Froma Walsh, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist and is Professor Emerita in the Crown School and Dept. of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, and Co-Founder/Co-Director, Chicago Center for Family Health. Dr. Walsh is the leading international authority on family & relational resilience, with extensive practice expertise with traumatic loss and complicated bereavement. Her resilience-oriented, systemic practice approach, integrating relational, intergenerational, and socio-cultural influences, helps those who are struggling to find healing and flourish in life beyond loss.
Dr. Walsh is a highly regarded speaker and consultant internationally. She is Past President, American Family Therapy Academy; Past Editor, Journal of Marital & Family Therapy; and recipient of many awards for her distinguished contributions to family/relational systemic theory, research, and practice. With over 120 publications, her noted professional books are Strengthening Family Resilience (3rd ed.) and Complex & Traumatic Loss: Fostering Healing and Resilience (2023).