W itmer, L ightner (1867–1956)

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Abstract Lightner Witmer (1867–1956) founded the first psychology clinic in the world in 1896 at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1907 he gave clinical psychology its name and began publication of the first scholarly journal in the field, The Psychological Clinic. He trained the first generation of clinical psychology PhD students. His work was also important in the development of the related fields of speech pathology, vocational counseling, and school psychology.

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