Douglas C. Breunlin, MSSA, LMFT, LCSW
Credentials & Education
B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering — University of Notre Dame
B.A. in Arts and Letters — University of Notre Dame
About
Clients seek me out because they know I have an active style of therapy designed to identify the problem, understand the context in which it occurs and collaborate with clients to find lasting solutions. I practice what is known as Integrative Systemic Therapy.
For over four decades, Mr. Breunlin has practiced individual, couple and family therapy. He has served as a consultant for Cook County Hospital's Departments of Pediatrics and Family Practice for 12 years, in addition to providing consultation to mental health centers, special education programs and residential facilities. Mr. Breunlin implemented the Peaceable Schools Initiative, designed to personalize a high school environment with the two-fold goal of improving performance of non-traditional learners and reducing school violence. As Program Director of the Family Business Program, Mr. Breunlin was the principal investigator of a study on the narrative of founders regarding succession. He also spearheads a group that provides consultation to family businesses.
Area of Focus
Publications & Presentations
Mr. Breunlin is co-author (with Schwartz and MacKune-Karrer) of Metaframeworks: Transcending the Models of Family Therapy; co-author of Integrative Systemic Therapy: Metaframeworks for Problem Solving with Individual, Couples and Families; co-editor (with Lebow and Chambers) of The Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy; editor of Stages: Patterns of Change Over Time; and co-editor of the Handbook of Family Therapy Training and Supervision (with co-editors Liddle and Schwartz).
He has written more than 70 articles that have appeared in journals and edited books.
