Humanistic Psychologist, 36: 357-373, 2008.

• Serlin, I. A. (2008) Treating War Trauma in Israel. American Psychological Association Div. 56 Trauma Psychology Newsletter, Fall 2008, 3 (No. 3).

• Serlin, I. A. (2008, September) Posttraumatic Growth: Whole Person Approaches to Working with Trauma. The California Psychologist: Politics of Social Change, September-October 2008.

• Montesinos, Luis (2008, June 4) Building the Future, Revisiting the Origins: A Truly Integrative Approach to Health [Review of the book Whole Person Healthcare by Ilene A. Serlin (Ed)]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 53 (No. 23).

• Serlin, I. A. (2008, March) On PTSD [Letter to the editor] American Psychological Association Monitor, March 2008.

• Serlin, I. A. (2007, November-December) The Arts Therapies: Whole Person Integrative Approaches to Healthcare. The California Psychologist: Psychology and the Arts, 40 (No. 6).

• Serlin, Ilene (2007) Whole Person Health Care: Medicine of the Person [Review of the book Medicine of the Person: Faith, Science and Values in Health Care Provision by John Cox, Alastair V. Campbell, and Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford (Eds.)]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 52 (No. 39), Article 14, September 26, 2007.

• Serlin, Ilene (2007) Arts Therapies and Trauma: An Emerging Field [Review of the book Expressive and Creative Arts Methods for Trauma Survivors by Lois Carey (Ed.)]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 52 (No. 33), Article 174, August 15, 2007.

• Serlin, Ilene Ava (2007) Action Stories [Chapter in the book Healing Stories: The Use of Narrative in Counseling and Psychotherapy, Stanley Krippner, Michael Bova, Leslie Gray (Eds), Puente Publications (Pub)].

• Berger, M. R., Serlin, I. A., and Siderits, M. A. (2007, March) Dancing Women's Freedom: The Story of Isadora Duncan [Chapter in the book Women of Vision: Their Psychology, Circumstances, and Success, Eileen Gavin, Aphrodite Clamar, Mary Anne Siderits (Eds), Springer Publishing Company (Pub)].

• Serlin, I. A. (2006) Psychological Effects of the Virtual Media Coverage of the Iraq War: A Postmodern Humanistic Perspective [Chapter in the book Collateral Damage: How The U.S. War On Terrorism Is Harming American Mental Health, Paul R. Kimmel, Chris E. Stout (Eds), Praeger Publishers (Pub)].

• Serlin, I. A. (2006) Expressive Therapies [Chapter in the book Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Cancer Care and Prevention, Marc S. Micozzi (Ed), Springer Publishing Company (Pub)].

• Serlin, I. A. (2006) The Use of the Arts to Work with Trauma in Israel. The San Francisco Psychologist, September 2006.

• Serlin, I. A. (2006, March 15) Dance/Movement Therapy: A New Mind/Body Therapy [Review of the book An Introduction to Medical Dance/Movement Therapy: Health Care in Motion]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 51 (No. 11).

• Serlin, I. A. (2006, March 15) Brokeback Mountain: A Gay and a Universal Love Story [Review of the motion picture Brokeback Mountain]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 51 (No. 11).

• Serlin, I. A. (2005) Year of the Whole Person. Psychotherapy Bulletin, the official bulletin of APA Division 29, 40 (No. 1).

• Serlin, I. A. (2005) To Dance is to Love [Review of the motion picture Shall We Dance?]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 50 (No. 20), Article 15.

• Serlin, I. A. (2005, March 2) Energy Psychology: An Emerging Form of Integrative Psychology [Review of the book/CD-ROM Energy Psychology Interactive]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 50 (No. 9), Article 12.

• Serlin, I. A. (2005, February) Express Yourself! American Psychological Association: Monitor on Psychology, 36 (No. 2).

• Serlin, Ilene A. (2005) Dancing Stories [Chapter in the book Narrative Identities: Psychologists Engaged in Self-Construction, George Yancy and Susan Hadley (Eds), Jessica Kingsley (Pub)].

• Serlin, I. A. (2005) Somatic Psychology: Its Relevance for Psychology and Psychotherapy [Review of the book Somatic Psychology: Body, Mind And Meaning]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books.

• Serlin, I. A. (2004) Spiritual Diversity and Clinical Practice [Chapter in the book The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination, Volume 4: Disability, Religion, Physique, and Other Traits, Jean Lau Chin (Ed), Praeger Perspectives (Pub)].

• Serlin, I. A. (2004) Religious and Spiritual Issues in Couples Therapy [Chapter in the book Handbook of Couples Therapy, M. Harway (Ed), John Wiley & Sons (Pub)].

• Serlin, I. A. and Cannon, J. T. (2004) A Humanistic Approach to the Psychology of Trauma [Chapter in the book Living with Terror, Working with Trauma: A Clinician's Handbook, Danielle Knafo (Ed), Jason Aronson (Pub)].

