Michael Constantino | Psychological and Brain Sciences

Professor, Graduate Program Director

BA, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1995

MA, The Pennsylvania State University, 1999

PhD, The Pennsylvania State University, 2002

Tobin 612

(413) 545-1388

constanm@umass.edu

Laboratory Website:

Psychotherapy Research Lab

Research Area(s):

Clinical Psychology

Tabs

Research

Dr. Constantino’s primary scientific contributions include: (1) investigating patient, therapist, and dyadic characteristics and processes that influence psychosocial treatments; (2) developing and testing therapeutic interventions that address pantheoretical principles of clinical change (i.e., common factors), such as treatment expectations, the therapeutic relationship, corrective experiences, and change ambivalence; (3) conducting effectiveness research in naturalistic treatment settings (e.g., psychotherapy training clinics, community mental health centers); and (4) examining the interface of social and clinical psychology theories (e.g., self-verification) to inform clinical practice guidelines. Across these highly interrelated domains, Dr. Constantino's Psychotherapy Research Lab adopts complementary research designs, including quantitative process research, experimental outcome trials, meta-analyses, qualitative analyses, and lab-based clinical analogue studies.

Teaching

Current Undergraduate Courses:

Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (PSY 383): Psychology 383 is a reading-intensive, advanced undergraduate course for Psychology majors. The course provides students with a thorough grounding in the nature, history, evolution, and current status of the counseling and psychotherapy field from theoretical, empirical, and clinical perspectives. As its title suggests, the course will focus on both the theoretical and applied aspects of the most influential psychotherapy systems.

Current Graduate Courses:

Theory and Practice of Psychotherapy with Adults (PSY 682): The goal of this seminar is to provide clinical psychology graduate students with a thorough grounding in the nature, history, evolution, and current status of the adult psychotherapy field from empirical, theoretical, and practice-based perspectives. As the title implies, the seminar will focus on both the theoretical and the applied aspects of the most influential psychotherapy systems.

Evidence Based Training Practicum in Context-Responsive Psychotherapy Integration “CRPI Practicum” (PSYCH 789): The goal of this graduate practicum is to provide training in the application of evidence based clinical interventions for patients with varied psychological difficulties. This particular placement will focus on group and individual supervision of clinical psychology graduate students providing outpatient psychotherapy to adults in the Psychological Services Center (PSC) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The team will center on an integrative, principle-based model, referred to as context responsive psychotherapy integration (CRPI).

Service

Selected Current Professional Service Roles

Contributing Editor:

Contributing Co-Guest Editor (Practice-Oriented Evidence Review): Journal of Psychotherapy Integration
Contributing Guest Editor: Journal of Clinical Psychology/In Session

Editorial Board:

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration
Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Unified Psychotherapy and Clinical Science
Psychotherapy Research
Psychotherapy

Governance:

Past-President: American Psychological Association Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy)
Past-President: North American Society for Psychotherapy Research

University and Department:

Member: Psychological Services Center Advisory Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chair: Graduate Studies Committee
Graduate Program Director: Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Publications

Last 5 years:

In Press/Accepted

Muir, H. J., Coyne, A. E., Morrison, N. R., Boswell, J. F., & Constantino, M. J. (in press). Ethical implications of routine outcomes monitoring for patients, psychotherapists, and mental health care systems. Psychotherapy.

Lenton-Brym, A. P., Stewart, K. E., Coyne, A. E., Westra, H. A., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (in press). Can self-report measures of readiness for change and treatment ambivalence predict outcomes in cognitive-behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder? Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (Eds.) (in press). Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research in practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (in press). Implementing evidence-based principles of therapeutic change: A bidirectional collaboration between clinicians and researchers. In L. G. Castonguay, M. J. Constantino, & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

McAleavey, A., Xiao, H., Bernecker, S. L., Holt, H., Morrison, N. R., Stein, M., Youn, S., Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (in press). An updated list of principles of change that work. In L. G. Castonguay, M. J. Constantino, & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (in press). Depression cases. In L. G. Castonguay, M. J. Constantino, & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (in press). Anxiety cases. In L. G. Castonguay, M. J. Constantino, & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

