The Self in the Family: A Classification of Personality, Criminality, and Psychopathology

LUCIANO L'ABATE, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology atGeorgia State University. In addition to his academic career, Dr.L'Abate has maintained a private clinical practice in individual,marriage, and family therapy since 1958. On retiring from GeorgiaState, Dr. L'Abate was appointed Clinical Director of theInternational Counseling Center, a church-sponsored facilitydedicated to helping minority ethnic groups in Atlanta, Georgia.Dr. L'Abate is a member of numerous professional societies, mostnotably the American Family Therapy Association, the InternationalAcademy of Family Psychology--of which he was cofounder and firstpresident--and the American Orthopsychiatric Association. Aprolific writer and editor, Dr. L'Abate has written several otherbooks including A Theory of Personality Development, Handbook ofDevelopmental Family Psychology and Psycho-pathology, bothavailable from Wiley, and Handbook of Social Skills Training andResearch.

MARGARET S. BAGGETT, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist whospecializes in the assessment and treatment of children and theirfamilies. In addition to her private practice, she works as aschool psychologist. She is a member of the American PsychologicalAssociation, the Georgia Psychological Association (in which sheholds a board position), and the American Society of ClinicalHypnosis. She is also a charter member of the Georgia Play TherapyAssociation. Dr. Baggett has studied and published with Dr. L'Abateover the past twenty years.