BIOGRAPHY: About Dr. David Gore

NOTE: There is currently a two to five week waiting period for new clients.

Dr. David Karol Gore has been practicing psychotherapy since 1983. His interest in helping people began as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania. He began working at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic in 1978, which is acknowledged as one of the birthplaces of directive, solution-focused treatment. There, he learned of the family systems (family therapy) approach to treatment, and this has been his focus ever since.

Dr. Gore chose to obtain his Master's and Doctoral Degree at Georgia State University, graduating in 1988. His advanced degrees are in clinical psychology, specializing in family therapy. Dr. Gore has been in private practice in Atlanta since 1989 and has been running his own practice since 1992. Although families are his focus, Dr. Gore's expertise extends to individual therapy for all age groups, as well as marital/couples' therapy.

Dr. Gore grew up in New York, and still talks funny. After living in Midtown for fifteen years, he became a suburbanite in 1997, moving to Roswell. When time allows, Dr. Gore enjoys reading, doing electrical repairs with the circuit breaker on, basketball and other sports. When not at work, Dr. Gore is usually found chasing his kids around or trying to nap.

November 3, 1959	Born. Weighed 9 lbs. 12 oz. Was almost adorable.
Fall 1976	Captain of H.S. Football Team. Record: 1 win, 7 losses. We were not as good as our record indicates.
Winter 1980	Drops out of University of Pennsylvania. Goes to California to find self.
Winter 1981	Couldn't find self. Returns to U. of Penn.
Spring 1982	B.A. Degree, U. of Penn., Psychology major
Spring 1985	M.A. Degree, Georgia State University Clinical Psychology Program
July 1986-July 1987	Clinical Psychology APA-Approved Internship, Institute for Juvenile Research/Family Systems Program.
March 1988	Ph.D Degree, Georgia State University Clinical Psychology Program.
Summer 1989	Licensed Psychologist, State of Georgia (#1366)
Winter 1989	Joins a group mental health practice.
September 1992	Opens up David Karol Gore, Ph.D., P.C., a solo psychology practice.
Fall 1997	Starts a North Atlanta office. Originally in Alpharetta, now in Roswell.
December 1999	Launches drgore.com. Quickly becomes third most visited website (just behind amazon.com and ebay.com).
August 2002	Elected "Room Mom" for Third Grade Class, a stunning upset the PTA did not see coming.
September 2005	Abruptly fired as wife's lactation coach.
June 2007	Watched the Sopranos finale. It was clear to me that the only correct interpretation of the ending is that Tony was going to st

A lot of people ask me: "Do you have children?" And, I reply: "Yes, I have four." Then, they say: "No wonder you look so tired."

No, I am kidding. About the "looking tired" part. I do have four children. A girl, born in 1986, is in college and is actively trying to change the world. Another girl, born in 1995, is working hard to keep under 5000 text messages per month. They were joined by a little brother in 2005, who apparently shares my athletic gifts. And last, but not least (but, I swear, last): A girl born in 2007. She's just cute.

My wife (a famous professor of speech pathology at a local prestigious university who lectures internationally on how stress impacts the recovery of speech after a traumatic brain event, and is generally a pretty agreeable woman) has absolutely forbidden me from putting her picture, or the kids' pictures on www.drgore.com. So, I have hired famous and expensive actors to pose for this dramatic recreation of my family.

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marriage counseling, drug and alcohol addiction recovery, and family therapy. All rights reserved.