Jeffrey Young is the Founder of Schema Therapy, and the Director of the Schema Therapy and Cognitive Therapy Institutes of New York. He served on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University, is a Distinguished Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and is co-founder of the International Society for Schema Therapy.

Dr. Young has led workshops for 30+ years throughout the world, including the United States, Canada, the UK, Europe, Australia, China, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, and South America. He consistently receives outstanding evaluations internationally for his teaching skills, including the prestigious NEEI Mental Health Educator of the Year award. Dr. Young has presented workshops and lectures for thousands of mental health professionals, resulting in strong demand for further in-depth training and supervision in schema therapy.

Dr. Young has co-authored two Internationally best-selling books: “Schema Therapy: A Practitioner’s Guide” for mental health professionals, and “Reinventing Your Life”, a self-help book for clients and the general public. Both have been translated into many languages.