The Ohio State University

Treatments

Although we primarily focus on specific psychotherapy treatments (e.g., BPD Compass, DBT, Unified Protocol), we will also consider more global treatment principles, research designs, and processes of change.


 

Huang, O. C.-H., Daros, A. R., Southward, M. W., Wardell, J. D., & Quilty, L. C. (in press). Multilevel structure of emotion regulation strategies and daily associations with treatment outcomes during virtual psychotherapy for depression: An experience sampling study. Cognitive Therapy & Research.

Southward, M. W., Kushner, M. L., Terrill, D. R., & Sauer-Zavala, S. (2024). A review of transdiagnostic mechanisms in cognitive behavior therapy. Journal of Psychiatric Clinics47(2), 343–354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2024.02.003
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Sauer-Zavala, S., Southward, M. W., & Cassiello-Robbins. (2023). Anxiety disorders. In F. T. L. Leong, J. L. Callahan, J. Zimmerman, M. J. Costantino, & C. F. Eubanks (Eds.), APA handbook of psychotherapy. American Psychological Association.

🔑 Southward, M. W., Sauer-Zavala, S., & Cheavens, J. S. (2021). Specifying the mechanisms and targets of emotion regulation: A translational framework from affective science to psychological treatment. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice28(2), 168–182. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000003
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Southward, M. W., *Semcho, S. A., & Sauer-Zavala, S. (2021). Cognitive-behavioral therapy. In R. E. Feinstein (Ed.), Primer on personality disorders: Multi-theoretical view points (pp. 259–282). Oxford University Press.

Southward, M. W., & Sauer-Zavala, S. (2020). Experimental manipulations to test theory-driven mechanisms of cognitive behavior therapy. Frontiers in Psychiatry11, 603009. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.603009
Invited paper for Special Issue on Contemporary Issues in Defining the Mechanisms of Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Benitez, C., Southward, M. W., Altenburger, E. M., Howard, K. P., & Cheavens, J. S. (2019). The within-person effects of validation and invalidation on in-session changes in affect. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, & Treatment10(5), 406–415. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000331
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Southward, M. W., & Pfeifer, B. J. (2019). Do as I say and as I do: Reflections on three methods of evidence-based clinical supervision of graduate-level trainees. The Behavior Therapist42(2), 50–53. https://services.abct.org/i4a/doclibrary/getfile.cfm?doc_id=14
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🔑 Key paper