This was compiled for Dr. Marjorie Witty’s dissertation of 1989.
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Born in Canton, Ohio, October 6, 1934.
My father was an unskilled laborer and we moved frequently as he found better jobs.
I began school in Steubenville, Ohio. Then my parents heard from my mother’s family in Detroit, Michigan that good paying jobs were plentiful in Detroit because of the war industries there. We moved there just before the race riots of 1943 which left a lasting impression on me. My father found work with a wholesale grocery firm and stayed with them the rest of his working life.
I went to public schools in Detroit, graduating from Cooley High School in January 1953.
Family
Married to Vivian Diener Rosenberg in Madison Wisconsin, May 31, 1958.
Divorced January 3, 1972.
Three Children:
- Rick Paul Rosenberg, born February 22, 1959 in Madison, Wisconsin
- Marla Ann Rosenberg, born March 10, 1962 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- Brett Allen Rosenberg, born May 18, 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri
Married to Gloria Hayes Rosenberg in St. Louis, Missouri, July 31, 1975.
One stepchild, Erika Lynelle Hayes, born September 16, 1969 in Bermuda.
Higher Education
A.B. with Honors in Psychology from the University of Michigan, 1956.
M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, 1958.
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, 1961 with a minor in Social Disorganization from the Sociology Department which was highly influential in my subsequent career. (See Michael Hakeem below).
Full Time Work Experiences
- 1955-1956. Psychologist Trainee at Wisconsin Diagnostic Center
- 1956-1957. Psychologist Trainee at Wisconsin School for Girls
- 1957-1958. Psychological Intern: Half Time at Wisconsin School for Girls and half time at Wisconsin School for Boys
- 1958-1959. Psychologist Trainee at Mendota State Hospital
- 1959-1960. Psychologist: Mendota State Hospital
- 1960-1961. Psychologist : Winnebago State Hospital
- 1962-1966. Director of Clinical and Educational Services: Psychological Associates of St. Louis
- 1966-Present. Director of Educational Services: Center for Nonviolent Communication
Appointments
- 1960-1961. Research Assistant: Carl Rogers’ research project measuring the effects of psychotherapy with schizophrenics
- 1962-1965. Guest Psychologist: Radio Program, “Ask the Psychologist” KMOX Radio, St. Louis. This provided valuable experience in making technical information accessible to the public.
- 1989. President: Rosenberg Foundation for Human Communication: Stockholm, Sweden
Certification and Licensure
- June 1966. Certified as Diplomat in Clinical Psychology by the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology, Diploma #107
- November 1979. Licensed to practice psychology by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Certificate #2176
Publications
Incest: A three way process. Journal of Social Therapy, Vol. 7.1961, 22-31.
Situational Structure and Self Evaluation. Dissertation Abstracts, No. 61-5983, 1961.
Psychological test evaluations of personality change in high conditions therapy, low conditions therapy, and control patients. Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute: Research Reports, 1962, unpublished manuscript.
A coordinated approach to the correction of learning disabilities in public school children. Educational Therapy, Special Child Publications, 1966.
Diagnostic Teaching, Special Child Pub., Seattle, Washington, 1968.
Community psychology as applied by a clinician. Social Change, vol. 1, 1971.
Words can be windows or walls, Concepts and Controversy in Organizational Behavior, Walter Nord, Ed., Goodyear Publishing Co., 1971.
New Directions in In-service Education for Teachers. Educational Therapy, vol IV, Special Child Pub., Seattle, Washington, 1972.
Educational Therapy, vol. IV (Edited), Special Child Pub., Seattle, Washington, 1972.
Mutual Education: Toward Autonomy and Interdependence, Special Child Pub., Seattle Washington, 1972.
A Model for Nonviolent Communication, New Society Publishers, Philadelphia, 1983. (Translated into German, French, Swedish, and Italian).
Alliances for Nonviolent Communication, Issues in Radical Therapy, vol. X, No. 3, 1983.
Duck Tales and Jackal Taming Hints, Center for Nonviolent Communication, 1985.
Teaching Appointments
- 1963. Harris-Stowe College, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1964. Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1965. St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1967. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1970. Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
- 1979-1981. Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania