J. Scott Fraser, PhD

I am a clinical psychologist with nearly five decades of experience in clinical practice, supervision, training, and academic teaching.

Across my career, I have presented and trained therapists throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Now Professor Emeritus, I continue to write, consult, teach, and supervise through what I call The Process View—a unifying perspective that explains why most effective psychotherapies work: by interrupting vicious cycles and catalyzing virtuous ones that move change in a constructive direction.

Before entering academia, I served for 14 years as director of a hospital-based crisis and brief-therapy center in a large general medical setting.

Over the next 30+ years, I held leadership roles in a nationally ranked and pioneering doctoral program at Wright State University, including Director of Internship Training, Associate Dean, Director of Clinical Training, and Professor of Clinical Psychology.

In recent years, I have published four books with Oxford University Press and the American Psychological Association (APA Books). These works trace the process of change across clinical contexts—integrating effective treatments for a range of psychological and interpersonal problems; offering a coherent approach to work with at-risk youth and families; unifying effective therapies across orientations; and embracing tipping points as turning points in crisis.