ALAN ENTIN, PhD, ABPP
Psychologist and artist, Alan Entin is a pioneer in the field of phototherapy, the use of photographs and albums in psychotherapy to understand family relationships, and his work has been featured extensively in the popular media. His areas of expertise includes family relationships, intergenerational relationships, work and family stress, pets and the family, holiday blues and stress, and arts and creativity. He recently wrote a chapter for the book Different Paths Towards Becoming a Psychoanalyst and Psychotherapist: Personal Passions, Subjective Experiences and Unusual Journeys about the influence of his family background on his becoming a family psychologist and artist.
A leader in local, state and national psychological associations, Dr Entin served as President of the Virginia Psychological Association, and President of the APA Divisions of Psychologists in Independent Practice, Family Psychology and Media Psychology. He was selected as the Distinguished Psychologist of the Year by Psychologists in Independent Practice and the recipient of the Distinguished Contributions to Media Psychology Award by the Division of Media Psychology.
In 2008, he received the Rosalee Weiss Award by the American Psychological Foundation for his leadership and contributions to psychology and the arts; and the Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychology Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Practice in Clinical Psychology.
Alan Entin’s photographs have been included in juried and curated national and international exhibitions and included in many books, magazines, and a compact disk. They are also included in the collections of Capital One and the Chilean Embassy in Washington, DC.
A graduate of the University of Chicago, Dr. Entin is a licensed clinical psychologist in independent practice specializing in marriage, family and relationships in Richmond, VA.
AA1133 (Rothko)
((Digital Color Photograph
10 X 10 inches on 14X 14 inch paper,
Archival Mat, Framed)
After attending a Celebration of Life for a family friend who had suffered much in her relatively short life marked by physical and psychosocial challenges during the Covid pandemic, human suffering and hopeful optimism were in my thoughts. As a psychologist and an artist contemplating loss and healing, my thoughts were on documentation and reality, abstraction and metaphor, especially Mark Rothko’s color field paintings and Alfred Stieglitz’s Equivalents. AA1133 (Rothko) is my remembrance and homage to a brave soul and dear friend.