Gene Combs, MD

Gene Combs, Co-Director of Evanston Family Therapy Center, is internationally recognized for his contributions to narrative therapy theory and training. With his partner-in-all-things Jill Freedman, he has co-authored more than 30 journal articles and book chapters and 3 books. Since retiring from his position as clinical associate professor at University of Chicago, he has been increasingly vocal about his upset with what professional psychiatry has become over the 45 years since he was certified to practice it. He believes it is important to see people and the world in more complex and less pathologizing ways than does the DSM-based medical model. His current interests are in how to help individuals, families, and communities resist the oppressive and disempowering effects of white supremacy, neoliberalism, patriarchy, imperialism, homophobia, climate change denial, and related value systems.

Gene’s courses

Foundations of Narrative Therapy

Narrative therapy empowers clients to re-author their stories and look at situations from a different perspective. Listen to a conversation between three narrative therapists as they discuss the foundations, techniques, and goals of this approach. This course offers an in-depth look into Narrative Therapy from origin to execution.

On demand

2 credits