Dan Griffin Ph.D.

About

Dan Griffin, Ph.D. is a senior trainer of clinicians and has taught at Minuchin Center for the Family, NYC, Children’s National Medical Center, and other major institutions. Dan connects cutting-edge research and today’s cultural trends and troubles—with heart. Dr. Dan Griffin works with kids and families in creative, practical ways and sees no reason dead serious issues such as autism, family dysfunction and adolescent turmoil have to be dealt with devoid of humor, warmth and even joy. He integrates his experience as an accomplished clinician with the humility of a father of teenagers. He is currently a senior clinician at The Center for Assessment and Treatment in Chevy Chase, MD. 240-424-0184

Recent Posts

Parenting in Quarantine: 4 More Steps for Sanity and Success

If living through a pandemic is not challenging enough, parents are drafted into being teachers, providers, public safety officers, and jailers. Some tips to thrive while surviving.

Parenting in Quarantine: Four Steps for Sanity and Success

If living through a pandemic is not challenging enough, parents are drafted into being teachers, providers, public safety officers, and jailers. Here are some tips to thrive while surviving.

You Can Love Your Country and Still Take a Knee

We are more divided than ever. The controversy over "taking a knee" and honoring our country reflects how we confuse signs and symbols. Here's a better way to think about it.

Facebook Gets Ugly: Politics Brings Out the Troll In Us

Making Facebook safe again: How this presidential election is unsocial on social media and unfriendly to our friends, and what to do about it.

The Best Medicine for ADHD isn't Necessarily Medicine

What if the the best medicine for young kids with ADHD isn't medicine after all? New CDC study says try this first.

Donald Trump Will Make You Smarter

Donald Trump can make you more self-aware, empathic and humble. Who knew?

5 Steps To Choosing Torture: Psychologists Breaking Bad

If you think the leaders in the American Psychological Association would interpret "Do no harm" broadly enough to mean: "Do not torture people," you are wrong.

Free-Range Parenting

Humans have been debating how to get your kid to be a successful adult since we began to speak. For free-range parents, the answer is autonomy and responsibility -- early and often.

Life is Beautiful?

He hit me about the head with newspaper and yelled furiously at me. I am five years old. It is one of the most wonderful memories of my life.