Joan A. Friedman

Joan A. Friedman, PhD, is a prominent and well-respected twin expert who shares her passionate views and insights about twins and their emotional needs with twins and their families throughout the world.

An identical twin and the mother of five, including fraternal twin sons, Friedman is ideally suited to her work and her research and treatment of twins of all ages demonstrates the breadth and depth of her skills and experience.

She conducts groups for parents of twins and provides consultation about twin-related matters such as school placements, developmental discrepancies, behavioral issues, and individuation struggles.

Friedman is author of Emotionally Healthy Twins and The Same but Different: How Twins Can Live, Love and Learn to Be Individuals.