Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr. is a Professor and the Interim Chair of the Department of Human Development at the 含羞草研究所. He received his B.S. in Psychology from the College of William and Mary and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University. Dennis is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Counseling Psychology and former editor of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice. He is a Fellow in Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology), Division 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy) and Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association. Dennis is a recipient of the Arthur Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year (2013) award from Division 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy), the Lifetime Achievement Award (2012) from the Society of Counseling Psychology, Section for the Promotion of Psychotherapy Science and the Lifetime Mentoring Award (2009) from the Society of Counseling Psychology. He has published over 165 articles in referred journals. Dennis' research interests are: Process and outcome in counseling and psychotherapy groups; The therapy relationship: Working alliance, Real Relationship and Transference-Countertransference; Actor-Partner Interdependence Model applied to groups; Dyadic methods for analyzing the therapeutic relationship; Longitudinal analyses.
Fulbright Teaching/Research Fellowship (2015), University of Palermo,
Arthur Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year (2013) award from Division 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy).
Lifetime Achievement Award (2012) from the Society of Counseling Psychology, Section for the Promotion of Psychotherapy Science.
Lifetime Mentoring Award (2009) from the Society of Counseling Psychology.
168. Ahn, L. H., Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., & Hill, C. E. (2021). Helping skills courses: The effects of student diversity and numeric marginalization on counseling self-efficacy, counseling self-stigma, and mental health. Journal of Counseling Psychology.
167. An, M., Hillman, J. W., Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., & Hill, C. E. (2021). Changes in client attachment in relation to client distress: A response surface analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology.
166. Wei, M., Wang, L., & Kivlighan, D. M., Jr. (2021). Group counseling change process: An adaptive spiral among positive emotions, positive relations, and emotional cultivation/regulation. Journal of Counseling Psychology.
165. Ahn, L. H., & Kivlighan, D. M., Jr. (2021). Working alliance, therapist expressive skills, and client outcome in psychodynamic therapy. Journal of Counseling Psychology.
164. Albano, G., Cardi, V., Kivlighan, D. M., Ambwani, S., Treasure, J., & Lo Coco, G. (2021). The relationship between working alliance with peer mentors and eating psychopathology in a digital 6鈥恮eek guided self鈥恏elp intervention for anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders.
163. Gullo, S., Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., Giordano, C., Di Blasi, M., Giannone, F., & Lo Coco, G. (2021). Bond and work ruptures in group counseling. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 25(1), 29鈥44.
162. Li, X., Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., Paquin, J. D., & Gold, P. B. (2020). What was that session like? An empirically-derived typology of group therapy sessions. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice.
161. Keum, B. T., Morales Dixon, K., Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., Hill, C. E., & Gelso, C. J. (2020). Do therapists improve in their ability to assess clients鈥 satisfaction? A truth and bias model. Journal of Counseling Psychology. doi-org.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/10.1037/cou0000525
160. Li, X., O鈥機onnor, S., Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., & Hill, C. E. (2020). 鈥淲here is the relationship鈥 revisited: Using actor-partner interdependence modeling and common fate model in examining dyadic working alliance and session quality. Journal of Counseling Psychology. doi- 10.1037/cou0000515.
159. Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., Gullo, S., Giordano, C., Di Blasi, M., Giannone, F., & Lo Coco, G. (2020). Group as a social microcosm: The reciprocal relationship between intersession intimate behaviors and in-session intimate behaviors. Journal of Counseling Psychology.
Fabian, E (PI), Kivlighan, D. M., Jr. (CO-PI). Long-term training: job development and job placement. Grant From The U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 2009-2014 ($199,986) (CO-PI)
Fabian, E (PI), Kivlighan, D. M., Jr. (CO-PI). Long-term training: job development and job placement. Grant From The U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 2009-2014 ($150,040) (CO-PI)
Kivlighan, D. M., Jr. (PI). Leardership 含羞草研究所 and development (lead). Contract With the United States Navy, 2011-2014 ($350,000)