Catherine Steiner-Adair

Catherine Steiner-Adair is a clinical psychologist, author, speaker, consultant, and research associate at Harvard Medical School.

Education

Catherine Steiner-Adair graduated from Scarsdale High School, then went on to earn her Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College in 1976. She was also an exchange student at Williams College from 1974 to 1975. After Bowdoin, she went on to earn her doctorate in Clinical and Consulting Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1984. During her time at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she studied girl's physiological development as well as education with Carol Gilligan.

Career

Her clinical work and research are focused on girl's development and understanding, treating, and preventing eating disorders. Her areas of expertise also include boy's development, the impact of culture on gender identity, social relationships, character development, and leadership training, school practices, and parenting strategies.

She has worked in the fields of education and psychology for over twenty-five years, including working throughout Israel. She has also been a consultant for over 250 independent and public schools, working with directors, faculty, parents and students. Dr. Steiner-Adair is an Associate Psychologist at McLean Hospital and a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

In 2013, Catherine released a book with Teresa H. Barker called The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age. In the book Dr. Steiner-Adair examines ways in which technology and media change how children learn and grow and shows parents how to balance the benefits of tech while reducing the risks it poses at every stage of development.

Private practice

She has a private psychotherapy practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she works with adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

External links

• Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution from the Jewish Women's Archive