Sharon Livingston, Ph.D.

Sharon Livingston holds a Ph.D. in humanistic psychology from Kennedy Western University.  In addition to her private coaching and consulting practice, she has done psychological research for companies like Weight Watchers, Atkins, South Beach, Kraft, Nabisco, Pillsbury, and Shaklee Vitamins, and interviewed over 5,000 individuals about their emotional response to food, snacks, health, and fitness in the process.  Articles either about or by Dr. Sharon Livingston have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Daily News, Newsday, The New York Post, Advertising and Communication Times, The American Bar Association Journal, Delta Sky, American Demographics, Beverage World, U.S. News and World Report, Marketing News, Communication World, Adweek, and
Winners.

Her work has also been referenced in “The Group Depth Interview,” a book published by Prentice-Hall, and “Beyond Mind Games” a book published by American Demographics. Sharon also has  extensive training in creative ideation procedures, group dynamics, applied psychological techniques, and projective methods. Her dissertation
proved that a photo-sort successfully predicted scores on the Myers Brigg Personality Inventory.

Glenn Livingston, Ph.D.

Glenn Livingston holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology (‘Scientist-Practitioner’ model) from Yeshiva University, and has previously practiced as a marital and family counselor, seeing approximately 1,000 patients over the course of 9 years.  Like his wife Sharon, Glenn has also consulted for dozens of corporations (like Lipton, Nabisco, the National Honey Board, etc) regarding people’s emotional response to advertising.  Glenn authored the book “Eat With You Head” (no longer in print) based in large part on an in depth personally funded study on the relationship between personality and emotional eating habits.  Over 2,000 people participated in-depth in the study.

Dr. Livingston has been extensively quoted on creative psychological and research theories (e.g. in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, American Demographics, The Chicago Sun Times, The Milwaukee Business Journal, The Indiana Star Ledger, Marketing News, Quirks Marketing Research Review, etc), has been interviewed frequently on radio and television (WCBS Radio NY, WABC Radio Seattle, UPN News Baltimore, WNTN Boston & WGN Chicago).

Dr. Livingston also spent five years researching the nature of creative processes in individuals and groups, has published several journal articles on creativity, and has done creative group facilitation for companies like AT&T, Kraft, and Panasonic.   His dissertation was on the relationship between creativity and dreams, and he has addressed audiences at New York University, C.W. Post, and Drew University on the topic. Prior to obtaining his Ph.D. in 1991, Dr. Livingston spent several years working with clinical patients in major NY Hospitals (Nassau County Medical Center & Creedmore Psychiatric).