University of Maryland, College Park

Process and outcome in group counseling/therapy. Relationship components in interpersonal/dynamic counseling and therapy. Education and training of counselors/therapists. Prevention and mentoring in school and community settings

Kivlighan, D.M., Jr., Holmes, S.E. (2004). The importance of therapeutic factors: A typology of therapeutic factor studies. In J.L. DeLucia-Waack, D.A.Gerrity, C.R., Kalonder, & M.T. Riva (Eds.), Handbook of group counseling and psychotherapy (pp. 23-26). California: Sage Publications.

Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., & Kivlighan, M. C. (2004). Counselor intention use in individual and group treatment. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51, 347-353.

Kivlighan, D. M., Jr., Holmes, S. E. (2004). The importance of therapeutic factors: A typology of therapeutic factors studies. In J. L. DeLucia-Waack, D. A. Gerrity, C. R. Kalonder, & M. T. Riva (Eds.) Handbook of group counseling and psychotherapy (pp. 23-36). Sage Puplications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA.

Mallinckrodt, B., Porter, M. J. & Kivlighan, D. M., Jr. (2005). Client attachment to Therapist, Depth of In-Session Exploration, and Object Relations in Brief Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 42, 85-100.