Professional Background
Professor of Psychology and Education and Director of Clinical Training; Program Coordinator, Clinical Psychology
Educational Background
B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.A., Teachers College; Ph.D., Yale University
Scholarly Interests
Psychotherapy research (attachment theory and object relations;
therapist and patient representations; self-disclosure in patients,
therapists, and supervisors); the influence of emerging technologies
(e.g., cell phones, text messaging, blogging, emails) on
self-disclosure in children and adolescents; Carl Rogers and
person-centered therapy.
Selected Publications
Self Disclosure in Psychotherapy (2006, Guilford)
The Psychotherapy of Carl Rogers (1996, Guilford).
"On the enduring and substantial influence of Carl Rogers’ not-quite essential nor
necessary conditions" (2007, Psychotherapy)
"Patterns of self-disclosure in psychotherapy and marriage" (2007, Psychotherapy)
"A temporal model of patient disclosure in psychotherapy" (2007, Psychotherapy Research)
"Patient self-disclosure: A review of the research" (2003, Journal of Clinical Psychology)
"Positive regard" (2001, Psychotherapy)
"The therapist as attachment figure" (1995, Psychotherapy).
"Gender and representation in psychotherapy" (1994, Psychotherapy).
Barry A. Farber
Professor of Psychology and Education
Director of Clinical Training; Program Coordinator, Clinical Psychology
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