Michael Constantino | Department of 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

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(413) 545-1388

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constanm@umass.edu

Laboratory Website:

Psychotherapy Research Lab

Research Area(s):

Clinical Psychology

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Research

As Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Psychotherapy Research Lab, Dr. Constantino’s primary scientific contributions include: (1) investigating patient, therapist, and dyadic characteristics (traits) and longitudinal processes (states) that influence (as predictors, moderators, mediators, or mechanisms) psychosocial treatments; (2) developing and testing therapeutic interventions that address both theory-specific (e.g., cognitive behavioral, interpersonal) and theory-common (e.g., therapeutic relationship, participant expectancies) principles of clinical change; (3) understanding factors that differentiate clinicians whose patients reliably achieve better versus worse treatment outcomes (i.e., therapist effects); (4) testing measurement-based patient-therapist match algorithms; and (5) examining the interface of social and clinical psychology to inform clinical practice. Across these interrelated domains, Dr. Constantino adopts complementary research designs, including quantitative process research, experimental outcome trials, qualitative analyses, meta-analyses, and lab-based clinical analogue studies.

Teaching

Current Undergraduate Courses:

Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (PSYCH 383): Psychology 383 is a reading-intensive, advanced undergraduate course for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors. The course provides students with a thorough grounding in the nature, history, evolution, and current status of the counseling and psychotherapy fields from theoretical, empirical, and clinical perspectives. In addition to surveying the major theoretical systems, general issues and controversies related to psychotherapy research and evidenced-based practice are addressed. Complementing discussions of empirically supported treatment packages, the course also highlights relationship factors, participant characteristics, and in-session principles of therapeutic change that foster (or hinder) patient improvement. The course also attempts to demystify counseling and psychotherapy approaches by making a concerted effort to reveal what the treatments presented actually “look like” in practice. In addition, the course spotlights, across all sections, various ethical considerations, multicultural perspectives, and current trends and controversies in counseling and psychotherapy.

Current Graduate Courses:

Theory and Practice of Psychotherapy with Adults (PSYCH 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 focuses on both the theoretical and the applied aspects of the most influential psychotherapy systems. Additionally, the seminar emphasizes science-informed practices, with a review of research on and controversies about empirically supported treatments, evidence-based practice, and practice-based evidence. The seminar also addresses issues related to the dissemination of and training on effective psychotherapeutic practices, and it infuses ethical, social justice, and multicultural considerations related to the study, theory, and practice of psychotherapy.

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 mental health concerns. This particular placement focuses 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 centers on an integrative, principle-based model termed context-responsive psychotherapy integration (CRPI).

The Science of Clinical Practice for Social Workers (Smith School of Social Work; SOCW 868-1): This seminar provides social work graduate students with ample grounding in the nature, history, evolution, and current status of the adult clinical intervention field from empirical, theoretical, and practice-based perspectives. As the title indicates, the seminar emphasizes science-informed clinical practices and principles of therapeutic change, with a review of research on and controversies about empirically supported treatments, evidence-based practice, and practice-based evidence. In doing so, prominent clinical research methods are highlighted. The seminar also address issues related to the dissemination of and training on effective therapeutic practices, as well as ethical, social justice, and multicultural considerations related to clinical intervention.

Service

Selected Current Professional Service Roles

Associate Editor:

Psychotherapy

Contributing Guest Editor:

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Editorial Board:

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Psychotherapy Integration
Psychotherapy Research

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:

Graduate Program Director: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chair: Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Member: Executive Committee, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Publications

Last 5 Years:

In Press/Accepted

Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Boswell, J. F., Goldfried, M. G., & Castonguay, L. G. (in press). Training on context-responsive psychotherapy integration: An evidence-informed framework. In L. G. Castonguay & C. E. Hill (Eds.), Training in psychotherapy: Learning, improving, and supervising therapeutic skills. American Psychological Association.

Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., & Coyne, A. E. (in press). What works in therapy when delivered by whom? Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

Kraus, D. K., Williams, A. A., Hobbs, K., Constantino, M. J., Boswell, J. F., & Trudeau, K. J. (in press). Behavioral health referrals based on routine outcomes monitoring data improves patient outcomes. Journal of Family Practice.

Constantino, M. J., & Muir, H. J. (in press). Can we prospectively harness therapist effects for therapeutic benefit? In Leong, F., Callahan, J. L., Constantino, M. J., Eubanks, C. F., & Zimmerman, J. (Eds.). APA Handbook of Psychotherapy. American Psychological Association.

