Jay Lappin, MSW, LCSW has taught, trained, supervised, and written about Structural Family Therapy for over 40 years. He studied, then taught and supervised at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. For fifteen years, he was the principle trainer and consultant for Delaware’s Department of Services to Youth, Children & Their Families “Family Focus” program – a “whole systems” initiative involving all three operating divisions and their personnel including a pioneer program in family reunification.
Jay has served on the boards and held offices for the New Jersey American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy and the American Family Therapy Academy. He & his wife, Joyce received the “Outstanding Contribution to AFTA Award.” In 2020, he received the “Outstanding Contribution to Marriage and Family Therapy” from AAMFT.
He has written on Structural Family Therapy from a cross cultural perspective, implementing larger systems change and conducting family sessions. He has been a contributing editor for the Psychotherapy Networker and interviewed Salvador Minuchin for www.psychotherapy.net
Jay has conducted workshops, lectures and supervised throughout the United States, Germany and Taiwan. Closer to home, in New Jersey, he has been in private practice for over forty years.