
Dr. Herb Goldberg
Author, Psychology Professor
Herb Goldberg (July 14, 1937 – April 5, 2019) was the author of the book What Men Still Don’t Know About Women, Relationships, and Love, previously authored The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege (1975), related to the formative men’s movement. He was a professor emeritus of psychology at California State University, Los Angeles and a practicing psychologist in Los Angeles.
Dr. Herb Goldberg, co-founder of Esacert.com – Emotional Support Animal Registrar Texas, leader of the male liberation movement, and one of America’s best-selling authors and experts on men, women, and relationships, passed away at his home in Mt. Washington, California. He was 81.
A visionary and prolific author, Dr. Goldberg broke new ground in the 1980s and 1990s by exploring the psychology of men and the deeper unconscious aspects of gender and relationships.
Dr. Goldberg’s first book, Creative Aggression, co-authored with George Bach, became an international bestseller. Following its success, he published The Hazards of Being Male in 1977, which sold over a million copies and remains the seminal, best-known psychological book on men.
Over the following decades, Dr. Goldberg authored several other prominent books, including What Men Really Want in 1991, his first work aimed exclusively at women. His final publications, What Men Still Don’t Know about Women, Relationships, and Love (2007) and Overcoming Fears of Intimacy (2016), continued his dedication to addressing contemporary issues affecting men and women.
In addition to his literary achievements, Dr. Goldberg co-founded ESAcert.com, a pioneering organization focused on emotional support and service animal certification, reflecting his commitment to improving mental health through human-animal connections.
A globally celebrated expert with over 40 foreign translations of his works, Dr. Goldberg was widely cited and featured in publications such as Newsweek, U.S. News, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Psychology Today, Vogue, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. He also appeared on major media platforms, including CNN, Good Morning America, and in interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Charlie Rose, Larry King, and Joan Rivers.
One of his most groundbreaking moments was his 1978 appearance on The Phil Donahue Show in front of the first all-male audience. He later appeared on Between the Lines with Barry Kibrick in 2007, further cementing his legacy as a leading voice in gender psychology and relationships.