Dr. Glenn Lipson was featured on the San Diego Psychological Association news letter. The editor, Dr. David DiCicco, has known Dr. Lipson for around 30 years. They often ran into each other at the juvenile hall both performing the evaluations. Below is what Dr. DiCicco wrote of Dr. Lipson’s. Check out his profile below.
PROFILE: GLENN LIPSON
Most professional psychologists like to root themselves in time and space. They have a set office with delineated office hours. Not so for SDPA member Glenn Lipson. He rents offices here and there on an hourly basis depending on what he is doing. His permanent office is his creative mind, which generates ideas and rhythms throughout the day. He told me that ideas spring up unannounced without an invitation. Some are like tunes that repetitively play. They won’t leave until actualized.
The reader might be saying at this point, ” What are you talking about?” That isn’t an unreasonable question, but let me ask you, have you done stand up comedy, written musical parodies, written and illustrated a children’s book, and become an internationally recognized expert in the areas of the prevention of sexual abuse and violence in the workplace?
Dr. Lipson is an accomplished man. He has earned advanced certifications in clinical and forensic psychology, and he is recognized for his expertise in both areas. He lectures, consults, and provides programs for different groups. His program, MRC (Making Right Choices), helps schools and companies keep good boundaries and avoid harmful transgressions. His focus on prevention has been well received in the United States and abroad.
Glenn grew up around the country due to his father’s salesman jobs. Interestingly enough Glenn learned in adulthood that his father started out as a joke writer for Milton Berle. He was good at it, but writing jokes in those days didn’t pay enough to support a family. In high school, Glenn debated, wrote music, and drew cartoons. He took a graduate course at UC Berkeley over a summer, and later graduated from the sister campus of UC Santa Cruz. He then attended CSPP-SD. A postdoctoral stint at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka brought him into contact with many well-known clinicians who helped him develop expertise in Forensic psychology.
Glenn has a son who recently completed a master’s degree at the University of Chicago, and his daughter hopes to attend Stanford.
In addition to being erudite and creative, I found Glenn to be warm and funny. He is not a mainstream/office psychologist like I and many of my friends were. I thought if our field were set up differently, someone should give him a lot of money to generate ideas, create programs, and make the world an even safer and better place.