About Dr. Klee


An Autobiographical Sketch
I am a licensed psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Professional Psychology at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, where I teach in the doctoral program in clinical psychology.

I maintain a private practice in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania where I specialize in the treatment of individual adults, couples and families, other clinicians, personality disorders, and addictions. My approach to psychotherapy is based on an Eight Stage Model of object relations therapy I developed over the past 30 years.

From 1975 until 1987 I engaged in a wide array of professional activities. I began as a marriage and family therapist, developed a specialization in treating addictions, served as a researcher and principal investigator on a large multi-year grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, as well as on numerous state and foundation funded grants for evaluating effective means of substance abuse prevention and early intervention. In 1981, I began a private practice that expanded to include eight other clinicians.

In 1987, Chestnut Hill College invited me to help them establish a master’s degree program in counseling psychology. I sold the group practice and focused most of my attention on developing the master’s program at Chestnut Hill. The success of that program led to the development of a Psy.D. program in clinical psychology grounded in a blend of psychodynamic and systems theories.

Currently, I teach Theories of Personality, Historical and Modern Approaches to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Professional Practice Issues, Advanced Therapeutic Techniques, Ethics, and Social Bases of Behavior.

In addition, I present workshops for other clinicians who want to learn the Eight Stage Model and develop advanced skills in treating relationship problems, resistant patients, and patients with personality disorders. I provide this training in three general formats: clinical case consultations with individuals and small groups, workshops, and in-service training for both inpatient and outpatient mental health and drug and alcohol treatment programs. Check out the Training page of this web site for more information.