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"To enter a family
system, unless it is one's own, is to enter a different culture.
To be successful, the clinician must begin to act as a systemic
anthropologist, observing the rules and rituals that govern the family's
behavior. The therapeutic goal becomes a search for the elements
of strength with that particular family culture that offer the potential
for change. A s the family makes use of previously untapped
resources, the therapist's involvement becomes less and less,
until, like any good anthropologist, s/he leaves the culture behind and
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Jay Lappin, MSW, LCSW is a family therapist, trainer and author. In
1976, he received his Masters Degree in clinical social work from
Rutgers University. 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, keynote
speeches and consultations throughout the United States and in Canada,
Germany, and Taiwan. He has presented at state and national conferences
including: the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, The
National Association of Social Workers, The American
Orthopsychiatric Association and the Networker Symposium. His work on
family therapy, couples therapy, diversity and relationships 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 Courier–Post.
Since 1981, he has been a Contributing Editor for the Family
Therapy Networker.
Mr. Lappin spent fourteen years at the Philadelphia Child Guidance
Clinic, where he was a senior trainer, research therapist, and the
Associate Director of the AAMFT Approved Post-Graduate Certificate
Program in Family Therapy & Systems Consultation. Prior to
entering private practice full-time,
Mr. Lappin also worked for two years as a supervisor for the Penn
Council for Relationships Family Therapy Program (Formerly
Marriage Council of Philadelphia).
For 14 years
Mr. Lappin was the primary
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 has provided consultation, curriculum development, training
and technical support to human service organizations outside Delaware
including Delaware County, Pennsylvania Children and Youth Services and
the Seminole Tribe of Florida. His professional interests include diversity, large-scale systems change,
and work with low-income families.
Based in New Jersey,
Mr. Lappin lives with his wife
and two teenage sons and maintains
an active clinical practice.
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Areas
of Specialization
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Family Therapy
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Couples Therapy
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Individual Therapy
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Working with Diversity
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Large-Scale Systems Change
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Low-income Families
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Organizational Development
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Training,
Supervision and Consultation
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