Sheila Eyberg

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Sheila Eyberg is a professor at the University of Florida where she is a part of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology. Eyberg was born in 1944, in Omaha, Nebraska to Clarence George and Geraldine Elizabeth Eyberg.^[1] She is recognized for developing parent–child interaction therapy. She is the President and CEO of the PCIT International.^[2]

Eyberg received numerous awards including the 2009 Trailblazer Award from the Child and Family Special Interest Group of the Association for Cognitive and BehavioralTherapies,^[2] 2008 Nicholas Hobbs Award from the Society for Children and Family Policy and Practice,^[3] 2008 Distinguished Career Award from the Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology,^[4] 2007 Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training Award from the American Psychological Association,^[5] and 2006 Atlantic Coast Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences Alliance Research Award from the University of Florida.^[2] Eyberg have published and reviewed many articles throughout her career, and one of the most well known book she published was "Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Protocol" the 2011 edition.^[6]