Teletherapy / Positive Regard Lab

Teletherapy / Positive Regard Lab

The “Positive Regard” group—led by fifth-year doctoral candidate, Daisy Ort—is engaged in both quantitative and qualitative data analysis to investigate the nature of positive regard and affirmation in psychotherapy. 

The lab seeks to learn more about the ways the specific ways therapists provide positive regard in psychotherapy. We are currently investigating factors that influence therapists’ decisions about how and when to provide positive regard, the circumstances that make it more challenging to provide positive regard, and the immediate and long-term effects of the provision of positive regard.

This lab is also currently investigating, via quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the changes experienced by clients in psychotherapy since the widespread transition to teletherapy as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Teletherapy/Positive Regard Lab is not currently accepting new members.

Related Papers & Professional Conferences

Ort, D., Mayopoulos, G., & Farber, B. A. (2020, June). Therapists’ perceptions of the role and consequences of Positive Regard. Paper presented at the annual meeting, Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Amherst, MA. (Conference Cancelled).

Suzuki, J., & Farber, B. A. (2020, June). Clients’ perceptions of the markers and consequences of the therapist’s provision of Positive Regard. Paper presented at the annual meeting. Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Amherst, MA. (Conference Cancelled).

McMullen, L., Ort, D., Runge, W.E., & Yilmaz, M. (2020). Multicultural issues in the provision of positive regard. Poster accepted at the annual conference, Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Amherst. (Conference Cancelled).

 Al-Ghabra, D., Gao, Y., Manlongat, K.D., Moore, C., O’Leary, L, & Ort, D. (2020). Positive Regard and remote/online psychotherapy. Poster accepted at the annual conference, Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Amherst. (Conference Cancelled).

Suzuki, J.Y., Mandavia, A., & Farber, B. A. (2019).  Clients’ perceptions of positive regard across four therapeutic orientations. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.

Farber, B. A., & Suzuki, J. Y. (2018). Affirming the case for Positive Regard. In O. Tishby & H. Wiseman (Eds.). Developing the therapeutic relationship: Integrating case studies, research, and practice (pp. 211-233). APA Books.

Farber, B. A., Suzuki, J. Y., & Lynch, D. A. (2018). Positive regard and treatment outcome: A meta-analytic review. Psychotherapy, 55, 411-423.

Suzuki, J. Y., & Farber, B. A. (2016). Toward greater specificity of the concept of positive regard. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 15, 263-284.

Suzuki, J. Y., Colvin, L., & Farber, B. A. (2016, July). Positive Regard in psychotherapy: Different routes, same destination. Paper presented at the PCE2016 (Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling) Conference, New York, New York.

Farber, B.A., & Suzuki, J. Y. (2016, June). Attachment style and preferences for different forms of therapist-provided positive regard. Paper presented at the annual conference, Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Jerusalem, Israel.

Suzuki, J., & Farber, B. A. (2015, June). Client preferences for specific types of positive regard. Paper presented at the annual conference, Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Philadelphia.

Sahib, Z., Suzuki, J., & Farber, B. A. (2015, June). Positive regard and emotional disclosure in psychotherapy: A comparative study of Turkish and American psychotherapy clients. Poster presented at the annual conference, Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Philadelphia.