Jesper Juul is a renowned family therapist and author. He has lived within three different families and is a father and grandfather.

Jesper Juul has for many years - and in a wide range of settings - been working with children and young people with behavior difficulties, pedagogical development in schools and kindergartens and also with groups of single mothers and parentgroups. He was the director of the Kempler Institute of Scandinavia.Centre for family and post graduate education from 1979 until 2004.

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 has devoted his time and energy to the continued growth of Family-Lab International and is living with his wife in Denmark and Croatia.

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.