AIM House Clinical Director, Francis Kaklauskas PsyD Receives Fellowship Award from
American Group Psychotherapy Association
Francis Kaklauskas, PsyD,CACIII, FAGPA, AIM House Men's Clinical Director was recently
honored by receiving the AGPA Fellowship Award. The award recognizes outstanding
professional competence and leadership in his field.
Dr. Kaklauskas has over twenty years of experience in psychology and psychotherapy.
As an expert in the fields of human development, family dynamics, cross cultural
psychology, the integration of group psychotherapy theory and research, and the
practical application of empirically supported treatment protocols, he is a frequent
presenter at national and international conferences. For example, he lectured by
invitation at The Psychology of Religion Conference in Beijing and presented his
cross-cultural teaching experiences in Asia at the American Psychological Association
national conference.
Dr. Kaklauskas is also an author of various works. He developed and published the
Group Process Inventory, a psychometric instrument that measures a broad range of
group events that link process and outcome. He was also the primary psychological
consultant and on screen presenter for the best selling three part video series,
Hooked: The Addiction Trap, and co-author of the Group Psychotherapy chapter in
new edition of widely used text, The Handbook of Clinical Psychology. He has co-edited
two critically acclaimed psychotherapy textbooks, Brilliant Sanity: Buddhist Approaches
to Psychotherapy and Existential Psychology East-West. Both publications are on
Amazon's bestseller list. Now, as an AGPA Fellow, his accomplishments will include
serving as member of the training faculty for AGPA and also serving on their national
conference committee.
AIM House has had the honor of affiliation with Dr. Kaklauskas since creation of
the program in 1999. As Clinical Director, Dr. Kaklauskas is a proponent of and
believes in the unique power of the AIM House approach combining mentoring, individual
therapeutic work, and group facilitation and community integration.
AIM House is very proud of Dr. Kaklauskas' accomplishments in the field and appreciative
of the hard work and talent he brings to the therapeutic team at AIM House everyday!
The following books are available on Amazon:
Brilliant Sanity: Buddhist Approaches to Psychotherapy
Existential Psychology East-West