Jeffrey E. Young
American psychologist, schema therapy developer
Jeffrey E. Young is an American psychologist who developed schema therapy. He wrote Reinventing Your Life for general readers.
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American Born 1950 in the United States
About Jeffrey E. Young
Jeffrey E. Young, born in 1950, is an American psychologist best known for developing schema therapy. He founded the Schema Therapy Institute. He studied at Yale University as an undergraduate, then earned a further degree at the University of Pennsylvania, where he went on to postdoctoral studies with Aaron Beck. Young has written many books on cognitive behavioral therapy and schema therapy. Reinventing Your Life is the one aimed at the general public, while Schema Therapy is written for professionals.