The Family Studies Center provides family systems therapy to individuals, couples, and families living in the Dallas area.

Examples of problems and challenges addressed by the Family Studies Center:

• Child and adolescent behavioral problems
• Marital problems, divorce, remarriage
• Step-parenting and multi-generational family issues
• Depression and anxiety
• Grief and loss
• Problems generated by substance abuse and violence in the home
• Family stressors dealing with the ill and the elderly

Families and Health Project

Illness impacts not only patients, but their families as well. Family therapists from the Family Studies Center work throughout the medical center providing support to patients and families. The need for additional services is great. To find out more about how you can support this work, please call Dr. Wayne Denton or the Family Studies Center.

Hours and Location

The Center is open for appointments from 8:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on holidays. The Center's business office is open from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday except on holidays.

To schedule an appointment with a family therapist, please call the Center at (214) 648-6945. Most session fees are based on a sliding fee scale.

The Family Studies Center is located in Tower 2 of the Paul M. Bass Center of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at 6363 Forest Park Road, Dallas, Texas 75235, 7th floor - Suite 722.

Friends of the Family Studies Center

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Wayne Denton, MD, PhD, Director
Dr. Denton has backgrounds both in psychiatry and marriage and family therapy. He is conducting NIMH-funded research on couple therapy in the treatment of depression and also does research on couple communication. He has written and presented extensively in the area of medical family therapy.

Connie Cornwell, MA, LPC, LMFT, Senior Supervisor
Ms. Cornwell is a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She is an experienced supervisor and a therapist in our research projects.

W. Robert Beavers, M.D., Founder
Dr. Beavers is one of the foremost authorities on family dynamics and family-based therapy. Dr. Beavers has received many national and regional awards, including three from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He has published numerous papers and has authored or co-authored four books on family systems, which are seminal in family approaches to treatment.