B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.A., Teachers College; Ph.D., Yale University
Psychotherapy research (self-disclosure and concealment in patients, therapists, supervisors, and supervisees); the influence of emerging technologies (e.g., texting, blogging, emails, social media) on self-disclosure and on the practice of psychotherapy; Carl Rogers and person-centered therapy (e.g., varieties and consequences of positive regard).
Farber, B. A. (2006). Self-disclosure in psychotherapy. New York: Guilford Publications.
Farber, B. A., Brink, D., & Raskin, P. (1996). The psychotherapy of Carl Rogers: Cases and commentary. New York: Guilford Publications.
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Suzuki, J. Y., & Farber, B. A. (2016). Towards greater specificity of the concept of positive regard. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 15, 263-284.
Blanchard, M., & Farber, B. A. (2016). Lying in psychotherapy: Why and what clients don’t tell their therapist about therapy and their relationship. Counseling Psychology Quarterly, 29 (1), 90-112.
Farber, B. A., & Nitzburg, G.C. (2016). Young adult self-disclosures in psychotherapy and on Facebook. Counseling Psychology Quarterly, 29 (1), 76-89.
Farber, B. A., & Coren, S. (2015). Discrepancies between beginning psychotherapists’ clinical self-perceptions and their presentation to supervisors and teachers. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 50 (2), 24-29.
Geller, J. D., & Farber, B. A. (2015). Attachment style, representations of psychotherapy, and clinical interventions with insecurely attached clients. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 71, 457-468.
Farber, B. A., & Hazanov, V. (2014). Informal sources of supervision in clinical training. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 70, 1062-1072.
Farber, B. A., Feldman, S., & Wright, A. J. (2014). Client disclosure and therapist response in psychotherapy with women with a history of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Psychotherapy Research, 24, 316-326.
Nitzburg, G. C., & Farber, B. A. (2013). Putting up emotional (Facebook) walls? Attachment status and emerging adults’ experience of social networking sites. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 69, 1183-1190.
Farber, B. A. (2012). Afterword: Our narcissistic age—or not. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 68, 954-959.
Farber, B. A., Shafron, G., Hamadani, J., Wald, E., & Nitzburg, G. (2012). Children, technology, problems, and preferences. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 68, 1225-1229.
Farber, B. A., Bohart, A. C., & Stiles, W. B. (2012). Corrective (emotional) experience in person-centered therapy: Carl Rogers and Gloria Redux. In C. Hill & L. G. Castonguay (Eds.), Transformation in psychotherapy: Corrective experiences across cognitive behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic approaches (pp. 103-119). Washington, D.C.: APA Books.
Khurgin-Botts, R., & Farber, B. A. (2011). Patients’ disclosures about therapy:Discussing therapy with spouses, significant others, and friends. Psychotherapy, 48, 330-335.
Farber, B. A., & Doolin, E. M. (2011). Positive regard. In J. C. Norcross (Ed.). Psychotherapy relationships that work (2nd edition) (pp. 168-186). New York: Oxford University Press.
Saypol, E., & Farber, B. A. (2010). Attachment style and patient disclosure in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 20, 462-471.
Geller, J. D., Farber, B. A., & Schaffer, C. E. (2010). Representations of the supervisory alliance and the development of psychotherapists. Psychotherapy, 47, 211-220. Farber, B. A., Khurgin-Botts, R., & Feldman, S. (2009). The Benefits and risks of patient self-disclosure in the psychotherapy of women with a history of childhood sexual abuse. Psychotherapy, 46, 52-67.
Farber, B. A., & Metzger, J. (2009). The therapist as secure base. In J. H. Obegi & E. Berant (Eds.). Attachment theory and research in clinical work with adults (pp. 46-70). New York: Guilford.
Pattee, D., & Farber, B. A. (2008). Patients’ experiences of self-disclosure in psychotherapy: The effects of gender and gender-role identification. Psychotherapy Research, 18, 306-315.
Farber, B. A. (2007). On the enduring and substantial influence of Carl Rogers’ not-quite essential nor necessary conditions. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, and Training, 44, 289-294.
Farber, B. A., & Sohn. A. (2007). Patterns of self-disclosure in psychotherapy and marriage.Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, and Training, 44, 226-231.
Farber, B. A., Berano, K., & Capobianco, J. (2006). A temporal model of patient disclosure in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 16, 463-469.
Calabrese, M. L., Farber, B. A., & Westen, D. (2005). The relationship of adult attachment constructs to object relational patterns of representing self and others. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 33, 513-530.
Farber, B. A. (2006). Self-disclosure in psychotherapy. New York: Guilford.
Farber, B. A., Brink, D., & Raskin, P. (1996). The psychotherapy of Carl Rogers: Cases and commentary. New York: Guilford Publications.
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Khurgin-Botts, R., & Farber, B. A. (2011). Patients’ disclosures about therapy: Discussing therapy with spouses, significant others, and friends. Psychotherapy, 48, 330-335.
Farber, B. A., & Doolin, E. M. (2011). Positive regard. In J. Norcross (Ed.) Psychotherapy relationships that work (2nd edition) (pp. 168-186). New York: Oxford University Press.
Saypol, E., & Farber, B. A. (2010). Attachment style and patient disclosure in psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy Research, 20, 462-471.
Geller, J. D., Farber, B. A., & Schaffer, C. E. (2010). Representations of the supervisory alliance
and the development of psychotherapists. Psychotherapy, 47, 211-220.
Elliott, R., & Farber, B. A. (2010). Carl Rogers: idealistic pragmatist and psychotherapy research
pioneer. In L. G. Castonguay et al.
(Eds.), Bringing psychotherapy research to life: Understanding change through the work of
leading clinical researchers. Legacies from the Society of Psychotherapy Research (pp. 17-28). Washington, D. C.: APA Books.
Farber, B. A., Khurkin-Botts, R., & Feldman, S. (2009). The Benefits and risks of patient self-
disclosure in the psychotherapy of women with a history of childhood sexual abuse.
Psychotherapy, 46, 52-67.
Farber, B. A., & Metzger, J. (2009). The therapist as secure base. In J. H. Obegi & E. Berant
(Eds.) Attachment theory and research in clinical work with adults (pp. 46-70). New York:
Guilford.
Pattee, D., & Farber, B. A. (2008). Patients’ experiences of self-disclosure in psychotherapy: The
effects of gender and gender-role identification. Psychotherapy Research, 18, 306-315.
Farber, B. A. (2007). On the enduring and substantial influence of Carl Rogers’ not-quite essential
nor necessary conditions. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, and Training, 44, 289-294.
American Psychological Association: 12; 29 (Fellow; Executive Committee: 2012-2017); 32
Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR)
Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration