Margaret Warner, Ph.D.
Title:
Professor
Illinois School of Professional Psychology
Areas of Expertise:
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Diversity
- Severe Psychology
Biography:
Margaret S. Warner, Ph.D. is a distinguished professor at the Illinois School of Professional
Psychology at NLU, having taught classes relating to client-centered therapy, group therapy, family
therapy, diversity and severe psychology since 1983. Her doctorate is in behavioral sciences from the
committee on human development of the University of Chicago.
She is a client-centered therapist who has practiced for over 35 years, with a particular emphasis on
work with clients experiencing “difficult process,” those typically diagnosed as borderline,
narcissistic, dissociative identity disorders or schizophrenia. Her clinical training was undertaken at
the Chicago Counseling and Psychotherapy Center, an offshoot of the original Counseling Center
founded by Carl Rogers at the University of Chicago. She was a co-founder of the Minor in Client-
Centered and Experiential Psychology at the Chicago campus of the Illinois School of Professional
Psychology.
Dr. Warner also has a particular interest in a person-centered approach to diversity issues. She co-
founded a group called “Face to Face with Diversity” that conducted a day-long, person-centered
diversity group at the Chicago 2000 conference. Following this, the Face to Face with Diversity group
designed a group class called “Exploring Diversity” in which students explore diversity issues in an
open person-centered group which as a “critical mass” of students of color. She co-founded Nia
Services, a diversity-oriented, person-centered training site on the South Side of Chicago.
Dr. Warner has published widely and has offered many presentations to international groups on
“difficult process,” diversity, and the person-centered theory of meaning. Dr. Warner, with a group of
volunteers, convened Chicago 2000: The Fifth International Conference in Client-Centered and
Experiential Psychotherapies, the first time that this conference had been held in the United States.
She was a founding member of the World Association for Person-Centered and Experiential
Psychotherapy and Counseling.
Education:
- Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences/Human Development, University of Chicago
Contact Information:
Email : mwarner9@nl.edu
phone/fax: (312) 261-3201
