Lawrence Weathers Ph.D.
Psychologist
Education and Experience
Dr. Weathers earned a Ph.D. in child clinical psychology from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in 1974. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Psychotherapy. Before moving to Spokane in 1978, he was Director of the Adolescent Unit at Central state Psychiatric Hospital in Nashville TN, Director of the Family and Children’s Achievement Center in Miami FL, Director of the Adolescent Unit at the Florida Mental Health Institute, and later Professor and Director of Research and Evaluation at the Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.
Dr. Weathers has numerous
professional publications, as well as a book: ADHD: A Path to
Success . Since many HFA children also suffer from ADHD, many to the
concepts discussed there also apply to HFA.
His background straddles
psychology and engineering. In the late 60’s he was a Systems Engineer for IBM.
Later, he founded a company to develop software to score and interpret major personality
and intelligence tests (MMPI & WISC/WAIS). In the late 80’s these software
packages were sold worldwide.
His affection for technology goes back to his pre-teen days when he developed his first working fuel injection system, which successfully ran on his father’s pickup truck. As a teen, he put big engines in little cars (hot rods). After becoming a psychologist, he developed an electronic prompting device to speed psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic board games to structure group therapy to treat large numbers of people inexpensively.
Since leaving the academic world, Dr. Weathers has worked in private practice with his psychologist wife, Mary. He has been working with children and families for more than 30 years. He and Mary chose Spokane because of their interests in back packing, hiking, mountaineering, skiing, and bicycling.
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