Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Couples and Families

This episode is relevant to professionals.

In this episode, John Ludgate, PhD interviews Frank Dattilio, PhD about cognitive-behavioral therapy with couples and families. Some of the items they discuss include:

• How CBT for couples and families has evolved over the past two decades
• How CBT can be integrated into a family systems approach
• Strategies for working with couples who have an unequal commitment to continuing the relationship
• How behavioral and cognitive techniques can be balanced in CBT couple or family therapy

DR. DATITILIO BIOGRAPHY

FRANK M. DATTILIO, Ph.D., ABPP , maintains a dual faculty appointment in the

Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the University of Pennsylvania School

of Medicine. He is a licensed psychologist in the states of PA, NJ, NY and DE and is listed in the

National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.

Dr. Dattilio is board certified in both clinical psychology and behavioral psychology through the

American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and received a Certificate of Training in

Forensic Psychology through the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania

School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is also a founding fellow of the Academy of

Cognitive Therapy. Dr. Dattilio has been a visiting faculty member at several major universities

and medical schools throughout the world.

Dr. Dattilio is the recipient of numerous awards, including the award for Distinguished

Psychologist by the American Psychological Association's Division 29 and the award for

Distinguished Contributions to the Science and Profession of Psychology by the Pennsylvania

Psychological Association. He is also an inductee of the prestigious College of Physicians of

Philadelphia for his many contributions to medicine and science, and is the recipient of the 2005

AABT award for "Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Clinical Activities." He was

recently selected to receive the 2007 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology and

Humankind by the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychology.

Dr. Dattilio has over 200 professional publications and 15 books in the areas of anxiety

disorders, forensic and clinical psychology, and marital and family discord. He has also

presented extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Africa, Europe, South America,

Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Cuba, and the West Indies on both cognitive-behavior therapy

and forensic issues. To date, his works have been translated into 25 languages.