Dr. Dan on... finding joy

Family therapist, Dr. Dan Gottlieb discusses finding joy while living with a disability.

About Dr. Dan Gottlieb

Dan Gottlieb aka "Dr. Dan" has been a practicing psychologist and family therapist since 1969. He has been living with SCI since 1979. Since 1985, he has been hosting "Voices in the Family," an award-winning mental health call-in radio show aired on Philadelphia's public radio station. He has published a total of four books. His most recent, The Wisdom of Sam: Observations on Life from an Uncommon Child, in it, Dan tells of some of the remarkable insights shared by his grandson Sam who is on the autism spectrum.

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