Dr. Hilda Glazer EdD, LPC, RPT-S

Dr. Hilda R. Glazer has her Ed.D. from Rutgers University in Educational Psychology and has a Master of Science Degree in Counseling from the University of North Texas. Past academic positions include associate professor in the School of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, dean of psychology at Walden University, chair of Educational Psychology at Capella University and most recently director of the Capella Center for the Study of Play Therapy. She retired from Capella in March of 2021. Hilda developed a clinical specialty in counseling grieving children working with Mount Carmel Hospice in Columbus and in private practice. Hilda was editor of the Journal for Healthcare Education and Training and the International Journal of Play Therapy and continues to serve on a number of editorial boards. She has received a number of awards including the Service Award of the Ohio Association for Play Therapy in 2016, The Extraordinary Faculty Award from Walden University in 2003 and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Healthcare Education and Training in 1991. Her most recent publication is and edited volume with Myra Clark-Foster entitled Understanding the Journey: A Lifespan Approach in Working with Grieving Children published by Charles C Thomas. She is widely published and has presented at state, national and international conferences in Ireland, Germany, Indonesia and China. She and her husband David Stein live in Bexley Ohio and are enjoying 4 young grandchildren.