Derner Student Accomplishments

Derner Student Honors and Awards

Lauren Lipner – Recipient of the Kenneth Howard Memorial Student Travel Award to attend the 2016 North American Society for Psychotherapy Research  Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA.

Alvaro Moreira – First Place recipient of the 2016 William Alanson White Institute Psychotherapy Case Presentation Award, New York, NY.

Adam Natoli – Recipient of grant in support of his study “Does personality functioning moderate implicit – self-attributed test score discontinuities? Elucidating the dynamics of interpersonal dependency,” awarded by the Society for Personality Assessment.

Vanya Radoncic – Recipient of the 2016 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Travel Award to attend the 124th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Zeynep Sahin – Recipient of a Travel Award to attend the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Nili Solomonov – Recipient of a Travel Award to attend the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

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George Striker Fellowship Award

A special congratulations to Nili Solomonov, winner of the 2016 George Striker Fellowship for Outstanding Research Achievement and Productivity! Nili is broadly interested in mechanisms of change in psychodynamic therapy, and her second year project investigated the extent of psychotherapy integration in the work of psychotherapy experts.

Katie Giuseppone received an honorable mention and second place for her scholarly contributions in the research areas of psychopathology and parent-child relationships.

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Derner Student Publications and Presentations

Ardalan, F., Tanis, T., DeRubeis, L., Kim, K., Yaseen, Z., Galynker, I., & Cohen, L. (2016, May). How do anger expressed inward and anger expressed outward differentially relate to depression, impulsivity and suicide risk? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Atlanta, GA.

Barber, J. P., Gallop, R., Milrod, B., Chambless, D., Solomonov, N., & McCarthy, K.S. (2016, June). Mechanism of change vs. mediators in psychotherapies for panic. In J. P. Barber (Moderator), Mechanisms of change in evidenced-based psychotherapies. Semi-plenary conducted at the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Bedi, G., Shiffrin, L., Vadhan, N. P., Nunes, E. V., Foltin, R. W., & Bisaga, A. (2016). Effects of levodopa-carbido- pa-entacapone and smoked cocaine on facial affect recognition in cocaine smokers. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 30(4), 370-377.

Bloch-Elkouby, S., Muran, J. C., Gorman, B. S., Safran, J. D., & Eubanks, C. F. (2016, June). Toward a better under- standing of psychotherapy outcome assessment: Congruence between instruments, measures of change, and raters. Paper presented at the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Chui, H., & Barber, J.P. (in press). Supportive-expressive therapy. In A. Wenzel (Ed.), Sage encyclopedia of abnormal and clinical psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Chui, H., Bloch-Elkouby, S., & Barber, J.P. (in press). Benefits and challenges: A closer look at case studies within trials. In D.B. Fishman, F.M. Dattilio, S.B. Messer, & D.J.A. Edwards (Eds.), Case studies within psychotherapy trials: Expanding the gold standard. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Chui, H., Zilcha-Mano, S., Dinger, U.,   Barrett, M.S., & Barber, J.P. (2016). Dependency and self-critIicism in treatments for depression. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63(4), 452-459.

Deitchman, A., & Bornstein, R. F. (2016, August). Interpersonal dependency  and  academic  self-efficacy.  Poster presented at the 124th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

DeRubeis-Byrne, L. (2016, April). Posture and its effect on affective state. Poster presented at the Annual Spring Meeting of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

DeRubeis, L., Kim, K., Ardalan, F., Tanis, T., Galynker, I., & Cohen, L. (2016, May). The relationship between childhood trauma, impulsivity and suicidality in an inpatient sample. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Atlanta, GA.

Fink, V., Ardalan, F., Tanis, T., DeRubeis, L., Kim, K., Galynker, I., & Cohen, L. (2016, May). Childhood trauma predicts to cluster B personality pathology. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Atlanta, GA.

Fuertes, J.N., Rubinstein, S., Reyes, M., Iampornpipopchai, P., Mujeeb, S., Smith, C.R., & Toporovsky, A. (2016). The physician-patient working alliance in hemodialysis treatment. Behavioral Medicine, 00-25.