Hara, K. M., Westra, H. A., Coyne, A. E., Di Bartolomeo, A. A., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2021). Therapist affiliation and hostility in cognitive-behavioral therapy with and without motivational interviewing for severe generalized anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2021.2001069

Zilcha-Mano, S., Constantino, M. J., & Eubanks, C. F. (in press). Evidence-based tailoring of treatment to patients, providers, and processes: Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Constantino, M. J., Gaines, A.N., Coyne, A. E. (in press). Clients’ own perspectives on psychotherapy outcomes and their mechanisms. In J. N. Fuertes (Ed.), The other side of psychotherapy: understanding clients’ experiences and contributions in treatment. American Psychological Association.

2021

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Boswell, J. F., & Kraus, D. R. (2021). Therapist-level moderation of within- and between-therapist process-outcome association. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000676

Constantino, M. J., Boswell, F. J., & Coyne, A. E. (2021). Patient, therapist, and relational factors. In M. Barkham, W. Lutz, & L. G. Castonguay (Eds.), Bergin and Garfield's handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (7th ed.; pp. 225-262). Wiley.

Boswell, J. F., & Constantino, M. J. (2021). The essentials of deliberate practice: Cognitive-behavioral therapy. American Psychological Association.

Westra, H. A., Norouzian, N., Poulin, L., Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Hara, K., Olson, D., & Antony, M. M. (2021). Testing a deliberate practice workshop for developing appropriate responsivity to resistance markers. Psychotherapy, 58(2), 175-185. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000311

Vîslă, A., Constantino, M. J., & Flückiger, C. (2021). Predictors of change in patient treatment outcome expectation during cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy, 58(2), 219-229. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000371

Constantino, M. J., Goodwin, B. J., Muir, H. J., Coyne, A. E., & Boswell, J. F. (2021). Context-responsive psychotherapy integration applied to cognitive behavioral therapy. In J. C. Watson & H. Wiseman (Eds.), The responsive psychotherapist: Attuning to clients in the moment. (pp. 151–169). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000240-008

Boswell, J. F., King, B. R., Schwartzman, C. M., Wasserman, R. H., & Constantino, M. J. (2021). Responsiveness in integrative therapies. In J. C. Watson & H. Wiseman (Eds.), The responsive psychotherapist: Attuning to clients in the moment. (pp. 277–296). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000240-014

Constantino, M. J., Boswell, J. F., Kraus, D. R., & Swales, T. (2021). Matching Patients with Therapists to Improve Mental Health Care. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). https://doi.org/10.25302/07.2021.IHS.150328573

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Gaines, A. N., Laws, H. B., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2021). The association between therapist attunement to patient outcome expectation and worry reduction in two therapies for generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68(2), 182–193. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000457

Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., & Kraus, D. R. (2021). For whom does a match matter most? Patient-level moderators of evidence-based patient-therapist matching. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000644

Constantino, M. J., Boswell, J. F., Coyne, A. E., Swales, T. P., & Kraus, D. R. (2021). Effect of matching therapists to patients vs assignment as usual on adult psychotherapy outcomes: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 78(9), 960-969. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.1221

Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Vîslă, A., Flückiger, C., Goodwin, B. J., Muir, H. J., & Gaines, A. N. (2021). Indirect effect of patient outcome expectation on improvement through alliance quality: A meta-analysis. Psychotherapy Reseearch, 31(6), 711-725. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2020.1851058

Morrison, N. R., Constantino, M. J., Santorelli, G., McVicar, E., & Ametrano, R. M. (2021). Determinants of psychotherapy outcome expectations: Qualitative accounts from socially anxious college students. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 21, 781-791. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12411

Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., Oswald, J. M., Bugatti, M., Coyne, A. E., Goodwin, B. J., & Morrison, N. R. (2021). A multi-method study of mental health care patients’ attitudes toward clinician-level performance information. Psychiatric Services, 72(4), 452-456. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000366

Muir, H. J., Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2021). Integrating responsive motivational interviewing with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for generalized anxiety disorder: Direct and indirect effects on interpersonal outcomes. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 31(1), 54-69. https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000194

Norouzian, N., Westra, H. A., Button, M. L., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2021). Ambivalence and the working alliance in variants of cognitive-behavioural therapy for generalised anxiety disorder. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 21(3), 587-596. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12332

Gaines, A. N., Goldfried, M. R., & Constantino, M. J. (2021). Revived call for consensus in the future of psychotherapy. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 24, 2-4. http://doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2020-300208

2020

Bernecker, S. L., Williams, J. J., Caporale-Berkowitz, N., Wasil, A. R., & Constantino, M. J. (2020). Non-professional peer support to improve mental health: Randomized trial of a scalable web-based peer counseling course. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(9):e17164. https://doi.org/10.2196/17164

Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., & Goldfried, M. R. (2020). A proposed makeover of psychotherapy training: Contents, methods, and outcomes. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 27, e12340. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpsp.12340

