I am currently Director of the Center for Adolescent and Family Studies and professor in Counseling Psychology Program at the School of Education, Indiana University-Bloomington. I earned my bachelor’s degree at the University of Missouri in Psychology and my doctorate degree at Florida State University in Counseling Psychology. I am a licensed Psychologist, a Diplomat in Family Psychology, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and President of the Society for Family Psychology (a division of APA) with an extensive publication list in family therapy models, family therapy outcomes, and Functional Family Therapy (FFT). I helped develop and disseminate FFT nationally and internationally. My research interests include Family Psychology, family based interventions for at-risk youth, Functional Family Therapy, and outcome and process research in evidence-based psychological intervention programs. My interest in Family Psychology and psychotherapy research have resulted in over 40 journal articles, 25 book chapters, and 4 books. My most recent book is the Handbook of Family Therapy, a major reference in the field. As a member of the Division 43 Task Force for Evidence-Based Practices, I am the senior author of the Recommendations for evidence-based practices in Family Psychology. I have presented more than 300 workshops on Functional Family Therapy and consulted with systems of care helping to integrate evidence-based practices into clinical settings both nationally and internationally.

• G624 ADV PRACT IN COUNSELNG PSYCH
• G568 FAMILY COUNSELING
• G685 SEM COUNSELING RESEARCH METH

• Sexton, T. L., Kinser, J. C., & Hanes, C. W. (2008). Beyond a single standard: Levels of evidence approach for evaluating marriage and family therapy research and practice. Journal of Family Therapy, 30(4), 386-398.
• Sexton, T. L., & Schuster, R. A. (2008). The role of positive emotion in the therapeutic change process of family therapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.Vol 18(2), 233-247.
• Sexton, T. L., Coop Gordon, K., Gurman, A. S., Lebow, J. L., & Johnson, S. (2007) Guidelines for Evidence-Based Treatments in Family Psychology. Official Recommendations of the Division of Family Psychology (Division 43) American Psychological Association.
• Sexton, T. L. (2007). The Therapist as a Moderator and mediator in Successful Therapeutic Change. Journal of Family Therapy.
• Sexton, T. L., Schuster, R., & Peterson, H. (2007). The Treatment and Prevention of Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorders in Children. In T. P Gullotta, & A. Gerald, (Eds) Handbook of Child Behavior Disorders.. NY: Springer.
• Sexton, T. L. (2007). The Therapist as a Moderator and mediator in Successful Therapeutic Change. Journal of Family Therapy, 29 (2), 104-110.
• Sexton, T. L., Ridley, C. R., & Kliner, A., (2004). Beyond Common Factors: Multilevel-Process Models of Therapeutic Change in Marriage and Family Therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 30(2), 1-12.
• Sexton, T. L.& Alexander, J. F. (2002). Family-based Empirically Supported Intervention Programs. The Counseling Psychologist, 30(2), 238-261.

• Fulbright Scholar - Fulbright Scholar, The Vrij University, School of Medicine, Amsterdam, NL
• President-elect Division of Family Psychology, American Psychological Associatio -  The Society for Family Psychology, a major division of the American Psychological Association.
• Fellow American Psychological Association - Fellow in the American Psychological Association (Division 43: Family Psychology)
• ABPP - Board Certified in Family Psychology, ABPP