MARVIN KAPHAN, MSW

Mr. Kaphan, an LCSW, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social
Work. He has engaged in the full-time private practice of psychotherapy for more than
thirty-five years. For almost all that time he has been an enthusiastic advocate of group
psychotherapy, and has maintained six on-going groups in addition to a full schedule
of individual sessions.

Mr. Kaphan has studied at CCNY, NYU, Princeton University, Rutgers University, and Columbia
University. He has taught at several local colleges and has served as a field teacher for the
University of Southern California School of Social Work.

His experience has included residential treatment, child guidance, play therapy, and
supervision in various settings. Mr. Kaphan was the first full-time professional employee of
the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center at its inception. He was chief Psychiatric Social
Worker when he left.

Mr. Kaphan has done many demonstrations and lectures in Los Angeles and in other parts of
the United States and Canada. On two occasions he has addressed the American Psychiatric
Association.

His writings have been published in many journals including the American Journal of
Psychiatry and the American Journal of Psychotherapy.

Mr. Kaphan also holds an MFCC license from the state of California, is a Certified Group
Psychotherapist, and is a Licentiate Member of the Royal Society of Health of Great Britain.
At present he is president of the Group Psychotherapy Association of Southern California.