Kottler, Jeffrey A.
Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the most prolific authors in the fields of counseling, psychotherapy, and education, having written more than 90 books about a wide range of subjects. He has authored a dozen texts for counselors and therapists that are used in universities around the world and a dozen books each for practicing therapists and educators. Some of his most highly regarded works include Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy, The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior, Bad Therapy, The Client Who Changed Me, Divine Madness, Change: What Leads to Personal Transformation, Stories We’ve Heard, Stories We’ve Told: Life-Changing Narratives in Therapy and Everyday Life, and Therapy Over 50. He has been an educator for 40 years, having worked as a teacher, counselor, and therapist in preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, nongovernmental organization, university, community college, private practice, and disaster relief settings. He has served as a Fulbright scholar and senior lecturer in Peru and Iceland, as well as worked as a visiting professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal. He is professor of counseling at California State University, Fullerton.
Jeffrey A. Kottler has written over 70 books in the field for therapists, counselors, and teachers, including Compassionate Therapy: Working with Difficult Clients On Being a Therapist Learning Making Changes Last Bad Therapy: Master Therapists Share Their Worst Failures, Divine Madness, Stress Management and Prevention, and The Client Who Changed Me.
Jeffrey is Professor and Chair of the Counseling Department at California State University, Fullerton. He is also Founder of the Madhav Ghimire Foundation that is devoted to providing educational opportunities for marginalized and neglected children in Nepal.
