Bruce Wampold
| Bruce Edward Wampold | |
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| Born |
November 25, 1948 Olympia, Washington |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Alma mater | University of Washington, University of Hawaii, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Thesis | The relationship between the cognitive organization and the classroom behavior of elementary school children (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald R. Atkinson |
| Known for | Research into psychotherapy |
| Notable awards | 2007 Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research Award from the American Psychological Association |
Bruce E. Wampold (born November 25, 1948, in Olympia, Washington)[1] is the Patricia L. Wolleat Professor of Counseling Psychology and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.[2][3]
Education
Wampold received his B.A. in mathematics from the University of Washington, his M.Ed. in educational psychology from the University of Hawaii, and his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1]
Work in psychotherapy
Wampold is known for developing the contextual model of psychotherapy, which constitutes an alternative to the prevailing theory of the effectiveness of psychotherapy, known as the medical model.[1]
Awards and honors
Wampold is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and received the Association's Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research in 2007.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Leong, Frederick T. (2008). Encyclopedia of Counseling. Sage Publications. p. 937.
- 1 2 "Bruce Wampold". University of Wisconsin. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ "How Psychotherapy Works". American Psychological Association. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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