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Kenneth W. Covelman, PhD

Chair, Department of Couple and Family Therapy
Director of Joint MFT Program, Council for Relationships and Thomas Jefferson University
Senior Staff Therapist, Voorhees, NJ and University City Offices
856-783-4200 ext. 2: NJ or 215-382-6680 ext. 3120: PA

Kenneth W. Covelman, PhD, is the newly appointed Chair of the Department of Couple and Family Therapy of the CFR/Thomas Jefferson University Masters Degree Program. Dr. Covelman was previously the Director of Training at CFR and prior to that served as Clinical Director of the New Jersey office of Council for Relationships, as well as, a faculty member and supervisor in the Post Graduate Training Program in Couple and Family Therapy. Dr. Covelman maintains a diverse practice in individual, couple and family therapy. He has special interest and training in working with stepfamilies, families and couples dealing with chronic illness, and families with child-focused problems.

Throughout his career, Dr. Covelman has been extensively involved in training mental health professionals in couple and family therapy. Prior to coming to Council for Relationships, he was a senior faculty member and supervisor at the Family Therapy Training Center of Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic from 1978 to 1993. During that time, he had the opportunity to learn from and work with many of the pioneers in the field of family therapy.

Dr. Covelman has taught workshops, nationally and internationally, on topics such as techniques of family therapy, child-focused family therapy, and family therapy approaches to child and adolescent psychosomatic disorders. In addition, he has published several chapters and papers on topics including family therapy approaches to treating childhood pain problems, developing a systems-based interdisciplinary program for pediatric pain, helping patients change in face-saving ways, and integrating relaxation techniques into family therapy with children with chronic illness.

Dr. Covelman is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and a Fellow of the American Orthopsychiatric Association. He held a clinical appointment at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry for many years and is currently Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Thomas Jefferson University Medical College and the College of Health Professions. He received his PhD from the University of Toledo and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychology at the Devereux Foundation in Devon, PA.

Kenneth Covelman, PhD can be reached in the Voorhees, NJ office at 856-783-4200 ext. 2 or in the University City, PA office at 215-382-6680 ext. 3120.

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