Here you can get information about the Danish family therapist and writer, Jesper Juul.

Jesper Juul is a renowned family therapist and writer. He has lived within three different families and is the father of a young man (born 1973). Jesper Juul has for many years - and in a wide range of settings - been working with children and young people with behavior difficulties, and also with groups of single mothers and groups of parents. He was the director of the Kempler Institute of Scandinavia from 1979 until 2004; an education center primarily for family therapy and counselling.

In addition to this, Jesper Juul engaged himself, on a voluntary basis, in the work with children, young people and families in refugee camps during the war in the former Jugoslavia, where he also provided counselling and post graduate education to local professionals.

Currently, Jesper Juul is active as a supervisor, counsellor and therapist in several parts of Europe.

Jesper Juul has written various books for parents and professionals, of which the best known is 'Your competent child', that so far has been translated into 13 languages and sold in ¼ mill. copies.