Mark Stanton

Mark Stanton, PhD, ABPP, is provost/chief academic officer and professor of psychology at Azusa Pacific University. Dr. Stanton identifies himself as a family psychologist, adopting an understanding of human behavior that recognizes the importance of individual, interpersonal, and environmental factors. He was the 2005 president of the Society for Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the inaugural editor of Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, a new journal published by the APA. He is a licensed psychologist in the state of California and board certified in couple and family psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology. He was the 2011-2012 president of the American Board of Couple and Family Psychology, a constituent board of the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Stanton was coauthor of Family Therapy: An Overview (2017; 9th Edition) with Irene Goldenberg and Herbert Goldenberg, editor of The Family Psychologist (2002-2007), coeditor of the Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Family Psychology (with James Bray; 2009), a 54-chapter comprehensive overview of the specialty of family psychology; author with Robert Welsh of Specialty Competencies in Couple and Family Psychology; and author of articles and chapters on the specialty of family psychology, graduate education in family psychology, the systemic treatment of substance abuse, and personality-guided couple therapy. He was recognized as the Family Psychologist of the Year in 2007 by the Society for Family Psychology.