Fuertes, J.N., Toporovsky, A., Reyes, M., & Manzi, A. (2016, June). In-session therapists’ countertransference in less successful versus more successful psychotherapy cases. Paper presented at the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Hansen, M., Trotter, A., Power, K., & Wierzbinska, E. (October, 2015). Graduate student roundtable: Psychotherapy and activism. Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ.

Katz, M., Hilsenroth, M. J. (2016, June). And how does that make you feel? Psychodynamic technique related to outcome for depressed patients. Panel presented at the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Katz, M., Hilsenroth, M. J. (2016, January). Is therapist evaluation of social anxiety/avoidance traits associated with patient-re- ported attachment style? Poster presented at the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) Winter Meeting, Organized by the Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research Society (PPRS), New York, NY.

Kim, K., DeRubeis, L., Ardalan, F., Tanis, T., Galynker, I., & Cohen, L. (2016, May). Self-esteem, impulsivity, and suicidal ideation in mood disordered patients. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Atlanta, GA.

Kovler, J. D. (2016, January). Psychosocial impact of Cushing’s Disease. Lecture presented at the Corcept Endocrinology Conference, Long Beach, CA.

Kuprian, N., Chui, H., & Barber, J. P. (in press). Effective therapists in psychodynamic therapy for depression: What interventions are used and how? In L. G. Castonguay & C. E. Hill (Eds.), Therapist effects: Toward understanding how and why some therapists are better than others. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.

Lipner, L.M., Mendelsohn, R., & Muran, J.C. (in press). Psychoanalysis. In A. E. Wenzel (Ed.), Sage encyclopedia of abnormal and clinical psychology. New York, NY: Sage.

Lipner, L.M., Muran, J. C., Zilcha-Mano, S., Gardner, J., Eubanks, C., & Safran, J. D. (2016, June). Differences in patterns of alliance with patients diagnosed with and without a personality disorder in two time-limited psychotherapies. Poster presented at the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Martinez, S., Jones, J., Comer, S., & Bisaga, A. (2016, June). The effects of  nicotine administration and drug cues on impulsivity. Talk presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA.

McGowan, T., Conway, F., McCarthy, J., Waldron, D., & Deptula, L. (2016, March). Assessment of object relation in hospitalized children with ADHD. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

Minges, M., Perry, J.C., Chambless, D., Milrod, B., & Barber, J. P. (2016). Does defensive functioning change in short-term treatment for panic disorder? Poster presented at the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration meeting in Dublin, Ireland and the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Moeller, M., Springer, C., & Cinberg, M. (2015, November). Fatherhood in Orthodox Jewish families: A qualitative research study. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Moreira, A.D., Lombardi, K., & Newirth, J. (2016, April). An exploration of the transition process of trans women: Mourning and inscription. Poster session presented at the Annual Spring Meeting of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Muran,  J.C., Safran, J.D.,  Eubanks, C., Samstag, L. W., Winston, A., Bloch-Elkouby, S., Gardner, J.,  Knopf, L.,  Lipner, L.,  Liu, D., & Small, R.B. (2015, November). Mount Sinai Beth Israel Psychotherapy Research Program (1990-present). Poster and video display presented at A Celebration of Gordon F. Derner’s Life and Legacy, Garden City, NY.

Natoli,  A.P.,   &  Bornstein, R. F. (2016, May). Sex differences in self-attributed and implicit dependency: Direction and magnitude of discontinuity.    Poster   presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/ rg.2.1.1936.4725

Natoli, A.P., Nelson, S., Lengu, K., & Huprich, S. K. (2016). Sensitivity to criticism differentially mediates the relationship between interpersonal problems and state and trait depression. Personality and Mental Health. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1338

Pitman, S., & Hilsenroth, M. (2016). Interpersonal subtypes of anxiety disorder patients: Relationship to assess- ment and treatment variables. Journal of  Nervous and Mental Disease, 204, 513-518.

