Education
B.A. Miami University (Ohio), 1976
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 1981
Research Interests
Family therapy change processes, the therapeutic alliance, cognition in family relationships and psychotherapy, gender and social relationships
Courses Taught
PSYC 101: Introductory Psychology (team taught)
PSYC 252: Psychological Disorders
PSYC 352: Clinical & Community Psychology
PSYC 355: Psychotherapy: Theory and Research
Selected Publications
- Heatherington, L., Lavner, J. (in press). Coming to terms with coming out: A review and recommendations for family system-focused research. Journal of Family Psychology.
- Heatherington, L., Tolejko, N., McDonald, M. & Funk, J. (2007). Now why’d he do that?: The nature and correlates of mothers’ attributions about negative teen behavior. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 315-319.
- Heatherington, L.& Friedlander, M.L.(2006). Manifestations and facilitation of insight in couple and family therapy. In L. Castonguay & C. Hill (Eds.), Insight in Psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
- Jackson, D. & Heatherington, L. (2006). Young Jamaicans’ attitudes toward mental illness: Experimental and demographic factors associated with social distance and stigmatizing opinions. Journal of Community Psychology, 34, 563-576.
- Friedlander, M.L., Escudero, V., & Heatherington, L.(2006). Therapeutic alliances in couple and family therapy.Washington, DC:APA Press.
- Friedlander, M.L., Escudero, V., Horvath, A. & Heatherington, L., Cabero, A., & Martens, M. (2006). System for observing family therapy alliances: A tool for research and practice. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 214-224.
- Heatherington, L., Escudero, V. & Friedlander, M.L. (2005). Couple interaction during problem discussions: Toward an integrative methodology. Journal of Family Communication, 5, 191-207.
- Heatherington, L., Friedlander, M.L. & Greenberg, L.S. (2005). Family therapy process research: Methodological challenges and opportunities. (Special issue on Methodology in Family Research). Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 18-27.
- Heatherington, L., Friedlander, M.L., and Escudero, V. (2004). From dyads to triads and beyond: Relational control in individual and family therapy. In L.E. Rogers & V. Escudero (Eds.), Relational Communication (pp. 101-129). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Gray, S. & Heatherington, L. (2003). The importance of social context in the facilitation of emotional expression in men. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 22, 294-314.