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Our faculty is made up of a diverse group of educators and therapists, most of whom practice at The Family Institute. All faculty members are conversant with Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST), which serves as the umbrella perspective for learning systemic therapy, and have wide range of backgrounds in a variety of theories and practices.

Core Faculty

Mudita Rastogi, Ph.D., LMFT

Department Chair, Marriage & Family Therapy Program
McCormick Tribune Chair in Marriage & Family Therapy
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University

William P. Russell, LCSW, LMFT, BCD

Core Faculty Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Program
Clinical Associate Professor
Senior Therapist

Allen K. Sabey, Ph.D., LMFT

Core Faculty, Marriage & Family Therapy Program
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jennifer VanBoxel, LMFT

Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
MFT Supervisor In Training
Teaching Faculty

 

Samuel Allen, Ph.D.

Core Faculty, Marriage & Family Therapy Program
Clinical Assistant Professor

Erika Lawrence, Ph.D., LCP

Director of Translational Science

Mudita Rastogi, Ph.D., LMFT

Department Chair, Marriage & Family Therapy Program
McCormick Tribune Chair in Marriage & Family Therapy
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University

William P. Russell, LCSW, LMFT, BCD

Core Faculty Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Program
Clinical Associate Professor
Senior Therapist

David E. Taussig, LCSW, LMFT

Core Faculty, Marriage & Family Therapy Program
Clinical Lecturer
Senior Therapist

Jennifer VanBoxel, LMFT

Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
MFT Supervisor In Training
Consulting Faculty

Anthony Chambers, Ph.D., ABPP

Chief Academic Officer
Director, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies
Clinical Professor of Psychology
Clinical Supervising Faculty

Our faculty members are group supervisors in charge of students' clinical cases.

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