1) Emotion focused couple therapy (EFT) in the treatment of (a)Major Depressive Disorder, (b) alcohol dependence in early recovery, and (c) cocaine and methamphetamine dependence in early recovery. 2) Initiate-Avoid Dyadic Communication. We have developed an instrument to assess this pattern (the Initiator Style Questionnaire) and are exploring the role of this pattern in health and illness as well as the part it plays as a mechanism of change in EFT for couples.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Emotion Focused Therapy for couples
Couple therapy in the treatment of depression
Initiate-avoid dyadic communication
Couple therapy and addiction
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Denton, W.H., Johnson, S.M., & Burleson, B.R., "Emotion Focused Therapy-Therapist Fidelity Scale (EFT-TFS): Conceptual development and content validity" Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, 8:226-246, 2009
Denton, W.H.; Nakonezny, P.A.; Burwell, S.R., "Reliability and Validity of the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning (GARF)" Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, in press:doi 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2009.00144.x
Denton, W.H., Burleson, B.R., & Brubaker, P.H., "Avoidance may be bad for the heart: A comparison of dyadic initiator tendency in cardiac rehabilitation patients and matched controls" Behavioral Medicine, in press
Denton, W.H., Nakonezny, P.A., & Burwell, S.R., "The effects of meeting a family therapy supervision team on client satisfaction in an initial session" Journal of Family Therapy, in press
Denton, W.H., Carmody, T.J., Rush, A.J., Thase, M.E., Trivedi, M.H., Arnow, B.A., Klein, D.N., & Keller, M.B., "Dyadic discord at baseline is associated with lack of remission in the acute treatment of chronic depression" Psychological Medicine, in press:doi 10.1017/S0033291709990535
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
Denton, W.H., Golden, R. N., & Walsh, S.R., "Depression, marital discord, and couple therapy" Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 16:29-34, 2003
Denton, W.H., Burleson, B.R., Hobbs, B.V., Von Stein, M., & Rodriguez, C.P., "Cardiovascular reactivity and initiate/avoid patterns of marital communication: A test of Gottman’s psychophysiologic model of marital interaction" Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 24:401-421, 2001
Denton, W.H., Burleson, B.R., Clark, T.E., Rodriguez, C.P., & Hobbs, B.V., "A randomized trial of emotion focused therapy for couples in a training clinic" Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 26:65-78, 2000
Denton, W.H. & Burleson, B.R., "The Initiator Style Questionnaire: A scale to assess initiator tendency in couples" Personal Relationships, 14:245-268, 2007
Denton, W.H., "Relational diagnosis: An essential component of biopsychosocial assessment for DSM-V" American Journal of Psychiatry, 164:1146-1147, 2007
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