Dr. Chris Thurber
Hagai Maidenberg | August 8, 2016Dr. Chris Thurber is a board-certified clinical psychologist and father. He earned his BA in psychology from Harvard University and his PhD in clinical child psychology from UCLA. During the academic year, Chris serves as a teacher and school psychologist at Phillips Exeter Academy, a coeducational boarding high school in New Hampshire. He also volunteers on the American Camp Association’s research committee.
In addition to numerous scholarly articles and book chapters on homesickness and children’s mental health, Chris is the co-author, with Dr. Jon Malinowski, of the best-selling Summer Camp Handbook and the host of ACA’s homesickness prevention program, entitled The Secret Ingredients of Summer Camp Success.
Chris has traveled extensively throughout North America and South America to provide consultations and training workshops to camps, schools, and other organizations. He is the founder, with Evan Heltay, of ExpertOnlineTraining.com, the premier online resource for youth development professionals.
All of Chris’s work is guided by the principles of leadership-by-example and social connection. Since 1980, he has returned each summer to the camp where he grew up to serve as Waterfront Director and a member of the senior staff. Chris and his wife Simonida, a chemist, have two boys: Dacha, born in 2002, and Sava, born in 2004.
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Dr. Chris Thurber
Hagai Maidenberg | August 8, 2016克里斯•瑟伯博士是一位获得认证的临床心理学家和父亲。他从哈佛大学获得了他的心理学学士学位并在加州大学洛杉矶分校获得了他的临床儿童心理学博士学位。在求学期间，克里斯在新罕布什尔州一个男女同校的寄宿高中——爱赛特菲利普斯学校担任老师和心理学家。他同时也是美国露营协会研究委员会的志愿人员。
除了关于想家和儿童心理健康的大量学术文章和图书章节之外，克里斯和乔•马利诺夫斯基一起创作了畅销书《夏令营手册》，他也是美国夏令营协会预防想家项目的主办人，这个项目被命名为“成功夏令营的秘诀”。
克里斯经常性的在北美和南美地区旅行，给露营、学校和其他机构提供咨询和培训。他和伊万•海尔陶伊一起创建了在线专家培训网站，首个青少年发展专家的在线资源平台。
克里斯所有的工作都是按照身先士卒、以身作则的领导方法和社会联系的原则进行的。从1980年以来，他每年都会回到他长大的露营担任水边露营主管和高级员工。克里斯和他的妻子西蒙尼达，一个化学家，有两个儿子，生于2002年的达查和生于2004年的达瓦。
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