Donald H. Baucom

Donald H. Baucom, PhD, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he previously also served as Director of Clinical Psychology Training. His research and publications spanning over 50 years have helped to shape the field’s understanding of intimate relationships. As one of the originators of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy, Dr. Baucom helped develop and evaluate the efficacy of couple-based interventions for the treatment of relationship distress, recovery from infidelity, prevention of relationship discord, enhancement of satisfied relationships, and treatment of psychopathology in the couple context, as well as applications of couple-based interventions to a variety of health problems. He has served as Associate Editor for Behavior Therapy and on the editorial boards of numerous journals, and has conducted professional workshops on couple therapy around the world. Dr. Baucom is a recipient of the Mary G. Clarke Award for distinguished contributions to psychology from the North Carolina Psychological Association. Throughout his career, he has maintained an active clinical practice.