Title:  Professor, Executive Committee of School and Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program

Department:  Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology

School/Center:  School of Health Professions

Office Location:  203 Lake Hall

Phone:  617-373-5150

Fax:  617-373-8892

Email:  b.okun@neu.edu

Education:  PhD, Northwestern University

MA, University of Michigan

BA, Wellesley College

Certification:  Psychologist

Health Service Provider

Specializations:  Psychotherapy theory and practice

Family sysetems theory and practice

Research:  Dr. Okun’s research interests include behavioral medicine, psychotherapy theory and practice, gender and diversity psychology, family therapy theory and practice. She has held appointments at Harvard Medical School and Mount Auburn and Cambridge Hospitals and is a visiting professor at the National Council of Family and Juvenile Court Judges at Judicial College in Reno, Nevada. She has authored, co-authored and edited many books, including Psychotherapy with women: Exploring diverse contexts and identities; Understanding diversity: A learning-as-practice Primer; Understanding diverse families: What practitioners need to know; Effective helping: Interviewing and counseling techniques (7th edition); Family therapy and school related problems; Intimate environments: Sex, intimacy, and gender in families; and Seeking connections in psychotherapy. She is the author of numerous book chapters and journal articles and was a co-editor of a special issue of the Journal of Family Psychology . She is on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Orthopsychiatry Association and was editor of the Massachusetts Psychological Association quarterly journal. Dr. Okun has designed and taught complete academic courses in the UAE and Kuwait and conducts training workshops throughout the country and South America.

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