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Arthur Friedman, Ph.D., LICSW
Arthur Friedman is a nationally recognized consultant with over 30 years experience
as a clinician, administrator, policy-maker, consultant, advocate
and national expert. He has worked extensively with a wide range
of populations including individuals and families affected by mental
illness, substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, problem gambling
and more.
In 1979, after receiving a bachelor’s degree in psychology
from the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Friedman
worked in the addictions field, counseling chronic substance abusers
in recovery. After obtaining a master’s degree in social work
from the University of Buffalo in 1981, he relocated to the Boston
area, where he built his career for the next twelve years. During
that time, Dr. Friedman ran both public non-profit and private for-profit
counseling centers and served as a guardian ad litem to the Massachusetts
Probate and Family courts.
In 1990 Dr. Friedman was admitted to the prestigious Simmons College
School of Social Work as a doctoral candidate. As the oldest school
of social work in the country, he had the opportunity to study with
Sophie Freud, and other accomplished scholars and faculty. In 1998,
Dr. Friedman received his Ph.D. from Simmons after completing the
dissertation, “Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Ideation
and Self-Reported Attempts in an Adolescent Community Population”,
based on a longitudinal community sample of youth ages 15 and 18.
Soon after receiving his doctorate, Dr. Friedman applied the clinical
paradigm of his counseling work to organizations and started Advanced
Consulting Services. In the past 12 years, he has worked with over
45 public and private agencies, and has provided specialized consulting
services to state agencies, local municipalities, hospitals and health,
education and human service organizations. At the present time, Dr.
Friedman co-chairs the Children’s Justice Act Task Force for
the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, and provides
oversight to federal funding targeted at the needs of sexually exploited
child victims and their families. In addition, utilizing his expertise
in mental health and substance abuse, and his knowledge of public
and private systems, Dr. Friedman has been an expert reviewer for
the state’s child near fatalities and fatalities.
On a national basis, Dr. Friedman serves as an Expert Witness for
class-action child welfare lawsuits and as Consultant to child and
family governmental agencies. In 2007 he served as Clinical Consultant
for an advocacy-based initiative resulting in “Masha’s
Law”, a federal law to increase penalties for child pornographers.
Dr. Friedman currently provides outpatient psychotherapy to children,
teens, adults and families in Northampton, Amherst and South Hadley.
With an expertise in treating individuals diagnosed with post-traumatic
stress and other anxiety disorders, his practice is focused on “trauma-informed” treatment
and other integrated treatment models.
Dr. Friedman is the father of two children and lives in Amherst,
Massachusetts.
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