Gómez Penedo, J. M., Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Krieger, T., Hayes, A. M., & grosse Holtforth, M. (2020). Theory-specific patient change processes and mechanisms in different cognitive therapies for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(8), 774–785. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000502

Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., & Muir, H. J. (2020). Evidence-based therapist responsivity to disruptive clinical process. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 27(4), 405-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2020.01.003

Mamedova, K., Westra, H. A., Constantino, M. J., Shekarak, N., & Antony, M. M. (2020). Resistance and outcome expectations in cognitive-behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 20(2), 265-275. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12289

Constantino, M. J., Aviram, A., Coyne, A. E., Newkirk, K., Greenberg, R. P., Westra, H. A.,Antony, M. M. (2020). 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, 67(1), 40-50. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000364

Rousmaniere, T., Wright, C. V., Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., Castonguay, L. G., McLeod, J., Pedulla, D., & Nordal, K. (2020). Keeping psychologists in the driver’s seat: Four perspectives on quality improvement and clinical data registries. Psychotherapy, 57(4), 562-573. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000227

2019

Goodwin, B. J., Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., Button, M. L., & Antony, M. M. (2019). Patient motivational language as a predictor of symptom change, clinically significant response, and time to response in psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy, 56(4), 537-548. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000269

Muir, H. J., Coyne, A. E., Morrison, N. R., Boswell, J. F., & Constantino, M. J. (2019). Ethical implications of routine outcomes monitoring for patients, psychotherapists, and mental health care systems. Psychotherapy, 56(4), 459-469. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000246

Constantino, M. J., Sommer, R. K., Goodwin, B. J., Coyne, A. E., & Pinel, E. C. (2019). Existential isolation as a correlate of clinical distress, beliefs about psychotherapy, and experiences with mental health treatment. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 29(4), 389-399. https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000172

Gomez Penedo, J. M., Constantino, M. J., Coyne, A. E., Romano, F. M., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2019). Baseline client interpersonal agency moderates the indirect effect of treatment on long-term worry in variants of CBT for generalized anxiety disorder. Behavior Therapy, 50(6), 1063-1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.01.007

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(5), 472-483. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000394

Lenton-Brym, A. P., Stewart, K. E., Coyne, A. E., Westra, H. A., Constantino, M. J., & Antony, M. M. (2019). 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, 33(4), 301-319. https://doi.org/10.1891/0889-8391.33.4.301

Ravitz, P., Watson, P., Lawson, A., Constantino, M. J., Bernecker, S. L., Park, J., & Schwartz, H. A. (2019). Interpersonal psychotherapy: A scoping review and historical perspective (1974-2017). Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 27(3), 165-180. https://doi.org/10.1097/HRP.0000000000000219

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., & Muir, H. J. (2019). Therapist responsivity to patients’ early treatment beliefs and psychotherapy process. Psychotherapy, 56(1), 11-15. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000200

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(5), 369-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2018.1517390

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Westra, H. A., & Antony, M. M. (2019). Competing indirect effects in a comparative psychotherapy trial for generalized anxiety disorder. Psychotherapy, 56(4), 549-554. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000163

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(6), 709-722. https://doi.org/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(6), 799-811. https://doi.org/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(6), 723-736. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2018.1425932

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(2), 213-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2017.1332794

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (Eds.). (2019). Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research in practice. Oxford University Press.

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (2019). 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 (pp. 3-12). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0001

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. (2019). 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 (pp. 13-37). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0002

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (2019). Depression cases. In L. G. Castonguay, M. J. Constantino, & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice (pp. 41-56). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0003

Johnson, B., Vivian, D., Wolf, A. W., Beutler, L. E., Castonguay, L. G., & Constantino, M. J. (2019). Conceptual, clinical, and empirical perspectives on principles of change for depression. In L. G. Castonguay, M. J. Constantino, & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice (pp. 167-211). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0007

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (2019). Anxiety disorders cases. In L. G. Castonguay, M. J. Constantino, & L. E. Beutler (Eds.), Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice (pp. 215-230). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0008

Papiasvile, E. D., Spayd, C. S., Wolf, A. W., Weinberg, I., Beutler, L. E., Castonguay, L. G., & Constantino, M. J. (2019). 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 (pp. 325-362). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0012

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Beutler, L. E. (2019). 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 (pp. 365-376). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0013

Castonguay, L. G., Constantino, M. J., & Xiao, H. (2019). Integrating research and practice. In J. C. Norcross & M. R. Goldfried (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapy integration (3rd ed., pp. 432-447). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190690465.003.0020

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). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190690465.003.0013

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). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190843953.003.0013

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., pp. 495-521). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190843953.003.0014

Coyne, A. E., Muir, H. J., & Constantino, M. J. (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

