Education

B.A. Miami University (1976)
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, Clinical Psychology (1981)

Areas of Expertise

Family therapy change processes, the therapeutic alliance, cognition in family relationships and psychotherapy, gender and social relationships

Scholarship/Creative Work

Selected Publications

• Friedlander, M.L., Heatherington, L., Escudero, V., & Diamond, G. (in press). The alliance in couple and family therapy. In J. Norcross (Ed.). Psychotherapy relationships that work:
  Evidence-based practice (2nd ed). Oxford University Press.

• Escudero, V., Heatherington, L. & Friedlander, M.L. (in press). Therapeutic alliances and
  alliance building in family therapy. In C. Muran & J. Barber (Eds.). The therapeutic alliance: An evidence- based approach to practice and training. NY: Guilford.
• Boswell, J.F., Sharpless, B.A., Greenberg, L.S., Heatherington, L., Huppert, J.D., Barber, J.P., Goldfried, M.R., & Castonguay, L.G. (in press). Schools of psychotherapy and the beginnings of a scientific approach. In D. Barlow (Ed.). Oxford handbook of clinical
  psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Heatherington, L., Lavner, J. (2008). Coming to terms with coming out: A review and recommendations for family system-focused research. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 329-343.
• Heatherington, L., Tolejko, N., McDonald, M. & Funk, J. (2007). Now why’d
  he do that?: The nature and correlates of mothers’ attributions about negative teen
  behavior. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 315-319.
• Heatherington, L.& Friedlander, M.L.(2006). Manifestations and facilitation of insight in couple and family therapy. In L. Castonguay & C. Hill (Eds.), Insight in Psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
• Jackson, D. & Heatherington, L. (2006). Young Jamaicans’ attitudes toward mental
  illness: Experimental and demographic factors associated with social distance and
  stigmatizing opinions. Journal of Community Psychology, 34, 563-576.
• Friedlander, M.L., Escudero, V., & Heatherington, L.(2006). Therapeutic alliances in couple and family therapy.Washington, DC:APA Press.
• Friedlander, M.L., Escudero, V., Horvath, A. & Heatherington, L., Cabero, A., & Martens, M. (2006). System for observing family therapy alliances: A tool for research and practice. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 214-224.
• Heatherington, L., Escudero, V. & Friedlander, M.L. (2005). Couple interaction during problem discussions: Toward an integrative methodology. Journal of Family Communication, 5, 191-207.
• Heatherington, L., Friedlander, M.L. & Greenberg, L.S. (2005). Family therapy process research: Methodological challenges and opportunities. (Special issue on Methodology in Family Research). Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 18-27.
• Heatherington, L., Friedlander, M.L., and Escudero, V. (2004). From dyads to triads and beyond: Relational control in individual and family therapy. In L.E. Rogers & V. Escudero (Eds.), Relational Communication (pp. 101-129). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Gray, S. & Heatherington, L. (2003). The importance of social context in the facilitation of emotional expression in men. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 22, 294-314.

Committees

Faculty Steering Committee (2011-2013)
Science Executive Committee (2006-2008)