• Anonymous (2003) Race for the Cure. San Francisco Chronicle, September 8, 2003, section A, p 15.

• Serlin, I. A. (2002, September) Psychologists working with trauma: a humanistic approach. APA Monitor on Psychology, 33 (No. 8).

• Serlin, Ilene A. (2002) Managed Education. The California Psychologist, March-April 2002.

• Serlin, I. A. & Criswell, E. (2001) Humanistic psychology and women: A critical-historical perspective [Chapter in the book Handbook of Humanistic Psychology: Leading Edges of Theory, Research, and Practice, K. Schneider, J. Bugental, J. Pierson (Eds), Sage Publications (Pub)].

• Serlin, Ilene A. (2001) Wandering God: A study in nomadic spirituality. [Review of the book by Morris Berman.] Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 33, (No. 1) 2001.

• Serlin, I. A., Classen, C., Frances, B. & Angell, K. (2000) Symposium: Support groups for women with breast cancer. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 27 (No. 2): 123-138.

• Hulley, Sue (1999, June) Creativity in Marin Psychologists: Role of psychology and the arts in medical settings: Interview with Ilene Serlin, Ph.D. Marin County Psychological Association Newsletter, June 1999.

• Stern, E. Mark (1998) The Dialogue of Movement: An Interview/Conversation with Ilene Serlin and E. Mark Stern. Psychotherapy Patient, 10 (No. 3/4).

• Serlin, Ilene A. (1996) Interview with Anna Halprin. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 18 (No. 2), Fall-Winter 1996.

• Serlin, I. A., (1996) The Power of the Whole: Exploring New Ways to Heal. Healthwise, Sutter-CHS Newsletter, 10 (No. 3), September 1996.

• Serlin, Ilene (1996) Kinesthetic Imagining. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 36 (No. 2), Spring 1996: 25-33.

• Serlin, I. A., (1996) Body as text: a psychological and cultural reading. The Arts in Psychotherapy, special edition, 23 (No. 2): 141-148.

• Ganahl, Jane (1995) Breast cancer patients learn to love themselves again. San Francisco Chronicle, October 31, 1995.

• Serlin, Ilene A. (1995) Rollo May: A Tribute. Tikkun, January-February, 1995.

• Serlin, Ilene (1994) Remembering Rollo May: An Interview with Irving Yalom. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 22 (No. 3), Autumn 1994.

• Serlin, Ilene   To get rid of tension, anxiety and relax yourself... dance therapy. Vogue Magazine.

• Serlin, I. A. (1994) The Anne Sexton complex [Chapter in the book The Psychology of Existence: an Integrative Clinical Perspective, R. May, K. Schneider (Eds), Harper & Row (Pub)].

• Serlin, Ilene (1993) Root Images of Healing in Dance Therapy. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 15 (No. 2), Fall-Winter 1993.

• Serlin, Ilene A. (1992) Tribute to Laura Perls. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 32 (No. 3), Summer 1992.

• Serlin, Ilene (1992) On Meeting a Remarkable Woman. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 24, 1992.

• Serlin, I. (1992) The relevance of Bachelard's dynamic imagination for movement art psychotherapy. Journal of the Arts in Psychotherapy, special edition on aesthetics, 19 (No.3): 187-191.

• Serlin, Ilene (1992) A Dance Therapist Travels in Russia. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 14 (No. 1), Spring-Summer 1992.

• Serlin, Ilene (1990) Movement Composition and the Choreography of a Verbal Psychotherapy Session [Chapter in the book The Psychoaesthetic Experience: An Approach to Depth-Oriented Treatment by Arthur Robbins, D.R. Johnson, Priscilla Rodgers, Eileen Serlin, and Alice Shields, Human Sciences Press (Pub), 1990].

• Serlin, Ilene (1989) The Last Temptation of Christ [Review of the motion picture The Last Temptation of Christ]. San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, 8 (No. 3).

• Serlin, Ilene (1986) Toward an Erotic Spirituality [Chapter in the book A Modern Jew in Search of a Soul, J. Marvin Spiegelman, Abraham Jacobson (Eds), New Falcon Publications (Pub)].

• Serlin, Ilene (1982) Research Approaches to Movement and Personality. [Review of the book by Martha Davis (Ed), Arno Press, 1972.] American Journal of Dance Therapy, 5, pp70-72, 1982.

• Serlin, Ilene Humanistic Psychology to Positive Psychology.

• Serlin, Ilene Div 32 Presidential Talk: The History and Future of Humanistic Psychology.

Media Coverage

Union Street Health Associates' programs have been featured in the following media:

• CNN
• Marin County Psychological Association Newsletter
• San Francisco Examiner
• Healthwise, Sutter-CHS Newsletter
• Woman's Day Magazine
• American Psychologist Magazine
• California Psychological Association Newsletter