2018

McGonigal, P. T., Dixon-Gordon, K. L., Bernecker, S. L., & Constantino, M. J. (2018). 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, 29(5), 774-781. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2018.1508483

Coyne, A. E., Constantino, M. J., Gomez Penedo, J. M., Gnall, K. E., McBride, C., & Ravitz, P. (2018). Relation of patient and therapist interpersonal impact messages to outcome in interpersonal therapy for depression. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 28(4), 475-488. https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000125

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(4), 486-495. https://doi.org/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(4), 473-485. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000169

Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., Oswald, J. M., Bugatti, M., Goodwin, B. J., & Yucel, R. (2018). Mental health care consumers’ relative valuing of clinician performance information. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(4), 301-308. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000264

Goodwin, B. J., Coyne, A. E., & Constantino, M. J. (2018). Extending the context-responsive psychotherapy integration framework to cultural processes in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 55(1), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1037pst0000143

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(6), 969-984. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2017.1303209

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(6), 861-872. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2017.1301689

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(1), 46-59. https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000074

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(4), 606-615. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2016.1244616

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(3), 446-456. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2016.1218089

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.

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: 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.

Constantino, M. J. (2018). Structured interview on research. The Integrative Therapist, 4(2), 5-6.

2017

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(11), 1523-1533. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22527

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(10), 1000-1011. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.07.001

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(3), 187-205. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijct.2017.10.3.187

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, 11(4), 219-226. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000157

Graves, T. A., Tabri, N., Thompson-Brenner, H., Franko D. L., Eddy, K. T., Bourion-Bedes, S., Brown, A., Constantino, M. J., Flückiger, C., Forsberg, S., Isserlin, L., Couturier, J., Paulson Karlsson, G., Mander, J., Teufel, M., Mitchell, J. E., Crosby, R. D., Prestano, C., Satir, D. A., Simpson, S., … Thomas, J. J. (2017). A meta-analysis of the therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in eating disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 50(4), 323-340. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22672

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(5), 724-728. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-016-0789-3

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

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(3), 296-303. https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000067

Angus, L., & Constantino, M. J. (2017). Client accounts of corrective experiences in psychotherapy: Implications for clinical practice. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 73(2), 192-195. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22432

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(2), 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22427

Moertl, K., Giri, H., Angus, L., & Constantino, M. J. (2017). Corrective experiences of psychotherapists in training. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 73(2), 182-191. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22431

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(2), 139-152. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22428

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(2), 125-135. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000101

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(5), 375-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2016.1253605

Laws, H. B., Constantino, M. J., Sayer, A., Klein, D. N., Kocsis, J. H., Manber, R., Markowitz, J. C., Rothbaum, D. S., Thase, M. E., & Arnow, B. A. (2017). Convergence in patient-therapist therapeutic alliance ratings and its relation to outcome in chronic depression treatment. Psychotherapy Research, 27(4), 410-424. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2015.1114687

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(1), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000053

Boritz, T., Barnhart, R., Angus, L., & Constantino, M. J. (2017). Narrative flexibility in brief psychotherapy for depression. Psychotherapy Research, 27(6), 666-676. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2016.1152410

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(5), 583-594. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2016.1138336

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). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000034-017

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. 55-68). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000034-004

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). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199973965.013.38

Constantino, M. J. (2017). Structured interview on training. The Integrative Therapist, 3(4), 12-14.

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

Katherine Dixon-Gordon, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Paula Errazuriz, PhD, Universidad Católica de Chile

Christoph Flückiger, PhD, University of Zurich

Marvin R. Goldfried, PhD, Stony Brook University

Juan Martin Gomez Penedo, PhD, Universidad de Belgrano

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 high quality practice and training.

Dr. Constantino has published extensively both empirical and theoretical works in leading journals and books in the field. He is also co-author of the 2021 book, The essentials of deliberate practice: Cognitive-behavioral therapy, and co-editor of the 2019 book, Principles of change: How psychotherapists implement research findings in practice. In support of his research program, Dr. Constantino has received both internal and external grants and contracts. Additionally, his scholarly output has been recognized internationally, including with his receipt of the American Psychological Foundation’s 2007 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, the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 29's (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy) 2020 Mid-Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to the Advancement of Psychotherapy, and fellow status (awarded in 2009) in APA and Division 29 of APA. Also, Dr. Constantino and his co-authors were awarded the APA Division 29's 2013 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 scholarship, 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), APA Division 29, and SEPI. For SPR, Dr. Constantino chaired the local organizing committee for the 2020 annual conference in Amherst, MA (canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic). 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 a Past-President (2019). 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. Additionally, Dr. Constantino is an Associate Editor for Psychotherapy, a contributing Guest Editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and a past Contributing Guest Editor for the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. He is also a Consulting Editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, and Psychotherapy Research.

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

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