Norman B. Epstein, Ph.D.

Norman B. Epstein, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a licensed clinical psychologist. From 2003 to 2018 he was Director of the Couple and Family Therapy Program in the Department of Family Science. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 29, Society for Advancement of Psychotherapy; Division 43 – Society for Couple and Family Psychology), Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Professional Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and Diplomate of the Society of Assessment Psychology. He is a pioneer in development of cognitive-behavioral therapy with couples and families. His research, teaching, and training of clinicians have focused on cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes in relationship adjustment and dysfunction; couple and family coping with stress; treatments for distressed couples and families, treatment of partner aggression, and culturally sensitive adaptations of Western-derived models of therapy. He is an author or editor of six books, including Cognitive-Behavioral Marital Therapy (1990), Enhanced Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Couples: A Contextual Approach (2002), Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Sexual Dysfunction (2018), and Treatment Plans and Interventions in Couple Therapy: A Cognitive-behavioral Approach (2024). He also has published over 150 journal articles and book chapters. He has presented numerous research papers and training workshops at national and international professional meetings, has served on editorial boards of leading journals, and has maintained a clinical practice throughout his career.