Donald H. Baucom is a clinical psychology faculty member at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He is recognized for founding the field of Cognitive-Behavioral Couples Therapy.^[1] Baucom is also recognized as one of the top marital therapists and most prolific researchers in this field.^[2] Currently, Baucom''s National Cancer Institute funded study, CanThrive, has the largest observationally coded sample of any couples study to date.

Biography

Baucom lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where he is the Richard Lee Simpson Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UNC.^[3] He is a familiar face on campus, having received both his bachelor''s degree and his Ph.D. from UNC. Baucom''s son Brian is also a Clinical Psychologist. Brian worked in southern California where he received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He currently works at the University of Utah.^[4]

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