Frank Gruba-McCallister
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Frank Gruba-McCallister

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Frank Gruba-McCallister, PhD, received his degree in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University. He is currently retired after having taught for more than thirty-three years at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology-Chicago, Adler University, and the Chicago School of Professional Psychology-Chicago. He has been the recipient of numerous of awards for excellence in teaching. He also served in academic administration at all three schools.

In the latter part of his career, he became particularly committed to advancing the role of psychology in promoting social justice. Based on this, while the Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Adler, he oversaw the revision of all degree program curricula to provide students with education and training to be socially responsible practitioners. This innovation in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program was recognized by Adler University receiving the 2007 American Psychological Association’s Board of Education Affairs Award for Innovative Practices in Graduate Education in Psychology, a prestigious and highly competitive honor.

During his career Dr. Gruba-McCallister had a number of professional publications and presentations in the areas of working with the issue of suffering in clinical settings, spirituality, existential approaches to psychology, social activism, and psychology’s role in advancing social justice. These interests are integrated in his recent book, Embracing Disillusionment: Achieving Liberation through the Demystification of Suffering. He also addresses these topics in on-going contributions to the online platform, Medium. Prior to teaching, Dr. Gruba-McCallister provided clinical service primarily to individuals in a medical setting and in private practice.

Dr. Gruba-McCallister can be reached at frankgrubamc@outlook.com.
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