Dr. Thomas Sexton

CEO and Model Developer, Functional Family Therapy

Dr. Thomas Sexton has a Ph.D. in Psychology, he is a Licensed Psychologist (retired), Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, and a renowned expert on family-based treatment interventions. Dr. Sexton is one of the developers of Functional Family Therapy; he has authored or co-authored ten books, over thirty book chapters, and fifty articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. He served as President of the American Board of Professional Psychology Couple and Family Psychology Board (2012-2014) and President of the Society for Family Psychology, Division 43 of the American Psychological Association (2009). Throughout the years, he has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Family Psychologist of the Year award, which was bestowed to him by the Society of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association in 2011. Dr. Sexton co-founded the first national FFT Training organization (in 1996) and has led the development of the Care4 system, FFT Adaptware Training Program, and the systematic client measurement system used in the Care4 system. Dr. Sexton was recently featured on two videotape training examples of FFT, now being released by the American Psychological Association. This video series highlights therapy "masters" implementing the models they represent.