Dr. Patterson has been a tenured Professor and Director of the PsyD program in clinical psychology at the University of San Francisco.  He is a licensed psychologist and is Board certified in Family Psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology and an APA Fellow. In addition to family psychology, he specializes in ethical issues, couple therapy, behavioral health, and theoretical integration in psychotherapy, and has taught most recently in these areas in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program.  

Dr. Patterson was President of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association in 2001, President of the Association for Family Therapy of Northern California in 2007-08, and a member of the American Board of Couple & Family Psychology for seven years.

Dr. Patterson is currently in independent practice in San Francisco and has recently authored Real World Couple Counseling and Therapy with Dr. Jerrold Shapiro of Santa Clara University.
 

APA Fellow, Dr. Shapiro, is Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University.  He has authored 17 books and hundreds of professional articles, presentations and book chapters. He has won major awards for teaching, scholarship and literature. Dr. Shapiro is now retired as a clinical psychologist in private practice and was a consultant for family businesses for over 40 years.

His 15th book, Co-authored with Dr, Terry Patterson, Real World Couple Counseling and Therapy: An Introductory Guide (2020) explores the couple therapy environment for Graduate students and those new to the couple therapy field. The text, encompassing CBT, Systems and Existential theories, focuses specifically on skill building and comprehension of the couple as an entity in treatment.