Radoncic, V. (2016). Trauma exposure and sex differences in the context of stress reactivity and regular cannabis use. Poster session presented at the 124th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO and to be presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX.

Radoncic, V., Marcoux, B., & Hien, D. A. (in press). Self-management of addiction and substance abuse. In E. Martz (Ed.), Promoting self-management of chronic impairments: Theories and practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Richardson, S., Newirth, J., & Lombardi, K. (2016, April). Therapist self-disclosure: In-session and coming out. Poster presented at the Annual Spring Meeting of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Roh, A., & Chin, J. (2016). Asian American leadership and identity. Poster presentation at the Asian American Psychological Association Convention, Denver, CO.

Sahin, Z., & Barber, J. P. (in press). Termination of treatment. In A. Wenzel (Ed.), Sage encyclopedia of abnormal and clinical psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Sahin. Z., Vinnars, B., Gorman, B., Wilczek, A., Åsberg, M., & Barber, J. P. (2016, June). Level of functioning as a moderator of outcome in psychodynamic and dialectical behavior therapies for borderline personality disorder. Poster presented at the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Sapountzis, I., Giuseppone K., & Moeller, M. (2015, August). Listening to the fear. Paper presented at the Gunawirra sponsored workshop in Gunedah, Australia.

Shiffrin, L., & Szymanski, K. (2016, March). Personality correlates of posttraumatic stress symptoms in cancer patients. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Soci- ety for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

Shiffrin, L., & Szymanski, K. (2016, October). The relationship between spirituality and posttraumatic distress in cancer patients. Paper to be presented at Listening to Trauma: Insights and Actions, the Second Washington  Conference on Trauma, Washington, DC.

Small, R.B., Muran, J.C., Safran, J.D., & Eubanks, C. (2016, June). The impact of Alliance-Focused Training on therapist self-expression, emotional involvement, and alliance perspective. Poster presented at the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Small, R.B. (2016, April). Hot topics in psychology: All about relationships. Invited speaker on faculty-student panel presented at the Derner Institute’s Annual Psychology Day, Garden City, NY.

Smith, S.W., Levy, S.R., Hilsenroth, M. J., Fiori, K. L., & Born- stein, R. F. (2016). Relationship between patient SWAP-200 personality characteristics and therapist-rated alliance early in treatment. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 204(6), 437-444.

Solomonov, N., Gorman, S. B., Chambless, D.L., Milrod, B., Groth, T., & Barber, J. P. (2016, June). A journey towards therapeutic change in treatments of panic disorder: Alliance and use of techniques as predictors of improvement in mechanisms of change. Paper presented at the 47th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

Solomonov, N., Kuprian, N., Zilcha-Mano, S., Gorman,  B.S., &  Barber, J.P. (2016). What do psychotherapy experts actually do in their sessions? An analysis of psychotherapy integration in prototypical demonstrations. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 26(2), 202-216.

Szymanski, K., Springer, C., & Zecevic, L. (2016, May). Body awareness – a friend or foe: The impact of  somatic awareness on psychological distress in breast cancer patients. Oral presentation at the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology Meeting, Halifax, Canada.

Wierzbinska, E., Russo, E., & Athan, A. (2016, August). Examining Predictors of the subjective experience of childbirth. Poster presented at the 124th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Wierzbinska, E. (December, 2015). Review of the film Dark Side of the Full Moon. The Feminist Psychologist, 42(5), 15.

Zilcha-Mano, S., Chui, H., Dolev, T., McCarthy, K. S., Dinger, U., & Barber, J.P. (2016). Changes in causal attributions and relationship representations: Are they specific or common mechanisms in the treatment of depression. Journal of Affective Disorder, 193, 73-80.

Zilcha-Mano, S., Muran, J.C., Hungr, C., Eubanks, C. F., Safran, J.D., & Winston, A. (2016). The relationship between alliance and outcome: Analysis of a two-person perspective on alliance and session outcome. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 84(6), 484-96.