Lisa Firestone

Lisa Firestone (born October 27, 1957, Los Angeles, California) is a clinical psychologist, Director of Research and Education at The Glendon Association, Senior Editor at PsychAlive and author of a number of books about psychological defenses. She has also been actively involved in clinical training and research in areas of suicide and violence.
Education
Firestone received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from California School of Professional Psychology in 1991.
Career
Firestone works as a clinical psychologist in private practice and with The Glendon Association as the Director of Research and Education. She is a former adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. Firestone partnered with her father, Robert W. Firestone, and developed the Firestone Assessment of Self-destructive Thoughts (FAST), a scale that assesses suicide potential and the , a scale that assesses potential for violence. Firestone is also a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and www.PsychAlive.org.
In 2000 she received the Krasner Award from the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy.

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