Ron Taffel

Dr. Ron Taffel is one of the most esteemed and in-demand specialists on child rearing in the country, with a strong promotional platform.  His workshops have been featured on 20/20 and Dateline; he has appeared on The Today Show, GMA, Primtime Live, Larry King and many other shows.  He has acted as a consultant  to and held workshops for many major media sources, including The Today Show, The Early Morning Today Show, The Weekend Today Show, Good Morning America, The CBS Morning Show, Dateline, 20/20,  The Larry King Show, NPR, Parents Magazine, Working Mother, Child Magazine, Family Circle and Cosmopolitan.He has been called “a Spock for our time” (New Woman) and “a genius addressing all the issues of family life” (Child).

He founded the Family Therapy Division at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York City and he now serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute as a whole. The agency provides family counciling to over 500 clients a week with a faculty and staff of over three hundred professionals. 

He also continues to run a thriving practice as a family therapist.