William M. Pinsof, PhD, LMFT, ABPP

William Pinsof is President of The Family Institute, clinical professor in the Department of Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences at Northwestern University, and the director of the Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies at Northwestern. He currently teaches in the Northwestern University Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy Program and also teaches both undergraduate and post-doctoral courses for Northwestern University students.

He received his PhD in clinical psychology from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His academic and research work has focused on evaluating the outcome of marital and family therapy, understanding the process of marital and family therapy and the integration of different therapeutic approaches for maximal cost effectiveness.  

His work on psychotherapy integration culminated in the publication, by Basic Books, of Integrative Problem Centered Therapy: A Synthesis of Family, Individual and Biological Therapies (1995). He has also edited four books: the newly-released (2005) volume that he co-edited with Jay Lebow, Family Psychology: The Art of the Science, published by Oxford University Press; a special issue of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (1995) that he co-edited with Lyman C. Wynne, dedicated to reviewing all of the controlled research on the outcomes of couple and family therapy; a special issue of Family Process (Vol. 41, No. 2, summer 2002) entitled, "Marriage in the 20th Century in Western Civilization:  Trends, Research, Therapy, and Perspectives"; and the classic work he co-edited with Leslie Greenberg The Psychotherapeutic Process: A Research Handbook, (1986) New York: Guilford Press. 

Additionally, Dr. Pinsof is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Pinsof received the Distinguished Lifetime Contribution to Family Therapy Research Award from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in 1996, the Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory and Practice Award from the American Family Therapy Academy in 2001, and the 2001 Family Psychologist of the Year from the American Psychological Association Division 43 - Family Psychology.  

Dr. Pinsof is a licensed clinical psychologist and licensed marriage and family therapist as well as an approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

He treats individuals, couples and families.

Clinical Interests: Couples; sexual dysfunction; families with adolescent/adult children; family of origin; divorce and post-divorce therapy; family business

Family Institute Locations: Downtown Chicago, Evanston