Ph.D., Colorado
John Kalafat integrates clinical, community, and organizational
approaches in the development and evaluation of community and
school-based prevention and intervention programs. He has applied these
approaches to a variety of programs in such areas as crisis
intervention, youth suicide prevention, school-based family support
programs, and management education. Dr. Kalafat has coauthored books on
youth suicide prevention and divorce, as well as articles and chapters
on youth suicide prevention, crisis intervention, school consultation,
and program evaluation. He is a past president of the American
Association of Suicidology, a fellow in the APA divisions of Community
Psychology and Psychotherapy, and a member of the Clinical and School
Psychology divisions of APA. He is also a member of the Scientific
Advisory Council of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and
is on the editorial boards of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, Journal of Applied School Psychology, Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, and Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy. Dr. Kalafat is a licensed practicing psychologist.
