Welcome to The Doherty Family Foundation for Social and Civic Well-Being!

We're beyond excited to offer our fellow therapists a deep dive into areas of my professional legacy that can make a difference for our clients and communities. These include:

Relational Ethics: The role of the therapist when clients are facing ethical pressures and dilemmas. We offer free training to therapists, based on the book The Ethical Lives of Clients: Transcending Self-Interest in Psychotherapy.

Citizen Therapists: A project and book coming soon about how therapists can go beyond the clinical hour to engage with communities and improve lives.

Marital First Responders: The great majority of Americans have been a confidant to someone about a marriage problem. This fun workshop (online and in person) helps people more intentional, skilled, and confident when a friend, coworker, or family member confides about relationship struggles. These conversations sometimes come up unexpected and others are daily dramas. Learn how to be a friend to someone's relationship without taking sides against their partner.

Modern Commitment: Learning how to resist the cultural pull towards a "consumer" approach to relationship commitment and marriage, and how to balance personal goals and the needs of others to sustain long term relationships.