About Phyllis Leavitt

Phyllis graduated from Antioch University with a master’s degree in psychology and counseling in 1989. She co-directed a sexual abuse treatment program called Parents United in Santa Fe, New Mexico until 1991 and then went into private practice full time. As a psychotherapist, Phyllis treated children, families, couples, and individual adults for 34 years, and has worked extensively with abuse and dysfunctional family dynamics, their aftermath, and some of the most important elements for healing. She has published two books, A Light in the Darkness and Into the Fire. Her latest book is America in Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis.