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About Dr.
Leider Jerry Leider, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, PA, and is President of LMF Psychological Services, LLC, a company that provides psychological services to nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and senior residential communities. He is registered in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. He is a Past President of the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, and is a member of the American Psychological Association. An avid naturalist and conservationist, his hobbies include naturalist photography, fishing, cross-country skiing, snow shoeing, bicycling, hiking, and organic gardening. Training
and Experience Dr. Leider earned a B.S. degree from Drexel University in Biological Sciences in 1965, then attended Temple University where he received the M.A. degree in Psychology in 1968, and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1972. As Chief Psychologist at Pennsylvania Hospital's inpatient psychiatric unit and subsequently at The Counseling Program of PA Hospital, as well as in private practice, he has worked for over 35 years with groups and individuals to enhance interpersonal communications, manage stress, manage anger, and develop healthy lifestyles. Treatment
Philosophy and Approach Dr. Leider has had training in Group Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Neurolinguistic Programming, and Health Psychology. His earlier training in biological sciences convinced him that perceived stress can affect the physiological functioning of the body and lead to or exacerbate most chronic health problems. As holistic approaches to health have become mainstream, he continues to develop what he considers a natural approach to both mental and physical health. As medicine has conquered the more traditional diseases such as smallpox and polio, the chronic illnesses associated with higher levels of industrialization, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and gastrointestinal disorders, have become epidemic. "Mental" disorders, especially anxiety and depression. have led to increasingly high rates of disability. Almost all types of physical and psychological disorders appear to be related to the stressful nature of our modern industrialized society, as well as to our increasingly sedentary and socially isolated life styles. Furthermore, the advent of the computer age, and the allure of the Internet has contributed to even more social isolation and withdrawal from the outdoors and physical exertion. See about natural psychology for more on these issues.
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