Jacques P. Barber

Jacques P. Barber, Ph.D., ABPP is Dean and Professor, The Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University. He is emeritus professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and at the Graduate Psychology Group at Penn. He is also Adjunct Psychiatry Professor at the New York University School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology and Counseling, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He has a private practice in Long Island, NY.

He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is past president of the society for psychotherapy research and was a recipient of its early career award in 1996 and of his senior research investigator award in 2014. He has been conducting research on the outcome and process of dynamic and cognitive therapies for depression, substance dependence, panic disorder and personality disorders. He recently finished two NIMH-funded Randomized Clinical Trials: One comparing dynamic therapy vs. SSRI/SNRI for major depression; the other comparing dynamic therapy vs. CBT for panic disorder.

In terms of psychotherapy process research, he has examined the impact of the therapeutic alliance and of therapists' use of theoretically relevant interventions on the outcome of different therapies. Most important, he has focused his energies on models of change during therapy that emphasized both relational and technical factors. He has also conducted research on core conflicts and metacognitiion. He has published more than 200 papers, chapters and books in the field of psychotherapy and personality.

Together with Hadas Wiseman, they have co-authored a book titled "Echoes of the Trauma: Relationship Themes and Emotions in the Narratives of the Children of Holocaust Survivors" published by Cambridge. Together with Richard Summers, they have published "Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice" at Guilford Press. Together with J. Chris Muran, they have published: The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence-Based Guide to Practice at Guilford Press.

For more information see:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jacques_Barber/info?endorsements=1411084800

http://www.adelphi.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.php?PID=0570