Jay Lebow, PhD, LMFT, ABPP

Jay Lebow is a licensed clinical psychologist, licensed marital and family therapist and research consultant at The Family Institute at Northwestern University.

He is a clinical professor in Northwestern University's Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy Program, and leads a practicum group for the doctoral clinical psychology program at Northwestern University.

Dr. Lebow received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northwestern University and is also a graduate of The Family Institute's training program.

He has maintained a large clinical practice in individual, couple and family therapy for more than thirty years. Dr. Lebow is also involved in ongoing treatment research at The Family Institute concerned with assessing progress in psychotherapy and the development of the Systemic Therapy Inventory of Change.

Dr. Lebow is board certified in Family Psychology, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and its Divisions of Clinical and Family Psychology, a clinical member and an approved supervisor of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, treasurer of the American Family Therapy Academy, past president of The American Psychological Association's Division of Family Psychology, a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Family Psychology, a fellow of the Academy of Family Psychology and a former member of the Board of the Illinois Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

His publications include three edited volumes: Family Psychology: The Art of the Science (with William Pinsof), The Clinical Handbook of Family Therapy, and the Integrative/Eclectic volume of the Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy. He is also the author of 100 book chapters and articles including an end-of-decade review of couple therapy; the practice update concerned with couple therapy for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; a chapter reviewing the research literature in family therapy for the Annual Review of Psychology; chapters overviewing couple and family therapy in Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, the Psychologist's Desk Reference, and the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry; as well as numerous articles and chapters dealing with integrative therapy, research in couple and family therapy, and assessment and treatment in divorce when there is conflict over child custody and visitation. He is a contributing editor and writes a regular column on the relation of research to practice for the Family Therapy Networker and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and Family Process.

Dr. Lebow treats individuals, couples and families.

Clinical interests: Couples; individuals; divorce and post-divorce issues; depression; family relationships; child custody evaluation; the resolution of custody disputes

Family Institute Locations: Downtown Chicago, Evanston