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Scientific Position:
Professor of Counseling, Head of Counseling Department
Address:
Tarbiat Moallem University,
Karaj, Tehran, Iran.
Phone:

(+9821) 8883-0228
(+98261) 457-9600

Email:

sanai@tmu.ac.ir  president@ircounseling.org  bsanai@yahoo.com

Personal Webpage:
Education
Ph.D.:

Guidance & Counseling -- May 197

School of Education, University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado, USA.  www.colorado.edu

M.Sc.:

Guidance & Counseling -- April 1974

Faculty of Psychology & Education,

University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

B.Sc.:

Guidance & Counseling -- June 1971

School of Psychology and Education,

Tarbiat Moallem University (DaneshsarayeAali), Tehran, Iran

Honors

Member of the Central Council of "Iranian Organization of Psychology and Counseling" (PCO) -- 2003 to present.
Head of the PCO’s “Family and Marriage Counseling Commission”  -- April 2005 to present. www.pcoiran.ir
Founding member of "Iranian Counseling Association" (ICA) -- 1996
President of "Iranian Counseling Association" –- 2003 (Nov. 6th) to present
Vice-president of "Iranian Counseling Association" -- 1996 to 2003

www.ircounseling.org 

Visiting Professor of Counseling -- 2006-2007
Oise, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. www.oise.utoronto.ca

Visiting Associate Professor of Counseling -- 1987-1988
School of Education, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. www.colordo.edu

National Certified Counselor (NCC). www.nbcc.org
Canadian Certified Counselor (CCC). www.ccacc.ca 

Responsibilities

Head of Counseling Department -- 2006 to present
School of Psychology and Education,
Tarbiat Moallem University, Tehran, Iran
Vice-president of the Institute for Educational Research -- 1990-1999
Tarbiat Moallem University, Tehran
Member of the "Counseling Curriculum Planning" -- 1986 to present
Humanities Curriculum Planning Group,
Supreme Council of Curriculum Planning,
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology 
Chief Editor of "Counseling Research and Developments" -- 1998 to present
Journal of  "Iranian Counseling Association".
Chief Editor of Journal of "Educational Research" -- 1998-2000
Editorial member of Journal of "Research in Psychological Health" - 2006 to Present
Tarbiat Moallem University, Center of Excellence for Stress Psycholgy.
Editorial member of Journal of "Educational Research" -- 1990 to 2003
Institute for Educational Research, Tarbiat Moallem University.
Editorial member of "Journal of Education & Psychology" -- 1999 to present
College of Education and Psychology,  Shahid Chamran University.
Editorial member of "Psychology & Art" - 2007 to present

Research Interests

* Couple and Family Problems and Interventions
* Systems and Cybernetics in Family and Psychology
* Multicultural issues in Counseling
* Wellness and Life Skills Coaching
* Postmodernism in Counseling and Therapy
 

Courses

Theory and Practice of Family Counseling and Therapy
Marriage and Family Assessment
Theory and Practice of Couple Counseling and Therapy
Ethical Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Theory and Practice of Group Counseling and Therapy
Systemic View in Psychology

Selected Publications

Introduction to Counseling and Guidance. 2nd ed. (2007). (Translation of  R. L. Gibson and M.

        H. Mitchell’s,  6th ed. 2006). Tehran: Rushd Publication.  [ISBN 978-964-2802-02-3]

First- and Second-order Cybernetics in Family Counseling and Therapy. (2007). Collected Papers

       on Family and Marriage Counseling. 5th Seminar of Iranian Counseling Association. Tehran:

        Parents-Teachers Association of the IRIran. pp. 187-196.

Positive Psychology. (2006). (Translation of A. Carr’s, with H.P. Sharifi & G. Najafizand).

        Tehran: Sokhan. [ISBN 964-372-172-8]

 Assessment of Family and Marriage: An Overview. (2005). Counseling Research and

        Development, V. 4, No. 14, 7-22.

Psychology and Counseling Organization: Engineer of psychology and Counseling. (2004).

                           Counseling Research and Development, 3 (9 & 10), 9-41.

Body Language. (2003). (Translation, with F. Bahari). Tehran: Besat Publication.

        [ISBN 964-6067-87-5]

Family and Marriage Scales.  (2000). Tehran: Besat Publication. [ISBN 964-6067-54-7]

Group Counseling and Psychotherapy. 2004, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1990, 1983). Tehran:  Chehr 

        Publishers Co. [ISBN 964-409-063-2]

Structured Experiences in Group Counseling and Human Relations Training. 

   (2001, 1995). Tehran: Besat Publication. [ISBN 964-6067-56-5].

Triangulation and Pathological Triangles in Family Counseling. (2000). Nationwide Congress

         on Counseling. Tehran: Iran's Wellness Organization and Iranian Counseling

         Association. pp. 159-177.

Handbook of Educational & Vocational Information. (1997, 1994). Co-author M. Raofi.  Tehran: Khojaste Publishers.  [ISBN 964-6233-08-2]

Group Techniques. (2005, 2001, 1998). (Translation of G. Corey's et al. plus an

        introduction and a descriptive glossary by B. Sanai).). Tehran, Besat Publication. 

        [ISBN 964-6067-26-3]

Problem-solving Therapy: New Strategies for Effective Family Therapy. (2004, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1991, 1988, 1987). (Translation of J. Haley's, plus two   introductions and  a descriptive glossary by B. Sanai). Tehran: Amir Kabir.  [ISBN 964-00-0181-3]

Families and Family Therapy. (2004, 2001, 1996, 1994). (Translation of  S. Minuchin's, plus

        an introduction and a descriptive glossary by B. Sanai). Tehran: Amir Kabir. 

        [ISBN 964-00-0009-4].

Crying in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Common but perplexing. (1997).  Psychological Research

        7, 56-67. [In English language].

Role of the Family-of-origin in Children's Marriage. (1999). Counseling Research and Development, 2, 21-46.

Iranian Counseling Association and Some Historical Lessons.

   (1999). Counseling Research and Development, 1,  9-37.

Marriage: Motives, Pitfalls, and Its Wellbeing. (1996). Educational Research, 4(1 & 2), 19-44.

Counseling. (1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1970, 1969). Tehran: Attai Press.

 

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