James J. Esmail, PsyD

James J Esmail, PsyD is a clinical psychologist who has been in practice since 1996. He earned the MA and PsyD degrees in clinical psychology from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Esmail is a staff psychologist at the state psychiatric hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio (Summit Behavioral Healthcare), is in private practice, and is an adjunct professor in the Doctor of Psychology program at Xavier University.
Dr. Esmail has led DBT groups at both the state hospital and in his private practice for the last 12 years. He has enjoyed seeing DBT change the lives of the patients he works with, but also recognizes how DBT has enhance both his life, and the lives of his group co-leaders, many of whom have been clinical psychology doctoral candidates from the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Wright State University, and Miami University.
Aside from his practice, supervision and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Esmail finds many things that make his life worth living. First and foremost are his wife Lynn and teenage sons Noah and Nate, and he also loves playing the guitar, bicycling, reading, doing volunteer work, walking and exercise.