Michele Harway, PhD 
Faculty Research Specialist - School of Psychology | Fielding Graduate University
Thousand Oaks, CA, UNITED STATES
Couples and Family Psychologist
Media
Publications:
Documents:
Photos:
Videos:
Audio:
Biography
Michele Harway, PhD, ABPP, is a faculty member in the School of Psychology at the Fielding Graduate University and maintains a small private practice in Westlake Village, California, where she specializes in couples and family therapy and working with trauma survivors. She is board certified in Couples and Family Psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology).
Dr. Harway has authored or edited eleven books, many book chapters and journal articles; and has presented at numerous professional conferences on couples therapy, domestic violence, trauma survival, gender and family issues. Active in several divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA), she is a fellow of four divisions; a former president of Division 43 (Family Psychology); former treasurer of Division 51 (Men and Masculinity); and current representative to APA’s Council of Representatives from Div. 43.
Dr. Harway was recently elected to the Board of Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest (BAPPI) of APA. She has worked and lived overseas and maintains an interest in international issues.
Industry Expertise (3)
Areas of Expertise (9)
Accomplishments (4)
Outstanding Contribution to American Board of Professional Psychology and American Board of Couple and Family Psychology (professional)
2010-01-01
Author or editor of 12 books in research, couples and family, gender and interpersonal violence
Diplomate in Family Psychology (professional)
2002-01-01
Conferred by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).
Family Psychologist of the Year (professional)
1998-01-01
Awarded by the Family Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association.
Fellow (professional)
1991-01-01
Conferred by the American Psychological Association, Division 35.
Education (1)
University of Maryland: PhD, Social and Developmental Psychology 1974
Affiliations (6)
- California Psychological Association : Member
- Ventura County Psychological Association : Member
- Sigma Xi : Member
- Academy of Couple Psychology : Member
- American Psychological Association (Fellow 35 43 51 56) : Member
- American Board of Couple & Family Psychology (ABPP) : Member
Media Appearances (1)
When The Missing Return, Recovery Is Long, Too
NPR online
2013-05-15
Michele Harway, a psychologist and family research specialist in California, acknowledges the lack of specialized understanding of the trauma of abduction. "The only thing we have to guide us is what we know about trauma in general," she says, adding that what the young women in Cleveland experienced was so involved that there is nothing comparable in psychology literature to guide therapists...
Event Appearances (3)
Symposium on Navigating Multiple Identities
119th annual convention of the American Psychological Association Convention Washington, DC
2011-01-01
Invited Discussant
International Conference on the Family Antalya, Turkey
2010-01-01
Applying the psychology of men to dynamics of domestic violence
114th annual convention of the American Psychological Association New Orleans, LA.
2006-01-01
Articles (5)
(2006) I have never met Bill Nichols. However, I have had a perfectly delightful phone and e-mail relationship with Bill over the past five to six years. Bill first contacted me a number of years ago about writing a chapter on working with families that were experiencing domestic ...
(August 2012) This series considers the importance of family psychology training and ethical concerns that scarcity of training in this area may leave psychologists poorly prepared with couples and families. In the lead article, Michele Harway and Steve Kadin set the stage for ...
(2012) In our increasingly complex globalized world, many people carry distinct, often conflicting, psychosocial identities with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, or nationality. People live at the edges of more than one communal affiliation, bridging loyalties and identifications. This ...
(2012) My brother (at age 15) is sitting by the telephone. He is sweating profusely and muttering under his breath, rehearsing his lines: "Would you like to go to the movies on Saturday?" After taking a deep breath, he resolutely picks up the telephone and calls the girl...
2010-01-15
Chapter 9 in The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of family psychology.
Social