Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D.

Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D., holds doctorates in both English and Psychology. Formerly an English professor at Queens College (CUNY) and Cleveland State University, he now lives in Del Mar, California, where he has maintained a general private practice since 1986. With clinical specialties in anger, couples conflict, compulsive/addictive behaviors, and depression, he has also taught some 200 adult education workshops on these subjects.

The author of The Vision of Melville and Conrad, he has also published numerous articles in the fields of literature and psychology. He is probably best known for his professional guide book, Paradoxical Strategies in Psychotherapy, which describes a wide array of non-commonsensical and seemingly illogical techniques that can assist therapists in addressing difficult individual and family problems when the use of more straightforward methods has already failed.

His PT blog is Evolution of the Self.