For more than 20 years, Ellyn Bader, PhD and Peter Pearson, PhD have been helping couples resolve issues and create strong, loving relationships. They are considered by many to be the preeminent experts in couples therapy training in the world today. They are creators of The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy, and directors of The Couples Institute in Menlo Park, California. Their model teaches you how to diagnose, intervene and significantly help troubled relationships.
Ellyn and Peter are the authors of the classic text, In Quest of the Mythical Mate: A Developmental Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment in Couples Therapy. The California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists awarded the book the Clark Vincent Award for its outstanding contribution to the field of marital therapy.
Ellyn and Peter maintain an active lecture and workshop schedule for both couples and professionals. Ellyn served as president of the International Transactional Analysis Association, and spent eight years on the Clinical Faculty at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Peter is a Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford University.
Ellyn and Peter are unusual among couples therapists in that they are a couple themselves, and have confronted many of the challenges that they write and speak about. Best of all, Ellyn and Peter still run a thriving private practice, so the knowledge you learn here is what is working today.