About Dr. Thomas R. Coleman

Dr. Thomas Roger Coleman is a Clinical Psychologist who lived for over forty years in New Jersey and now spends his time with his wife between Silverton and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Born in Wellsville, New York, Tom completed his bachelor’s degree in psychology from New York University. He holds a master’s degree from The New School of Social Research and a doctorate from Nova University.

Dr. Coleman has authored articles for scholarly and literary journals as well as academic and literary books. His published books include The Angle of Vision (a novel about a psychiatric hospital where he worked), Legend of Silver Wolf (a novel about prejudice and greed in San Juan County, Colorado in 1876) and Escape the Chambers (a science fiction novel about AI), and the following text books: Abnormal Psychology, Understanding Abnormal Psychology, Understanding Counseling and Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy as a Contact Sport, and How to Make Group Psychotherapy Work. This current book, Life After Crime, is a memoir of a clinician’s struggle to find and develop effective psychotherapeutic techniques. It is the companion book to a textbook How to Make Group Psychotherapy Work.

Dr. Coleman has worked in private practice, hospitals, rehabilitation programs and prisons. He was the founder of Sensitivity Empowerment Workshops. He was a professor of Psychology at Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey, as well as teaching in other colleges. Dr. Coleman hosted a cable television program entitled Current Issues in Social Science.

Dr. Coleman is married to Jaynie Coleman, has two children, and four grandchildren. A committed athlete, Dr. Coleman ran track and played basketball in high school and college, is an avid mountaineer (climbed over 200 mountains), and has completed over 270 marathons, including thirty-eight NYC marathons. He has completed a marathon in every state in the United States. Dr. Coleman continues to lecture, run workshops and write.