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David B. Wexler, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Diego, specializing in the treatment of relationships in conflict. He is the Executive Director of the non-profit Relationship Training Institute, which provides education and treatment internationally for relationship development and the prevention and treatment of relationship violence. He has also served as the Clinical and Administrative Supervisor for the NIMH-sponsored research study of domestic violence in the Navy from 1991 through 1996, and again from 2001 to 2006.

Dr. Wexler is the author of eight books and many articles and book chapters, including:

· Choose Him Wisely: How To Identify A Safe Partner (with Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.)

· The STOP Domestic Violence Program, Fourth Edition,

· The STOP Program for Women Who Abuse: Group Leader's Manual, Second Edition

·  #METOO-INFORMED THERAPY: Counseling Approaches for Men, Women, and Couples (with Holly Sweet, Ph.D.)

· When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behavior, Change Your Relationship

· Is He Depressed or What?: What to Do When the Man You Love is Moody, Irritable, and Withdrawn

· Men In Therapy: New Approaches for Effective Treatment

· The Adolescent Self: Strategies for Self-management, Self-soothing, and Self-esteem in Adolescents

Based on more than 30 years of experience in the field of domestic violence, Dr. Wexler has trained thousands of community professionals, military personnel, and law enforcement officials through extensive training seminars on the STOP Program model throughout the world. More than 70,000 male and female intimate partner violence (IPV) offenders have now been treated via STOP.

Dr. Wexler has also consulted in hundreds of forensic cases and testified as an expert witness in over 70 cases in which the understanding of IPV offender characteristics, IPV patterns in relationships, PTSD, coercive control, traumatic bonding, and battered women’s syndrome (now known as “intimate partner battering and its effects”) can help the Court clarify the complex legal issues. He has testified extensively for both Prosecution and Defense, in both criminal trials and civil cases, and in both military and civilian courts.

 He has been featured on the Dr. Phil show and the TODAY show, in the Washington Post, “O” magazine,  Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Men’s Health, and on dozens of radio and TV programs throughout North America to help educate the public about relationships in conflict and how to resolve them.