Harriet braiker wikipedia

OBITUARY NOTICE—

See index for CA sketch: Born November 22, 1948, in Los Angeles, CA; died of respiratory failure as a complication from pneumonia, January 10, 2004, in Pasadena, CA. Psychologist and author. Braiker was best known for her popular books and lectures on stress management for women. An alumna of the University of California—Los Angeles, she did her undergraduate and graduate work there, finishing with a doctorate in 1975. During her early career, she taught psychology at the Windward School in Santa Monica, California, from 1972 to 1973, and was a clinical intern at San Fernando Valley Child Guidance Center for the next two years. She then joined the Rand Corp., where she researched the problems engendered by alcohol and drug abuse in studies for U.S. government agencies and the Air Force. After being fully licensed in 1980, she opened a private practice in Los Angeles. Braiker became interested in stress management in the 1980s, wh Dr harriet braiker!