John J Liptak

John J. Liptak, EdD, is an internationally recognized author with over thirty years of work experience providing counseling services for mental health clients, college students, offenders, and ex-offenders. He has spent a lifetime developing hope-generating materials for others to use. He authored over 100 workbooks with Ester Leutenberg on topics such as stress management, substance abuse, domestic violence, and developing and maintaining effective personal and intimate relationships. In...See more

John J. Liptak, EdD, is an internationally recognized author with over thirty years of work experience providing counseling services for mental health clients, college students, offenders, and ex-offenders. He has spent a lifetime developing hope-generating materials for others to use. He authored over 100 workbooks with Ester Leutenberg on topics such as stress management, substance abuse, domestic violence, and developing and maintaining effective personal and intimate relationships. In addition, John has written 31 career assessment instruments for JIST Publishing, 10 books for various publishers, and 13 e-books for Bookboon. Dr. Liptak is the President of the Center for Career Assessment, Inc., a research and development firm specializing in creating hope-related psychoeducational materials. He works with multiple publishing firms. The materials he developed are used internationally in a wide variety of settings, including schools, job training centers, mental health facilities, and prisons. John's work has been featured in the Associated Press and in numerous newspapers, including the Washington Post, Tampa Bay Times, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, on MSNBC television and CNN Radio. He appeared in the PAX/ION television series Success without a College Degree. John earned a Doctor of Education in Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance from Virginia Tech. He lives in Radford, Virginia, with his wife Kathy and their Shih Tzu named MacKenzie. See less