Richard G. Erskine, PhD. is the training director of the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy. He is a licensed psychoanalyst, certified transactional analyst, a first-generation Gestalt Therapist, and originally trained in client-centered therapy. He has integrated his diverse background to form a developmentally-based, relationally-focused integrative psychotherapy. He is the author of numerous articles and eight books on the theory and methods of psychotherapy.