Jason J. Platt, PhD, is a family therapist, educator, and clinical supervisor with more than 25 years of experience working at the intersection of teaching, research, and practice. His professional focus has been on internationalizing mental health training and services, advancing culturally responsive approaches, and expanding access to underrepresented voices in the field of family therapy.
Platt’s teaching and research center on bi-national couples, liberation psychology, fatherhood, and the use of critical pedagogy to create more inclusive training models. He has published widely in refereed journals and edited volumes on international family therapy, cultural humility, and the integration of diverse healing traditions into systemic practice. His scholarship consistently highlights how therapists can learn from community-based practices, indigenous wisdom, and lived experience.
In his clinical work, Platt specializes in supporting bi-national couples and humanitarian aid workers, drawing on systemic and liberation frameworks to address the unique relational, cultural, and contextual challenges they face. He is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and Clinical Fellow, with decades of experience mentoring therapists in both academic and clinical settings.
At Antioch, Platt brings a passion for preparing students to become globally minded, socially engaged, and culturally attuned practitioners who are equipped to meet the complex needs of today’s families and communities.
Core Faculty
Relational Therapy Division in the School of Counseling, Psychology, and Therapy
- 2003, May. Doctorate of Philosophy completed at Syracuse University.
- Major area of study: Marriage and Family Therapy.
- Dissertation: "Supervision and clinical competency evaluations: The influence of the supervisor's gender"
- 1997, May. Master of Science completed at the University of Louisiana, Monroe.
- Major area of specialization: Marriage and Family Therapy.
- 1995, May. Bachelor of Science completed at Brigham Young University.
- Major area of study: Psychology.
Dr. Platt’s academic work centers on internationalizing family therapy education and practice, with an emphasis on cultural humility, liberation psychology, and systemic thinking. His scholarship explores how therapists can integrate diverse healing traditions and engage in training models shaped by critical pedagogy, experiential learning, and immersion education. He is particularly committed to “self of the therapist” development, encouraging students to examine their own worldviews, privileges, and lived experiences as part of becoming more effective and compassionate clinicians.
Dr. Platt’s academic work centers on systemic therapies, with special emphasis on couples therapy, sex therapy, and play therapy. His teaching and research focus on internationalizing family therapy education, integrating cultural humility and liberation psychology, and advancing experiential and immersion-based training models that prepare therapists for practice across diverse global contexts.
- Laszloffy, T. A., & Platt, J. J. (2024). Divided we fall: Constructive dialoguing about our political differences within family therapy training. Journal of marital and family therapy, 50(3), 523–544. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12721
- Platt, J. J., & Willems, E. A. (2024). Bi-national and Multicultural Expat Couples in Mexico City: Exploring Covert Cultural Contracts. In The Routledge International Handbook of Couple and Family Therapy (1st ed., Vol. 1, pp. 137–154). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003297871-13
- Platt, J.J., & Bobele, M. (2022). Therapeutic Spaces in Public Places: Reflections on Storytelling and Anti-Propaganda Dialogues in México. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation. https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000042
- Platt, J.J. (2022). What shall I teach my blond blue-eyed son?: Thoughts on love, interbeing and accountability. In M. E. Gallardo (Ed.), Developing cultural humility: Embracing race, privilege and power (199-221). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Hoskins, D. and Platt, J.J. (2021), "Building a collaborative framework: a qualitative study of therapists collaborating with Curanderxs", The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-05-2021-0043
- Miller, J.K., Platt, J.J., & Nhong, H. (2019) Psychological Needs in Post-Genocide Cambodia: The Call for Family Therapy Services and the Implications for the “Majority World” Populations, Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 30:2, 153-167, DOI: 10.1080/08975353.2019.1613610
- Jimenez, M., Vázquez-Rivera, M., Platt, J. J., & Esteban, C. (2018). Mexican psychologists' and psychology students’ knowledge and attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. Revista Puertorriqueña de Psicología, 29(1), 88–101.
- Platt, J. J., & Laszloffy, T. A. (2013). Critical patriotism: Incorporating nationality into MFT education and training. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 39, 441– 456. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2012.00325.x.
- Platt, J.J. (2013). Shifting the therapeutic lens: Moving from the micro to the macro [Review of the book Small city on a big couch: A psychoanalysis of a provincial Mexican city, by K. Rodriguez]. PsycCRITIQUES, 58(30). doi: 10.1037/a0033371
- Platt, J. J. (2012). A Mexico City-based immersion education program: Training mental health workers for practice with Latino communities. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 38, 2, 352-364. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2010.00208.
- Miller, J. K., Todahl, J., & Platt, J.J. (2010). The core competency movement in marriage and family therapy: Key considerations from other disciplines. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36 (1), 59-70.
- Best Article of 2013 Award for “Critical Patriotism: Incorporating Nationality into MFT Education and Training,” Awarded by the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy Editorial Council.
- 2014 IMERIT Committee Award for dedicated service and significant contribution in fostering a diverse, multicultural and internationally engaged university community. A recognition from Alliant International University’s International and Multicultural Education, Research, Intervention, and Training Initiative.
- Clinical Practice – Ongoing work with bi-national couples, humanitarian aid workers, and international families.
- Clinical Supervision – AAMFT Approved Supervisor, mentoring therapists-in-training and early-career clinicians.
- Professional Service – Site visitor for the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE); active member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and the International Family Therapy Association.
- Editorial & Scholarship – Reviewer for journals such as Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and Journal of Systemic Therapies; publications on systemic therapy, cultural humility, and global mental health.
- Workshops & Trainings – Invited speaker and trainer on liberation psychology, cross-cultural supervision, couples and sex therapy, and integration of traditional healing practices.
- International Engagement – Development and facilitation of immersion and training programs in Mexico, India, Costa Rica, Cambodia, and other global contexts.
- AAMFT Clinical Member
- AAMFT Approved Supervisor
- Over the course of my career, I have taught more than 45 different courses across multiple institutions and nations. While my teaching has been wide-ranging, I have most frequently taught:
- Systemic Family Therapy Theories and Practice
- Couples Therapy
- Sex Therapy and Human Sexuality in Counseling
- Play Therapy
- Supervision in Marriage and Family Therapy
- Diversity and the Family
- Liberation Psychology and Critical Pedagogy in Therapy
- Group Therapy
- International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Mental Health