Practice Description
Jay Lappin, MSW, LCSW is a family therapist, trainer, and author. He received his Masters Degree in 1976 in clinical social work from Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Prior to that, he was an adult probation officer, was drafted and served as an enlisted mental hygiene counselor at the US Army Regional Correctional Facility , Ft. Gordon, GA. Since graduating from Rutgers, he has conducted workshops, lectures, and consultations throughout the United States and in Canada, Germany, and Taiwan. His work has been published in professional journals and texts, and he has been quoted in popular magazines and newspapers such as Cosmopolitan, Self, USA Today, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The CourierPost. He spent fourteen years at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, where he was a senior trainer, research therapist, and the Associate Director of the Post-Graduate Certificate Program in Family Therapy & Systems Consultation. He has also been on faculty of the Marriage Council of Philadelphia, The Family Institute of New Jersey, and is currently a supervisor for the Family Institute of Philadelphia. He is an American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Clinical Member, a former New Jersey AAMFT Board Member, a Site Visitor for the Commission on Accreditation, an Approved Supervisor, and a former Chair of the AAMFT Committee on Supervision. He is a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), an NASW Clinical Diplomate, an ACSW, a Qualified Clinical Social Worker, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (New Jersey & Pennsylvania) , and a New Jersey Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor. Mr. Lappin is a Contributing Editor for the Family Therapy Networker, a fellow in the American Orthopsychiatric Association and Chair of their Family Therapy Interest Group. Currently he is the national secretary for the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA). In his private practice, he is the Family Therapy Director for CENTRA, a multi-disciplinary group practice with offices in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. His professional interests include diversity, large-scale systems change, and work with low-income families. He is the principal contract provider of Family Focus - a family-friendly, skill-based systems training and consultation program with Delaware's Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families. In 1995, the Family Focus Program was awarded Delaware's Interagency Council for Children and Families Award for ?Collaborative Program of the Year.? Mr. Lappin is based in New Jersey where he lives with his wife and two teenage sons and maintains an active clinical practice.