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Farber, Barry

Professor of Psychology and Education

Editor, Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session

Counseling & Clinical Psychology

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Educational Background

B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.A., Teachers College; Ph.D., Yale University

Scholarly Interests

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).

Selected Publications

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 (2^nd 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.

Biographical Information

Professor Barry A. Farber received his Ph.D. from Yale University. Clinically, he has had training in behavioral, client-centered, and psychodynamically oriented psychotherapies. His research and scholarly interests are in the areas of psychotherapy process and outcome (e.g., the ways in which patients construct internal representations of the therapist and the therapeutic relationship; self-disclosure in patients, therapists, and supervisees; the nature and consequences of the therapist's provision of positive regard), the impact on the therapist of doing psychotherapy, the development of psychological-mindedness, and the ways in which interpersonal disclosure is influenced by emerging technologies (e.g., texting, emailing, blogging). He was Director of Training in the clinical program here for 21 years (1990-2011) and recently (2014) re-assumed that positon; he's currently the editor of Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session. He's also on the Executive Committee of Division 29 (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association.

Principal Publications

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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Farber, B.A., Feldman, S., & Wright, A. J. (2013). Client disclosure and therapist response in psychotherapy with a history of childhood sexual abuse. Psychotherapy Research.

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.

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.

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 (2^nd 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.

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