Papiasvile, E. D., Spayd, C. S., Wolf, A. W., Weinberg, I., Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (in press). Conceptual, clinical, and empirical perspectives on principles of change for anxiety disorders. In L. G. Castonguay, M. J. Constantino, & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (in press). Harvesting the fruits of a clinician-researcher collaboration and planting seeds for new partnerships. In L. G. Castonguay, M. J. Constantino, & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Gomez Penedo, J. M., Gnall, K.E., McBride, C., & Ravitz, P. (in press). Relation of patient and therapist interpersonal impact messages to outcome in interpersonal therapy for depression. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2018, November 8). Competing indirect effects in a comparative psychotherapy trial for generalized anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pst0000163

2019

Coyne, A. E., Muir, H. J., & Constantino, M. (2019, June). Responsivity to patients’ early treatment beliefs as a form of evidence-based decision making. [Web article]. Retrieved from https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/responsivity-to-patients-early-treatment-beliefs-as-a-form-of-evidence-based-decision-making

Constantino, M. J., Vîslă, A., Coyne, A. E., & Boswell, J. F. (2019). Cultivating positive outcome expectation. In J. C. Norcross & M. J. Lambert (Eds.), Psychotherapy Relationships That Work: Volume 1. Evidence-Based Therapist Contributions (3rd ed.; pp. 461-494). New York: Oxford University Press.

Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Boswell, J. F., Iles, B., & Vîslă, A. (2019). Promoting treatment credibility. In J. C. Norcross & M. J. Lambert (Eds.), Psychotherapy Relationships That Work: Volume 1. Evidence-Based Therapist Contributions (3rd ed.; 495-521). New York: Oxford University Press.

Vîslă, A., Flückiger, C., Constantino, M. J., Krieger, T., & grosse Holtforth, M. (2019). Patient characteristics and the therapist as predictors of depressed patients' outcome expectation over time: A multilevel analysis. Psychotherapy Research, 29, 709-722. doi:10.1080/10503307.2018.1428379

Gomez Penedo, J. M., Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Bernecker, S. L., & Smith Hansen, L. (2019). Patient baseline interpersonal problems as moderators of outcome in two psychotherapies for bulimia nervosa. Psychotherapy Research, 29, 799-811. doi:10.1080/10503307.2018.1425931

Button, M. L., Norouzian, N., Westra, H. A., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2019). Client reflections on confirmation and disconfirmation of expectations in cognitive behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety with and without motivational interviewing. Psychotherapy Research, 29, 723-736. doi:10.1080/10503307.2018.1425932

Constantino, M. J., Aviram, A., Coyne, A. E., Newkirk, K., Greenberg, R. P., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2019, July 17). Dyadic, longitudinal associations among patient-therapist outcome expectation and alliance quality, and their indirect effects on patient outcome: A within- and between-dyad analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology. Advanced online publication. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000364

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Xiao, H. (2019). Integrating science and practice through researcher-clinician collaboration. In J. C. Norcross & M. R. Goldfried (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapy integration (3rd ed.; pp. 432-447). New York: Oxford University Press.

Westra, H. A., & Constantino, M. J. (2019). Integrative psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder. In J. C. Norcross & M. R. Goldfried (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapy integration (3rd ed.; pp. 284-302). New York: Oxford University Press.

Rousmaniere, T., Wright, C. V., Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., Castonguay, L. G., McLeod, J., ... Nordal, K. (2019, May 23). Keeping psychologists in the driver’s seat: Multiple perspectives on quality improvement and clinical data registries in behavioral health care. Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pst0000227

Constantino, M. J., Sommer, R. K., Goodwin, B. J., Coyne, A. E., & Pinel E. C. (2019, May 9). Existential isolation as a correlate of clinical distress, beliefs about psychotherapy, and experiences with mental health treatment. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/int0000172

Ravitz, P., Watson, P., Lawson, A., Constantino, M. J., Bernecker, S. L., Park, J., & Schwartz, H. A. (2019, March 14). Interpersonal psychotherapy: A scoping review and historical perspective (1974-2017). Harvard Review of Psychiatry. Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000219

