Christopher J. Mruk

Author Biography

Christopher Mruk, Ph.D. was trained in general psychology at Michigan State University and in clinical psychology at Duquesne University. Dr. Mruk is a professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, where he received the University-wide Professorship of Teaching Excellence award along with a number of other recognitions including the Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished Scholarship awards. His publications focus on psychotherapy, self-esteem, as well as positive psychology. They include over two dozen articles, six chapters, and two other books, one of which is in its fourth edition. Prior to the academic portion of his career, Dr. Mruk was a clinician who worked in a psychiatric unit in Grosse Pointe, MI; supervised a methadone treatment program in Detroit; worked as a crisis intervention specialist in one of the nation’s first two 24-hour comprehensive psychiatric emergency services located in Lansing, MI; served as a staff psychologist for a community mental health center in Monessen, PA; directed the counseling center at St. Francis University in Pennsylvania; and still consults as a private practitioner. Chris enjoys reading, writing, FPS video games, and most of all, spending time with the people in his life. At the time of this writing, his web site is http://www.cmruk.org.