Ronald RuffRonald Ruff, PhD, began working with children and parents in 1969. He started his private practice in 1974 and continued until 2017. During that time, he worked with a diverse range of age groups; cultural, educational, socioeconomic, and racial backrounds; and diagnostic classifications, garnering extensive experience in psychological treatment, assessment, and consultation in health care, education, government, judicial systems, training, teaching, and research.Dr. Ruff was awarded a fellowship to the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Cambridge Hospital, Center for Addictive Studies. He served as Clinical Director of a residential treatment center for children, as Chief Psychologist of a community mental health center, on the staff of several psychiatric hospitals, as a juvenile court psychologist, as Director of Clinical Internship Training, and as an adjunct instructor who taught psychology doctoral students. He received a BA in Psychology with French studies from Oberlin College, an MS in Counseling Psychology from George Williams College, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology. He has been married for fifty-three years and has three daughters and four grandchildren. Read More Read Less