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., Antony, M. M. (2019). Interpersonal change as a mediator of the within- and between-patient alliance-outcome association in two treatments for generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87, 472-483. doi:10.1037/ccp0000394

Gomez Penedo, J. M., Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Romano, F. M., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2019, February 10). Baseline client interpersonal agency moderates the indirect effect of treatment on long-term worry in variants of CBT for generalized anxiety disorder. Behavior Therapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.01.007

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., & Muir, H. J. (2019, January 28). Therapist responsivity to patients’ early treatment beliefs and psychotherapy process. Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037.pst0000200

Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., Antony, M. M., & Coyne, A. E. (2019). Specific and common processes as mediators of the long-term effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy integrated with motivational interviewing for generalized anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy Research, 29, 213-225. doi:10.1080/10503307.2017.1332794

Poulin, L. E., Button, M. L., Westra, H. A., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2019). The predictive capacity of self-reported motivation vs. early observed motivational language in cognitive behavioural therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 48, 369-384. doi:10.1080/16506073.2018.1517390

2018

Coyne, A. E., Muir, H. A., Westra, H. A., Antony, M. M., & Constantino, M. J. (2018, November). Uncovering trainable therapist effects. [Web article]. Retrieved from http://www.societyforpsychotherapy.org/uncovering-trainable-therapist-effects-2

Constantino, M. J. (2018). 2018 President’s column: Entering the 2018 stretch. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 53(4), 2-4.

Constantino, M. J. (2018). 2018 President’s column: Thank you, Division 29 friends and colleagues Psychotherapy Bulletin, 53(3), 2-4.

Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Boswell, J. F., Iles, B. R., & Vîslă, A. (2018). A meta-analysis of the association between patients’ early perception of treatment credibility and their posttreatment outcomes. Psychotherapy, 55, 486-495. doi:10.1037/pst0000168

Constantino, M. J., Vîslă, A., Coyne, A. E., & Boswell, J. F. (2018). A meta-analysis of the association between patients’ early treatment outcome expectation and their posttreatment outcomes. Psychotherapy, 55, 473-485. doi:10.1037/pst0000169

McGonigal, P. T., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., Bernecker, S. L., & Constantino, M. J. (2018, August 13). An open trial of an anger management treatment in a correctional facility: An initial examination of effectiveness and predictors of response. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. doi:10.1080/14789949.2018.1508483

Constantino, M. J. (2018). 2018 President’s column: Into the first turn. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 53(2), 2-4.

Bernecker, S. L., & Constantino, M. J. (2018). Making psychotherapy scalable by teaching nonprofessionals to deliver treatment to each other. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 53(1), 43-48.

Constantino, M. J. (2018). 2018 President’s column: Turning points and turning 50! Psychotherapy Bulletin, 53(1), 2-5.

Goodwin, B. J., Coyne, A. E., & Constantino, M. J. (2018). Extending the context-responsive psychotherapy integration framework to cultural processes in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 55, 3-8. doi:10.1037pst0000143

Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., Oswald, J. M., Bugatti, M., Goodwin, B.J., & Yucel, R. (2018, March). Mental health care consumers’ relative valuing of clinician performance information. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000264

Constantino, M. J. (2018). Structured interview on research. The Integrative Therapist, 4, 5-6.

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Ravitz, P., & McBride, C. (2018). The interactive effect of patient attachment and social support on early alliance quality in interpersonal psychotherapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 28, 46-59. doi:10.1037/int0000074

Vîslă, A., Constantino, M. J., Newkirk, K., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., & Söchting, I. (2018). The relation between outcome expectations, therapeutic alliance, and outcome among depressed patients in group cognitive-behavioral therapy. Psychotherapy Research, 28, 446-456. doi:10.1080/10503307.2016.1218089

Hara, K., Westra, H. A., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2018). The impact of resistance on empathy in CBT for generalized anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy Research, 28, 606-615 doi:10.1080/10503307.2016.1244616

Constantino, M. J., Romano, F. M., Coyne, A. E., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2018). Client interpersonal impacts as mediators of long-term outcome in cognitive-behavioral therapy integrated with motivational interviewing for generalized anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy Research, 28, 861-872. doi:10.1080/10503307.2017.1301689

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Laws, H. B, Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2018). Patient-therapist convergence in alliance ratings as a predictor of outcome in psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy Research, 28, 969-984. doi:10.1080/10503307.2017.1303209

2017

Constantino, M. J. (2017). Structured interview on training. The Integrative Therapist, 3, 12-14.

Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., & Gomez Penedo, J. M. (2017). Contextualized integration as a common playing field for clinicians and researchers: Comment on McWilliams. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 27, 296-303. doi:10.1037/int0000067

Morrison, N. R., Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., Kertes, A., Goodwin, B. J., & Antony, M. M. (2017). Using interpersonal process recall to compare patients’ accounts of resistance in two psychotherapies for generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 73, 1523-1533. doi:10.1002/jclp.22527

Ametrano, R. M., Constantino, M. J., & Nalven, T. (2017). The influence of expectancy persuasion techniques on socially anxious analogue patients’ treatment beliefs and therapeutic actions. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 10, 187-205.

Gomez Penedo, J. M., Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2017). Markers for context-responsiveness: Patient baseline interpersonal problems moderate the efficacy of two psychotherapies for generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85, 1000-1011. doi:10.1037/ccp0000233

Bernecker, S. L., Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., & Ravitz, P. (2017). For whom does interpersonal psychotherapy work? A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 56, 82-93.

Constantino, M. J., Boswell, J. F., Coyne, A. E., Kraus, D. R., & Castonguay, L. G. (2017). Who works for whom and why? Integrating therapist effects analysis into psychotherapy outcome and process research. In L. G. Castonguay & C. E. Hill (Eds.), Why are some therapists are better than others? Understanding therapist effects (pp. 309-323). Washington DC: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/0000034-004

Boswell, J. F., Kraus, D. R., Constantino, M. J., Bugatti, M., & Castonguay, L. G. (2017). The implications of therapist effects for routine practice, training, and policy. In L. G. Castonguay & C. E. Hill (Eds.), Why are some therapists are better than others? Understanding therapist effects (pp. 309-323). Washington DC: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/0000034-017

Constantino, M. J., Morrison, N. R., Coyne, A. E., & Howard, T. (2017). Exploring therapeutic alliance training in clinical and counseling psychology graduate programs. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/10503307.2017.1301689

Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Luukko, E. K., Newkirk, K., Bernecker, S. L., Ravitz, P., & McBride, C. (2017). Therapeutic alliance, subsequent change, and moderators of the alliance-outcome association in interpersonal psychotherapy for depression. Psychotherapy, 54, 125-135. doi:10.1037/pst0000101

Graves, T. A., Tabri, N., Thompson-Brenner, H., Franko D. L., Eddy, K. T., Bourion-Bedes, S., Brown, A., Constantino, M. J. … Thomas, J. J. (2017). A meta-analysis of the therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in eating disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 50, 323-340. doi: 10.1002/eat.22672.

Bernecker, S. L., Banschback, K., Santorelli, G. D., & Constantino, M. J. (2017). An Internet-disseminated self-help and peer support program could fill gaps in mental health care: Lessons from a consumer survey. JMIR Mental Health, 4(1):e5. doi:10.2196/mental.4751

Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., & Kraus, D. R. (2017). Harnessing the therapist effect in patient-centered mental health care decision making. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 44, 724-728. doi:10.1007/s10488-016-0789-3

Moertl, K., Giri, H., Angus, L., & Constantino, M. J. (2017). Corrective experiences of psychotherapists in training. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 73, 182-191. doi:10.1002/jclp.22431

Angus, L., & Constantino, M. J. (2017). Client accounts of corrective experiences in psychotherapy: Implications for clinical practice. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 73, 192-195. doi:10.1002/jclp.22432

Constantino, M. J., Morrison, N. R., Coyne, A. E., Goodwin, B. J., Santorelli, G. D., & Angus, L. (2017). Patients’ perceptions of corrective experiences in naturalistically-delivered psychotherapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 73, 139-152. doi:10.1002/jclp.22428

Constantino, M. J., & Angus, L. (2017). Clients’ retrospective accounts of corrective experiences in psychotherapy: An international, multisite collaboration. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 73, 131-138. doi:10.1002/jclp.22427

