Lewinsohn, Peter M.

I was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1930. With my parents and my brother, Tom, I immigrated to Shanghai, China in 1941, where I lived throughout World War II. I then immigrated to the United States in 1947. After I received my BS from Allegheny College in 1951, I went on to obtain a doctoral degree from the Johns Hopkins University in 1955. Six years later, I received my diploma in clinical psychology from the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology. While I completed postdoctoral training at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic between 1958 and 1959, I met my future wife, Cynthia Stiefel. We were married and have two sons, David and Mark, and are now the proud grandparents of five grandchildren.

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