Adler School of Professional Psychology Catalog 2008 – 2009

Injuries and numerous other publications that have appeared in the peerreviewed
and popular presses of six different countries. He is a frequent
speaker at national and international conferences and a former adjunct
instructor at the Emory University School of Medicine. Mr. Taylor is a member
of the Society for Neuroscience, the American Bar Association, and the
editorial board of Brain Injury Professional. He has a keen interest in law and
literature and in outsider art.
Thomas Todd, Ph.D., Core Faculty and Director of the Marriage
and Family Therapy Program
Dr. Todd earned his B.A. in Psychology at Princeton University and his Ph.D. in
Clinical Psychology at New York University. He is a Diplomate of the American
Board of Family Psychology; a Fellow of the Division of Family Psychology (APA)
and of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; a Licensed
Clinical Psychologist, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Dr. Todd teaches
courses in marriage and family therapy, clinical supervision, research methods,
and practicum seminars. His additional interests include substance abuse,
eating disorders, supervision, and outcome assessment.
Lynn C. Todman, Ph.D., Director of the Adler Institute on Social Exclusion
Dr. Todman received a B.A. from Wellesley College and a Master’s in City
Planning (M.C.P) and a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Todman's areas of interest
include community development, urban poverty, and other forms of social
disadvantage. She is especially interested in the ways in which social structures
systematically structure the risk for exclusion and disadvantage among urban
populations. Her work is multidimensional, drawing on such diverse disciplines
as political science, political economy, critical sociology, urban development,
public health, and systems' behavior. She has lived and worked in Sweden,
Belgium, the United Kingdom, and, most recently, Italy. Dr. Todman is a
member of the American Sociological Association, the International Sociological
Association, the American Planning Association, and the Northern American
Society of Adlerian Psychology.
Jerry Westermeyer, Ph.D., Core Faculty
Dr. Westermeyer earned his B.A. in History and Political Science at St. Mary’s
College (Winona, MN) and his M.A. in International Relations and Ph.D.
(Committee on Human Development) at the University of Chicago. He is a
Licensed Clinical Psychologist and his clinical orientation is psychodynamic. Dr.
Westermeyer teaches courses in psychopathology, human development and
research methods largely using a shared inquiry pedagogy and his additional
teaching interests include psychoanalysis and political psychology. His
publications include research on successful aging, course and outcome of
mental illness, schizophrenia, mood disorders, suicide, work and social
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