Taking care of the hated and hateful patient

Presenters' Biographies:  

Chris Muran, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Psychology at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City. He has coauthored Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide, The Therapeutic Alliance in Brief Psychotherapy, and edited Self-Relations in the Psychotherapy Process in addition to authoring of numerous journal articles. He is a Past-president of the North American Society for Psychotherapy Research.

Dorothy Holmes, Ph.D., is a Professor and Director of the Psychology Program at George Washington University and a training and supervising analyst at the Baltimore-Washington Institute for Psychoanalysis. Her scholarly publications include the study of the interacting influences of culture, gender and intrapsychic conflict in the psychoanalytic treatment process, including their interferences with success.

Jean Carter, Ph.D., is on the faculty of the Department of Counseling Psychology at the University of Maryland and is in independent practice. She is Past-president of the Divisions of Counseling Psychology and Independent Practice and President-elect designate of the Division of Psychotherapy. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles on counseling and psychotherapy and serves on several editorial boards.

Karen Maroda, Ph.D., is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin and is in independent practice. She is the author of The Power of Countertransference and Seduction, Surrender and Transformations in addition to numerous journal articles and book reviews. Dr. Maroda serves on the Board of Directors of the Division of Psychoanalysis and sits on several editorial boards.

Abe Wolf, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. He has published numerous articles is the area of health psychology. He is President of the Division of Psychotherapy.