Dennis Kivlighan
Dennis Kivlighan
SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND/Professor and Interim Chair, Counseling Psychology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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.
BIO
Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr. is a Professor and the Interim Chair of the Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education at the University of Maryland. 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 In-Coming editor (2017) 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 125 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.
FELLOWSHIPS
Fulbright Teaching/Research Fellowship (2015), University of Palermo,
HONORS & AWARDS
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.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Heppner, P.P., Wampold, B. E., & Kivlighan, D. M., Jr. (2008). Research design in counseling (3rd Ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole.
Peer reviewed journal articles
138. Russell, K. C., Gillis, H. L. (Lee), Kivlighan, Jr., D. M. (in press). Process factors explaining psycho-social outcomes in adventure therapy. Psychotherapy.
137. Kivlighan, Jr., D. M., Lo Coco, G., Oieni, V., Gullo, S., Pazzagli, C., & Mazzeschi, C. (in Press). All bonds are not the same: A response surface analysis of the perceptions of positive bonding relationships in groups. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice.
136. Lu, Y., Keum, B. T., Chong, E. S. K., Yeung, J. G., Kivlighan, Jr., D. M. (in press). Are the ambitions for group dynamics: theory, research and practice being fulfilled? A social network analysis of citations of journals publishing group research. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice.
135. Hill, C. E., Kline, K. V., Kivlighan, Jr., D. M., Aaron, Z. & King, S. (2017). Changes in meaning in life across the course of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Journal Counselling Psychology Quarterly,
134. Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., Kline, K., Gelso, C. J., & Hill, C. E. (2017). Congruence and Discrepancy between Working Alliance and Real Relationship: Variance Decomposition and Response Surface Analyses. Journal of Counseling Psychology, doi:10.1037/cou0000216
133. Berman, M. I., Chapman, N., Nash, B., Kivlighan, D., & Paquin, J. (in press). Sharing Wisdom: Challenges, Benefits, and Developmental Path to Becoming a Successful Counselor-Researcher. Counselling Psychology Quarterly,
132. Hill, C. E., Hoffman, M. A., Kivlighan, D.M., Jr., Spiegel, S. B., Gelso, C. J. (2017). Therapist Expertise: The Debate Continues. The Counseling Psychologist, 45, 99-112. Doi: 10.1177/0011000016671006
131. Hill, C. E., Spiegel, S. B., Hoffman, M. A., Kivlighan, D.M., Jr., Gelso, C. J. (2017). Therapist expertise in psychotherapy revisited. The Counseling Psychologist, 45, 7-53. DOI: 10.1177/0011000016641192
130. Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., Lo Coco, G., Gullo, S., G., Pazzagli, C. & Mazzeschi, C. (2017). Attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance: members’ attachment fit with their group and group relationships. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy,
129. Lo Coco, G., Gullo, S., Oieni, V., Giannone, F., Di Blasi, M., & Kivlighan, D. M., Jr. (2016). The Relationship Between Attachment Dimensions and Perceptions of Group Relationships Over Time: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Analysis. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, And Practice, doi:10.1037/gdn0000056
128. Li, X., Jauquet, C. A., & Kivlighan, D. M., Jr. (2016). When is therapist metacommunication followed by more client collaboration? The moderation effects of timing and contexts. Journal of Counseling Psychology, doi:10.1037/cou0000162
Book chapters
Kivlighan, D. M., III & Kivlighan. D. M., Jr (2016). Treatment modalities: Comparing individual, family, and group counseling and psychotherapy. In S. Maltzman (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Treatment Processes and Outcomes in Counseling Psychology.
Kivlighan. D. M., Jr. & Kivlighan, D. M., III (2013). Therapeutic Factors: Current Theory and Research. . In J. L. DeLucia-Waack, D. A. Gerrity, C. R. Kalonder, & M. T. Riva (Eds., 2nd Ed.) Handbook of group counseling and Psychotherapy (pp. 23-36). Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA.
Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., Miles, J. R. & Paquin, J. D. (2010). Therapeutic factors in group counseling: asking new questions. In R. Conyne (Ed.) The Oxford handbook of group counseling (pp. 121-136). New York: Oxford.
GRANTS & PROJECTS
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 education and development (lead). Contract With the United States Navy, 2011-2014 ($350,000)
重要經歷：
馬里蘭大學諮商與人事服務學系教授兼系主任（2001-2012）
馬里蘭大學教育領導與高教/國際教育學系教授兼系主任（整併過程代理，2009-2012）
馬里蘭大學教授兼教育學院院長（整併過程代理，2006-2007）