About Dr. Thurber
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Each year, Dr. Thurber conducts a selected number of professional development workshops and faculty trainings at independent and public schools throughout North America. Favorite workshop topics include: Cracking Kids' Secret Code, Collaborative Problem Solving, Working with Difficult Parents, Managing Stress, and Preserving Professional Student-Teacher Boundaries.
"Chris Thurber is energetic, upbeat, honest, humorous, and relates well to the teacher experience. As a educator currently working in schools, Chris quickly gained credibility from our faculty. Their response to his presentation on maintaining professional boundaries was overwhelmingly positive; it was immediately evident that he truly understands the psychology of parents and students in today’s society. Chris’s presentation was particularly successful since he took the time to learn about our school and our teachers and tailored the presentation accordingly."
- Jennifer Gargano, Assistant Head, The Harker School
Contact Dr. Thurber today to arrange a customized faculty workshop at your school.
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 Dr. Christopher Thurber is a board-certified clinical psychologist, author, consultant, and father. A graduate of Harvard University, Chris created Leadership Essentials, a revolutionary set of online staff training tools. He also hosts ACA's homesickness prevention DVD-CD set and co-authored the best-selling "Summer Camp Handbook." Chris is widely published in the academic and popular press and has more than 30 years of camp experience. Chris is a longstanding member of the ACA's Research Committee. All of Chris's personal and professional work is guided by the principles of leadership-by-example and social connection.
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Chris and his wife Simonida live in Exeter, New Hampshire, with their two boys, Dacha (born in 2002) and Sava (born in 2004). Chris is a teacher and school psychologist at Phillips Exeter Academy, a coeducational boarding high school.
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Chris attended public school in Maine before earning his BA in psychology from Harvard University. After a year conducting research on autism at
the University of Massachusetts,
Chris attended graduate school at UCLA and earned his PhD in clinical
psychology.
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Unlike other camp consultants and professional staff trainers,
Chris still works at camp and is therefore intimately familiar with how child
development and camp intersect.
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Click here to open a pdf file of a brief biography for conferences and other publicity.
Click here to open a pdf file of Chris's most recent curriculum vita.
Click here to download a jpg promotional photo.
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 Single reprints of these articles and book chapters may be viewed and downloaded for personal use only. In all cases, this is copyrighted material that requires the permission of the publisher to reproduce or to use as an educational tool for an organization. Please contact Chris for more information.
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About Dr. Thurber 