Khattra, J., Angus, L., Westra, H., Macaulay, C., Moertl, K., & Constantino, M. J. (2017). Client perceptions of corrective experiences in cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing for generalized anxiety disorder: An Exploratory Pilot Study. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 27, 23-34. doi:10.1037/int0000053

Laws, H. B. Constantino, M. J., Sayer, A., Klein, D. N., Kocsis, J. H., Manber, R., … Arnow, B. A. (2017). Convergence in patient-therapist therapeutic alliance ratings and its relation to outcome in chronic depression treatment. Psychotherapy Research, 27, 410-424. doi:10.1080/10503307.2015.1114687

Barber, J. P., Zilcha-Mano, S., & Constantino, M. J. (2017). Psychodynamic and interpersonal psychotherapies. In R. J. DeRubeis & D. R. Strunk (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of mood disorders (pp. 447-458). New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199973965.013.38

Hara, K. M., Aviram, A., Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2017). Therapist empathy, homework compliance and outcome in cognitive-behavioural therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: Partitioning within- and between-therapist effects. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 46, 375-390. doi:10.1080/16506073.2016.1253605

Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., McVicar, E. L., & Ametrano, R. A. (2017). The relative association between individual difference variables and general psychotherapy outcome expectation in socially anxious individuals. Psychotherapy Research, 27. 583-594. doi:10.1080/10503307.2016.1138336

Boritz, T., Barnhart, R., Angus, L., & Constantino, M. J. (2017). Narrative flexibility in brief psychotherapy for depression. Psychotherapy Research, 27, 666-676. doi:10.1080/10503307.2016.1152410

2016

Constantino, M. J. (2016). Testing, analyzing, and establishing markers for responsiveness in psychotherapy. The Integrative Therapist, 2, 16-18.

Constantino, M. J., Laws, H. B., Coyne, A. E., Greenberg, R. P., Arnow, B. A., Klein, D. N., ... Manber R. (2016). Change in patients’ interpersonal style as a mediator of the alliance-outcome association in treatment for chronic depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84, 1135-1144. doi:10.1037/ccp0000149

Boswell, J. F., & Constantino, M. J. (2016). Measurement-based care and patient-centered mental health care. [Web Article] Retrieved from http://societyforpsychotherapy.org/measurement-based-care/

Constantino, M. J., Vîslă, A., Ogrodiczuk, J. S., Coyne, A. E., & Söchting, I. (2016). Forward thinking: Correlates of posttreatment outcome expectation among depressed outpatients. Estudios de Psicología / Studies in Psychology, 37, 282-310.doi:10.1080/02109395.2016.1189205

Aviram, A., Westra, H. A., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2016). Responsive management of early resistance in cognitive-behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84, 783-794. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000100

Westra, H. A., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2016). Integrating motivational interviewing with cognitive-behavioral therapy for severe generalized anxiety disorder: An allegiance-controlled randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84, 768-782. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000098

Kraus, D. R., Bentley, J. H., Alexander, P. C., Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., Baxter, E. E., & Castonguay, L. G. (2016). Predicting therapist effectiveness from their own practice-based evidence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84, 473-483. doi:10.1037/ccp0000083

Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., & Anderson, L. M. (2016). Potential obstacles to treatment success in adults: Client characteristics. In Malztman, S. (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of treatment processes and outcomes in psychology (pp. 183-205). New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199739134.013.17

Bernecker, S. L., Constantino, M. J., Atkinson, L. R., Bagby, R. M., Ravitz, P., & McBride, C. (2016). Attachment style as a moderating influence on the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal psychotherapy for depression: A failure to replicate. Psychotherapy, 53, 22-33. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1037/pst0000036\

Kuska, M., Trnka, R., Tavel, P., Constantino, M. J., Angus, L., Moertl, K. (2016). The role of cultural beliefs and expectations in the treatment process: Clients’ reflections following individual psychotherapy. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 3, 259-270. doi:10.1080/14681994.2014.1001354

Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., Kraus, D. R., Bugatti, M., & Oswald, J. M. (2016). The expanding relevance of routinely collected outcome data for mental health care decision making. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 43, 482-491. doi:10.1007/s10488-015-0649-6

2015

Boswell, J. F., & Constantino, M. J. (2015). Clinicians’ self-judgment of effectiveness. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 50, 15-19.

