Honors

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Professional Leadership

  • Board Member, California State Board of Psychology
  • Member, California Board of Psychology, appointed by Governor Wilson
  • Council Representative, American Psychological Association
  • Council Representative to APA Council of Representatives from Division 46, American Psychological Association
  • Liaison to APA Council of Representatives from Division 46, American Psychological Association
  • Member, Committee on Structure and Function of Council of the American Psychological Association
  • Member of Public Information Committee, American Psychological Association
  • President, Division 46 (Media Psychology), American Psychological Association
  • Editor of Newsletter, Division 46 (Media Psychology & Technology), American Psychological Association
  • Member-At-Large, American Psychological Association, Division 46, Society of Media Psychology and Technology, Board of Directors
  • Chair, Division 3, Consulting, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, California Psychological Association
  • Board, California Psychological Association, representing Div. 3, Consulting, Industrial and Organization Psychology
  • Board, California Psychological Association, representing Los Angeles County
  • Chair, Division of Consulting Psychology, California Psychological Association
  • Chair, Public Information Committee, California State Psychological Association
  • Chair, Division VI, Media Psychology, California State Psychological Association
  • President, Los Angeles County Psychological Association
  • Executive Board, Los Angeles County Psychological Association
  • Chair, Communications Committee, Society of Psychologists in Management
  • Chair, Education Committee, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
  • Community Advisory Committee, U.C.L.A. Alcohol Research Project
  • Chairperson, Developmental Disabilities Board Area X (Los Angeles County)
  • Chairperson, Planning and Program Development Committee of the Developmental Disabilities Area Board

Awards & Recognition

  • Presidential Citation, Los Angeles County Psychological Association
  • Presidential Citation, American Psychological Association, Division 46
  • Distinguished Psychologist Award, Los Angeles County Psychological Association
  • Distinguished Practitioner in Psychology, National Academies of Practice
  • Woman of the Year, Century City Chamber of Commerce
  • Who's Who in America · Who's Who in American Women · Who's Who in the West
  • Board of Psychology — appointed by Governor Pete Wilson
  • Special Commendation, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Service to the Profession

Appointed by the Governor to the California Board of Psychology — the body that licenses and disciplines psychologists in the state.
Elected several times as a Council Representative to the American Psychological Association.
Past President, Los Angeles County Psychological Association.
Elected twice to the Board of Directors of the California Psychological Association.
Lilli Friedland, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Board Certified Clinical Psychologist
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