Learning from Well-Trained and Experienced Dynamic Psychotherapists: Research on the Efficacy of Dynamic Psychotherapy and Its Mechanisms of Change

Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychology, a researcher, and a lecturer. She completed her Ph.D. at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, her first post-doc at Harvard University and her second post-doc as a Fulbright scholar at Adelphi University. Her research focuses on processes of therapeutic change, especially interpersonal processes. She is a psychodynamically oriented psychotherapist.
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Jacques P. Barber, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., is professor and dean of the Derner Institute of Advanced Studies in Psychology, Adelphi University. He is emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and adjunct professor at New York University Medical School. He is past president of the society for psychotherapy research and was a recipient of its early career award. His research, which has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, focuses on the outcome and process of psychodynamic and cognitive therapies for depression, panic disorder, substance dependence, and personality disorders. He has published more than 190 articles, chapters, and books in the fields of psychotherapy and personality.