Robert Firestone

Robert W. Firestone, PhD, psychologist and author, has been affiliated with the Glendon Association www.glendon.org as its consulting theorist since its inception. His innovative ideas related to psychotherapy, couple and family relationships, suicide, parenting, and existential issues have been the inspiration and cornerstone of Glendon's research and publications.

From 1957 to 1979, Dr. Firestone was engaged in the private practice of psychotherapy as a clinical psychologist working with a wide range of patients, amplifying his original ideas on schizophrenia and applying these concepts to a comprehensive theory of neurosis.

Dr. Firestone's major works, including The Fantasy Bond with a new edition Challenging the Fantasy Bond available for preorder on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433835819. He is author of 13 books including Voice Therapy , Compassionate Child Rearing , Sex and Love In Intimate Relationships; The Self Under Siege ; Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice, Beyond Death Anxiety: Achieving Life-Affirming Death Awareness ; The Ethics of Interpersonal Relationships , The Self Under Siege: A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation and other books, articles, and video presentations, which outline a fully realized and comprehensive theory on neurosis and human development. His studies on negative thought processes and their associated effects have led to the development of Voice Therapy , a therapeutic methodology to uncover and contend with aspects of self-destructive and self-limiting behaviors.

Firestone has applied his concepts in different areas, from empirical research to developing the Firestone Assessment of Self-destructive Thoughts (FAST) and FASI scales assess suicide potential published by PAR the . https://www.amazon.com/author/robert_firestone