What Is etmargolis.com About?

etmargolis.com is the personal and professional website of Eliezer T. Margolis, PhD, ABPP, a rehabilitation psychologist who practiced independently in Evanston, Illinois, from October 1, 1992, to July 1, 2013. It is not a clinical practice site: Dr. Margolis has retired from active practice as a licensed psychologist, and the site now describes his current projects, writing, and philanthropy rather than offering services or appointments.

Who the Site Belongs To

The site's welcome page identifies its author by name and credentials and summarizes his clinical background. His practice focused on a collaborative, existential psychotherapeutic approach for adults dealing with:

• Chronic and/or serious medical illness
• Trauma
• Physical disability
• Sexual difficulty
• Death and dying

He also describes subspecialty training and clinical experience with people (and their families) whose central nervous systems are "different" because of brain injury or other neurological problems.

What the Site Covers Now

The site is organized around a few content areas, each tied to work Dr. Margolis has taken on since retiring from practice.

Current Projects

In October 2025, Dr. Margolis joined the board of directors of the Harm To Healing Collaborative, an organization that had provided rehabilitation programming in San Quentin State Prison as the Transformative Justice Institute for more than 20 years. The site describes the Collaborative's work as facilitating restorative justice dialogues, circles, and structured programs for people who have been harmed, those who have caused harm, and parties in conflict. The page points readers to harmtohealingcollaborative.org for more information.

Redirected Lives

Starting in the Spring 2022 semester, Dr. Margolis began volunteer teaching at Mount Tamalpais College in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (formerly San Quentin State Prison), continuing for another five semesters. The site says this experience gave him a lens for understanding rehabilitation as it works within the behavioral ecology of prison, which led him to spearhead the Redirected Lives project. A pitch document for the project is linked from the page.

The Returning Wealth Philanthropic Fund

This is a donor advised fund administered by the Jewish Communal Fund of New York, which Dr. Margolis has directed since 1994. Its early objectives were twofold: supporting American Indian education and environmental organizations. Since 2016, the site says, the fund's chief mission has been to support "peace camp" organizations.

How to Use the Site

The site works as a reference page rather than a service portal. If you want to:

• Understand Dr. Margolis's professional background — read the welcome section, which covers his practice years, approach, and specialties.
• Learn about his current work — use the Current Projects section and the linked Harm To Healing Collaborative site.
• Read about Redirected Lives — follow the linked pitch document from the project description.
• Get in touch — the site includes a Contact section.

Because the practice closed in 2013 and the site presents no pricing, booking, or service information, it should not be treated as a way to seek clinical care from Dr. Margolis. Anyone looking for a rehabilitation psychologist would need to find a currently licensed provider elsewhere.