Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist who works with couples, individual
adults, and children. He has written and lectured extensively on
parental stress and depletion, ways to nurture mothers and fathers, and
how a couple can be both strong teammates and intimate friends while
raising a family. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, Dr. Hanson did
management consulting before earning his Ph.D. in clinical psychology
from the Wright Institute. He has been President of the Board of
FamilyWorks, a non-profit agency serving families in Northern
California. His personal interests include meditation, rock-climbing,
and having fun with his kids. 415/491-4900.
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Jan Hanson, M.S., is an acupuncturist and nutritionist whose private
practice focuses on women's health and on temperament problems in
children. In addition to developing protocols for preventing and
reversing maternal depletion, she has written articles and presented
workshops on family health and on holistic approaches to childhood
illnesses. While working in the Neurochemistry Research Laboratory at
the Veteran's Hospital in Sepulveda, California, she co-authored a study
that was published when she was 18 years old. She went on to receive a
B.A. from UCLA and an M.S. from the Academy of Chinese Culture and
Health Sciences, in addition to taking many courses in clinical
nutrition, homeopathy, and laboratory assessment. She and Rick have been
married for over twenty years, and they have a teenage son and pre-teen
daughter. Jan's personal interests include her children, first and
foremost, as well as playing the piano, doing arts and crafts, and going
for walks with good friends. 415/479-2082
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Ricki Pollycove, M.D., M.H.S., received her B.A. in zoology and
immunology with honors from the University of California at Berkeley.
She continued at UC Berkeley for a master's in health sciences, followed
by her M.D. and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University
of California School of Medicine, San Francisco. She became board
certified by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1984
and is on the clinical faculty at the University of California, San
Francisco. Dr. Pollycove is the founding director for Education and
Program Development at the California Pacific Medical Center Breast
Health Center, and a past chief of the Division of Gynecology there. She
is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a
member of the North American Menopause Society, American Society of
Reproductive Medicine, the American Society of Breast Diseases, and past
editor in chief of the San Francisco Medical Society Magazine. She
appears regularly as a medical expert on television and radio, and is
the women's health expert for MedicinePlanet.com. A mother for over
eighteen years, she enjoys cooking, baking, and gardening with her
daughter, Leah, with whom she also sings and plays viola. 415/923-3390
Learn About Ricki Pollycove, M.D.
or See Dr. Pollycove's website, http://www.drricki.com
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