Boswell, J. F., & Constantino, M. J. (2015). Measurement-based care: Enhancing mental health care decision making and patient outcomes. The Clinical Psychologist, 68, 5-11.

Constantino, M. J., & Bernecker, S. L. (2015, March). Context-responsive psychotherapy integration: A reconceptualization of and empirical framework for common factors. [Web Article]. Retrieved from http://www.societyforpsychotherapy.org/context-responsive-psychotherapy-integration-a-reconceptualization-of-and-empirical-framework-for-common-factors

Hara, K. M., Westra, H. A., Aviram, A., Button, M. B., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2015). Therapist awareness of client resistance in cognitive behavioural therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 44, 162-174. doi:10.1080/16506073.2014.998705

Errazuriz, P., Constantino, M. J., Calvo, E. (2015). The relationship between patient object relations and the therapeutic alliance in a naturalistic psychotherapy sample. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 88, 254-269. doi:10.1111/papt.12046

Collaborators

Non-exhaustive list:

Martin M. Antony, PhD

Ryerson University

Lynne E. Angus, PhD

York University

Bruce A. Arnow, PhD

Stanford University Medical Center

Tali Boritz, PhD

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON

James F. Boswell, PhD

State University of New York at Albany

Louis G. Castonguay, PhD

The Pennsylvania State University

Kenneth L. Critchfield, PhD

James Madison University

Marvin R. Goldfried, PhD

Stony Brook University

Roger P. Greenberg, PhD

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Laurie Heatherington, PhD

Williams College

Martin grosse Holtforth, PhD

University of Zurich

David Kraus, PhD

Outcomes Referrals, Inc., Framingham, MA

Holly Laws, PhD

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Rachel Manber, PhD

Stanford University

Christopher Martell, PhD

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Carolina McBride, PhD

University of Toronto

John S. Ogrodniczuk, PhD

University of British Columbia

Elizabeth Pinel, PhD

University of Vermont

Paula Ravitz, MD

University of Toronto

Andreea Visla, PhD

Babes-Bolyai University

Henny A. Westra, PhD

York University

Sigal Zilcha-Mano, PhD

University of Haifa

Biography

Michael J. Constantino, PhD, is a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he directs his Psychotherapy Research Lab, teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on theories and techniques of psychotherapy, and supervises clinicians-in-training. Across these roles, Dr. Constantino is committed to integrating rigorous science with quality practice and training.

Dr. Constantino has published both empirical and theoretical work in leading journals and books in the field, and he has received both internal and external grant support for his research. Dr. Constantino’s work has been recognized internationally, including with his receipt of the American Psychological Foundation’s 2007 Division 29 (Psychotherapy) Early Career Award, the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration’s (SEPI) 2007 New Researcher Award, the Society for Psychotherapy Research’s (SPR) 2010 Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award, and fellow status (awarded in 2009) in the American Psychological Association (APA) and Division 29 of APA. Dr. Constantino and his co-authors were awarded the APA Division 29 Distinguished Publication of Psychotherapy Research Award for their 2012 article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, "The relation between changes in patients’ interpersonal impact messages and outcome in treatment for chronic depression."

In addition to his research productivity, Dr. Constantino's commitment to the advancement of psychotherapy and psychotherapy research is exemplified by his involvement in service to and governance of SPR and its North American Chapter (NASPR), Division 29, and SEPI. For NASPR, Dr. Constantino is a past-President (2013-2015). He has also been a member of multiple SPR/NASPR conference program and award committees. For Division 29, Dr. Constantino is current President (2018). He also served on the Board of Directors as the Early Career Domain Representative, and he is past Chair of the Research Committee and a past member of multiple other committees. For SEPI, Dr. Constantino is a past Chair of the Research Committee, and he has also served on multiple conference program committees.

Dr. Constantino is a Contributing Editor for the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. He is also a Consulting Editor for Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Research, the Journal of Unified Psychotherapy and Clinical Science, the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and the Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session.

For more information on Dr. Constantino, please see his CV.

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