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Nancy
Hurwitz Kors, Ph.D.
For
over 30 years, Dr. Nancy Hurwitz Kors has been
working at the forefront of the adoption field. As
head of Adoption Facilitation Services, she has helped
hundreds of prospective adoptive parents share in
the joys of parenthood.
In addition to her private practice, Dr. Hurwitz Kors also serves as president
of the Academy of California Adoption Professionals (ACAP). Her leadership in
that organization was instrumental in the state's passing the Adoption Facilitation
Law, new legislation which establishes professional guidelines for adoption facilitators.
Dr. Hurwitz Kors is the author of numerous professional
articles about adoption. Her work has appeared in the Pre- and Peri-Natal
Psychology News and Conceive. She also lectures about her work at leading universities
and hospitals. She has spoken at the University of Massachusetts and Kansas State Medical Center.
Dr. Hurwitz Kors received her master's degree from the University of Texas
and her doctorate in clinical psychology from York University in Toronto.
At York,
she did pioneering research on pregnant teens and parent/child bonding. Before
becoming a facilitator, she worked as a licensed marriage, family and child
counselor. Her clinical practice was dedicated to the psychology of pregnancy,
infertility
and adoption.
Dr. Hurwitz Kors lives outside San Francisco. She is the mother of three grown
sons. |