Judith K. Balswick

Senior Professor of Marital and Family Therapy, Department of Marriage, Fuller Theological Seminary

B.A., Augustana College,
M.A., University of Iowa,
Ed.D., University of Georgia,

Judy Balswick is senior professor of marital and family therapy and has been a licensed marriage and family therapist since 1977. She came to Fuller in 1982, and was active in the transition of the Marriage and Family program from the School of Theology to the School of Psychology in 1987.

In addition to Balswick’s many articles, chapters, and books on family relationships, gender, and sexuality, she and her husband, Jack, have coauthored numerous books, including Authentic Human Sexuality (2nd edition, 2008), The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home (3rd edition, 2007), A Model for Marriage: Covenant, Grace, Empowerment, and Intimacy (2006), Relationship-Empowerment Parenting: Building Formative and Fulfilling Relationship with Your Children (2003), and Family Pain (1997).

Judy Balswick, along with her husband Jack, speaks throughout the U.S. and internationally at marriage and relationship retreats and workshops. In addition, she enjoys speaking for women’s groups.