Philip H. Friedman (1941- )
Philip H. Friedman, Ph.D is a licensed clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, trainer and researcher in Pennsylvania known for his work on integrative therapy and healing, well-being, spirituality, gratitude, forgiveness and the Friedman Assessment Scales, that can be used to track changes over time, especially the Friedman Well-Being Scale (FWBS). Friedman is the Director of the Foundation for Well-Being in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia) and on the adjunct faculty of Sophia University (formerly the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology) in Palo Alto, Ca. . He is also a Diplomate in Comprehensive Energy Psychology and the author of 2 books: Creating Well-Being: the Healing Path to Love, Peace, Self-Esteem and Happiness (R and E Publishers, 1989) and The Forgiveness Solution: The Whole Body Rx for Finding True Happiness, Abundant Love and Inner Peace (Conari Press, 2010) as well as the Integrative Healing Manual (2000). He has published over 25 articles in professional journals or books.
Dr. Friedman is one of the founders of Integrative Psychotherapy (1980) and Integrative Healing and the author of the Friedman Assessment Scales on Well-Being (1992), Beliefs (1993); Quality of Life (1996); Affect (1998) and Personal/Spiritual Growth (2001).
Dr. Friedman obtained his B.A. from Columbia College (1963) and his Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin (1968). His dissertation was on on the Effects of Modeling and Roleplaying on Assertive Behavior. He then moved to Philadelphia to study behavior therapy, cognitive-behavior therapy and multi-modal therapy with Arnold Lazarus, Ph.D and Joe Wolpe, M.D. on a NIMH post-doctoral fellowship. His first job from 1969-1973 was on the Family Psychiatry Unit of the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (Ivan Bozormenyi-Nagy, M.D. and Geraldine Sparks, ACSW were co-directors) where he also studied and taught marital and family therapy. His second job was as Director of Training in Marital and Family Therapy at Jefferson Medical School and CMHC (1973-1977). He became an assistant professor on the Jefferson Medical School faculty and later became an adjunct assistant professor on the Hahnemahn Medical School faculty while a supervisor in the marital and family therapy department. In 2005 he became an adjunct assistant professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, later called Sophia University.
Dr. Friedman, developed an early interest in well-being, happiness, gratitude and forgiveness in the 1980's (now referred to as Positive Psychology) and spirituality (Transpersonal and Spiritual Psychology) while he was learning the teachings of SYDA yoga, A Course in Miracles and Attitudinal Healing (1977-present). His long term interest in tracking change and assessment over time, however, goes back to his early learning in behaviorial psychology at Columbia College (1959-1963). He now uses a Practice-Based Evidence Approach (PBEA) of assessment and change heavily focused on digital assessment (2018-present)
Dr. Friedman is one of the founders of Integrative Psychotherapy (1980) and Integrative Healing and the author of the Friedman Assessment Scales on Well-Being (1992), Beliefs (1993); Quality of Life (1996); Affect (1998) and Personal/Spiritual Growth (2001). More recently he also published the Friedman Life Balance, Spiritual Awakening and Friedman Mini Five Factor scales in 2020 and the Friedman Affect Scale-short form, the Friedman Belief Scale-short form and the Friedman Well-Being Scale- short form in 2021. In 2023 he participated in the translation and validation of the Chinese version of the Friedman Life Balance Scale along with FF. Zhao in China.
Dr Friedman created the ICBEST (Integrative, cognitive, behavioral, energy and spiritual therapy) model of psychotherapy and change. (2015)
Dr. Friedman developed an interest in energy psychology in 1996 when he studied with Fred Gallo, Ph.D. In 2006 he developed the Positive Pressure Point Techniques (PPPT) which integrate energy psychology with cognitive and certain aspects of spiritual psychology. His most recent book The Forgiveness Solution: The Whole Body Rx for Finding True Happiness, Abundant Love and Inner Peace (Conari Press, 2010) integrates, cognitive, behavioral, somatic, energetic and transformational approaches to forgiveness and well-being. It is presented in a mostly workbook format.
Recently (June, 2023) Dr. Friedman was given a "Special Recognition Award" by ACEP, the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology, at their annual international conference, which recognized "Philip Friedman for a lifetime of work developing methods of assessing health and promoting energy psychology"
Dr. Friedman's most recent work (2020-2023) has focused on life balance, spiritual awakening, self-forgiveness and psychological flexibility in addition to digital assessments and change during psychotherapy.
Selected Articles and Books Published by Philip H. Friedman.
