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Peter Fraenkel


Peter Fraenkel, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology at City College of New York; former faculty at the Ackerman Institute for the Family and NYU Medical Center; and is in private practice in New York City.  He has published on a wide range of topics, including integrative approaches to therapy; is the author of Sync Your Relationship, Save Your Marriage: Four Steps to Getting Back on Track (2011, Palgrave-Macmillan), and of the forthcoming book Last Chance Couple Therapy: Bringing Relationships Back from the Brink (2022, Norton). Dr. Fraenkel lectures and conducts therapist trainings internationally. He received the American Family Therapy Academy’s 2012 award for Innovative Contribution to Family Therapy. He is a former Vice President of AFTA, and a reviewer for several family therapy journals.