Stephen J. Betchen is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a certified sex therapist. He graduated from the joint masters/doctorate program (MSW/DSW) at the University of Pennsylvania with a specialization in marriage and family therapy and trained at the renowned Marriage Council of Philadelphia, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He then followed with fellowships in psychology (sex therapy) at The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center and in psychoanalysis (Freudian) at The Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis. He also trained at the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis & Psychology (Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program) and the International Psychotherapy Institute (Object Relations Theory and Practice Program). Dr. Betchen is an AAMFT Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor and an AASECT Diplomate and Certified Supervisor. He is also a member of SSTAR (Society for Sex Therapy and Research) and the APA (American Psychological Association). He served for many years as an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Couples and Family Therapy Graduate Program at Thomas Jefferson University and as Chief Supervisor in the Council for Relationships' Post-Graduate Sex Therapy Program. 

Dr. Betchen is the author of approximately 200 scholarly articles and chapters, magazine pieces and professional blogs, over 500 newspaper columns, and eight books on relationships. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Intrusive Partners-Elusive Mates: The Pursuer-Distancer Dynamic in Couples (Routledge, 2005). His new book is due in the Spring of 2026: Couple and Sex Therapy Supervision: A Supervisor’s Guide to Treating Couples with Sexual Problems (Routledge, 2026). He currently blogs for PsychologyToday.com and maintains a private practice in New Jersey.