Friedman, Philip. “Integrative psychotherapy.” In Richie Herink, ed. The Psychotherapy Handbook. New York: New American Library, 1980.
a. Creating Well-Being: The Healing Path to Love, Peace, Self-Esteem, and Happiness. Saratoga, CA: R&E Publishers, 1989.
b. The Forgiveness Solution: The Whole Body Rx for Finding True Happiness, Abundant Love and Inner Peace. Conari Press, 2010.
c. Friedman Well-Being Scale and Professional Manual. Plymouth Meeting,PA:Foundation for Well-Being and Menlo Park, CA: Mind Garden, 1992.
d. Friedman Belief Scale and Research Manual. Plymouth Meeting, PA:Foundation for Well-Being, 1993.
e. Friedman Quality of Life Scale. Plymouth Meeting, PA: Foundation for Well-Being, 1996.
f. Friedman Affect Scale. Plymouth Meeting, PA: Foundation for Well-Being,1998.
g. Integrative Healing Manual. Plymouth Meeting, PA: Foundation for Well-Being, 2001.
h. Integrative healing; an energy and spiritual approach” In W. Lammers, ed. Energy Odyssey. Version. 1. 51-65. 2001
i. “Integrative energy and spiritual therapy.” In Fred Gallo, ed. Energy Psychology in Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Sourcebook. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2002.
j. “Pressure Point Therapy.” In Mountrose, Phillip, and J. Mountrose. The Heart & Soul of EFT and Beyond. Sacramento, CA: Holistic Communications, 2006.
k. Friedman, P. (2013) EFT, change, forgiveness and the positive pressure point techniques. In Church, D. & Marohn, S. (Eds). The Clinical EFT Handbook, vol. 2 (pp. 517-537). Fulton, CA: Energy Psychology Press.
l. Friedman, P. (2015) The ICBEST model of forgiveness, healing, energy therapy and change. International Journal of Healing & Caring, 15(1), 1-25.
m. Friedman, P. (2015) Integrative forgiveness psychotherapy. In Neukrug, E. S. (ed.) Encyclopedia of theory in counseling and psychotherapy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 557-562.
n. Friedman, P. (2018) Life balance, emotional stability, well-being and spiritual awakening. International Journal of Healing and Caring, 1(18), 1-22.
o. Friedman, P. (2018) Reflections From 50 Years of Integrative Psychotherapy Emphasizing PracticedBased Evidence and Effectiveness; Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Web Based Article)
r. Friedman, P. (2020) Life Balance, Emotional Stability, Well-Being and Spiritual Awakening-Part 2: Shorter Scales and An Evidence Based Approach to Change in Psychotherapy. International Journal of Healing and Caring, 1(20), 1-29
s. Friedman, P. (2020) Friedman Life Balance Scale; Friedman Spiritual Awakening Scale and Friedman Mini Five Factor Scale. See friedmanscales.com or friedmanassessmentscales.com
t. Friedman, P. (2021) Digital Assessment and Tracking, Life Balance, Emotional Stability, Well- Being, Spiritual Awakening, Anxiety and Depression: A Practice-Based Evidence Approach to Change in Psychotherapy International Journal of Healing and Caring (IJHC) August, 2021 Volume 21, No. 2, 6-3
u. Friedman, P. (2021) Friedman Affect Scale-Short Form; Friedman Belief Scale-Short Form; Friedman Well-Being Scale- Short Form. See friedmanscales.com or friedmanassessmentscales.com
v. Friedman, P. (2022, June). A practice-based evidence approach pre, during, and post COVID-19 during psychotherapy. [Web article]. Retrieved from https://www.societyforpsychotherapy.org/a-practice-based-evidence-approach-pre-during-and-post-covid-19-during-psychotherapy
w. Friedman, Philip, and Loren Toussaint. "The Relationship between Forgiveness, Gratitude, Distress, and Well-Being: An Integrative Review of the Literature." International Journal of Healing and Caring 6, no. 2 (2006): 1-10.
x. Piedmont, Ralph, and Friedman, Philip. "Spirituality, Religiosity, and Quality of Life." In Land, C., Michalos, A, and Sirgy, M.J. (Eds) Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research. Springer, (eds) 2012. 313-330
y. Friedman, Philip, and Loren Toussaint. "Changes in Forgiveness, Gratitude, Stress, and Well-Being during Psychotherapy: An Integrative, Evidence-Based Approach." International Journal of Healing and Caring 6, no. 2 (2006): 11-28.
z. Toussaint, Loren, and Philip Friedman, "Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Affect and Beliefs." Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer Online (2008): DOI 10.1007/s10902-008-9111-8.
aa. Zhao, FF, Friedman, P., Toussaint, L., Webb, J. and Freedom, J. (2023, Jan.) "Translation and validation of the Chinese version of the Friedman life balance scale among nursing students: A psychometric analysis" Nurse Education in Practice Volume 66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103505
bb. Friedman, P. (2023 Jan.) "Change in Emotional Stability, Self-Forgiveness, Life Balance, Cognitive-Affective Balance, Depression, Anxiety and Psychological Flexibility: A Case Study Using Assessments Used in the ICBEST and ACT Models of Therapy." International Journal of Healing and Caring. Volume 23 Number 1 ISSN:1538-1080
cc. Friedman, P. (2023, April) "Change In Depression, Anxiety, Negative And Positive Affect, Life Balance, Self-Forgiveness, Psychological Flexibility, The Working Alliance, Outcome Measures And The Benefits of Psychotherapy: Case Studes Of 2 Clients" International Journal of Healing and Caring Volume 23, Number 2
dd. Friedman, P.H., (2023, Sept) "Brief Psychotherapy of Two Cases with Very Different Outcomes: Success and Failure" [Web article]. Retrieved from https://www.societyforpsychotherapy.org/success_and_failure
ee. Friedman, P. & Freedom, J. (2023, Sep) "A Practice-Based Evidence Approach to Change Pre, During and Post COVID-19 During Psychotherapy." International Journal of Healing and Caring Volume 23, Number 3
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