Presentations

Symposia/Papers at Scientific Conferences

Adler, J.M. (June, 2019). Remembering the person in personality psychology: An ethical imperative for programmatic research development. As part of the symposium Embracing ethical imperatives in an era of psychological science innovation (Hollen Reischer, Chair). To be presented at the biennial meeting of the Association for Research in Personality (ARP). Grand Rapids, MI.

Adler, J.M. (April, 2018). The emergence of narrative identity in adolescence and its implications for personality disorder conceptualization. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD), New York City, NY.

Adler, J.M. & Pasupathi, M. (March, 2018). Narrative identity development in adulthood: process and structure. Invited paper presented at the Personality Dynamics, Processes, and Functioning Pre-Conference at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Atlanta, GA.

McLean, K.C. & Adler, J.M.. (June, 2017). Theorizing repeated narration: Why is it important and what does it tell us about personality development? As part of the symposium: Repeated narration as a context for examining personality development in emerging adulthood, Kate C. McLean & Jonathan M. Adler, co-chairs) Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Association for Research in Personality (ARP). Sacramento, CA.

Adler, J.M. (August, 2014). Clients’ stories about therapy: Qualitative, correlational, and multilevel modeling perspectives. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, DC.

Adler, J.M., Harmeling, L.H., & Walder-Biesanz, I. (February, 2014). Change is spike-y – and you can measure it. (As part of the symposium: Lessons for Social and Personality Psychology from Clinical Psychology, Jonathan M. Adler, chair). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Austin, TX.

Adler, J.M. & Lodi-Smith, J. (February, 2014). The contribution of narrative approaches to studying adult development: An introduction. Invited workshop presented at the Lifespan Development Pre-Conference. Austin, TX.

Adler, J.M. (January, 2013). Making meaning with mixed emotions leads to increases in psychological well-being in psychotherapy. (As part of the symposium: From crisis to catalyst: The narrative transformation of difficulty into self-development, Jack J. Bauer & Jonathan M. Adler, co-chairs). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), New Orleans, LA.

Hershfield, H.E. & Adler, J.M. (October, 2012). Mixed emotional experience is associated with and precedes improvements in psychological well-being. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Consumer Research (ACR), Vancouver, BC.

Adler, J.M. (January, 2012). The theme of agency in narratives of psychopathology and psychotherapy. (As part of the symposium: Authoring an agentic life: The powerful theme of agency in personal narratives, Jonathan M. Adler & Dan P. McAdams, co-chairs). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Diego, CA.

Adler, J.M. (June, 2011). Narrative identity in Borderline Personality Disorder. (As part of the symposium: Investigating personality disorders from three levels of personality: Traits, characteristic adaptations, and narrative identity, Jonathan M. Adler & Thomas F. Oltmanns, co-chairs). Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Association for Research on Personality (ARP), Riverside, CA.

Adler, J.M. (March, 2011). Identity disturbance in Borderline Personality Disorder: An empirical narrative investigation. (As part of the symposium: The relevance of narrative theory and methods for approaching diverse problems, Jonathan M. Adler, chair). Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA), Cambridge, MA.

Adler, J.M. (June, 2010). Modeling both symptom-level and narrative-level changes in individual psychotherapy. (As part of symposium: Modeling Psychotherapeutic Change, Robert King, chair). Paper presented at the Annual International Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Asilomar, CA.

Adler, J.M. (July, 2009). The co-evolution of narrative identity and mental health over the course of psychotherapy: Results from a prospective, longitudinal study. Invited paper presented as part of the symposium: Rising Stars in Personality Psychology at the First biennial Meeting of the Association for Research in Personality (ARP), Evanston, IL.

Adler, J.M. (May, 2009). A prospective, longitudinal study of narrative identity and mental health over the course of psychotherapy. (As part of symposium: The Relevance of Narrative Theory and Methods for Approaching Diverse Problems, Jonathan M, Adler, chair.) Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), San Francisco, CA.

Adler, J.M. (February, 2009). In treatment: The healing power of agency in narratives of psychotherapy. (As part of symposium: The Incremental Validity of Narratives, Jennifer Lodi-Smith, chair) Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Tampa, FL.

Adler, J.M. & McAdams, D.P. (June, 2007). The narrative reconstruction of psychotherapy and psychological functioning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Madison, WI.

Black, D., Adler, J.M., Baker, J., Uliaszek, A., & Zinbarg, R.E. (June, 2007). A qualitative analysis of partner’s non-hostile criticism of patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. (As part of the symposium: Predictors of outcome of psychotherapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Richard E. Zinbarg, chair) Paper presented at the Annual International Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Madison, WI.

Adler, J.M. (January, 2007). My therapy and me: Individual differences in the narration of psychotherapy relate to well-being and ego development. (As part of symposium: The Power of Stories: How Narrative Structures Influence Social and Cognitive Processes, Kristi A. Constabile, Ph.D. & Melanie C. Green, Ph.D., co-chairs) Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Memphis, TN.

Adler, J.M. & McAdams, D.P. (May, 2006). The therapeutic road to the good life: A qualitative investigation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.

Adler, J.M., Kissel, E.C., McAdams, D.P. (April, 2004). Emerging from the CAVE: Attributional style and the narrative study of identity in midlife adults. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.

Revelle, W., Adler, J.M., Rafaeli, E. (July, 2003). Personality within individuals: estimating individual differences in endogenous and exogenous affective responses. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID), Graz, Austria.

Adler, J.M. (October, 2000). Fame, narcissism, and self-complexity in fans and celebrities. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of The New England Psychological Association (NEPA), Lewiston, ME. Awarded Honorary Undergraduate Fellowship Award

Invited Presentations

Adler, J.M. (January, 2018). Understanding psychotherapy from the clients’ perspective. Invited talk, Colleges of the Fenway Counseling Centers Grand Rounds, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA.

Adler, J.M. (October, 2017). The science of stories. Invited talk, Healthwise, Inc. Boston, MA.

Adler, J.M. (May, 2017). Personality Psychology as a Tool for Design., Invited speaker, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

Adler, J.M. (May, 2017). The Psychological Science of Stories. Invited speaker, Center for Design Research, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

Adler, J.M. (March, 2017). Narrative identity and illness. Invited speaker, Bates College Department of Women and Gender Studies, Lewiston, ME.

Adler, J.M. (February, 2017). An introduction to narrative identity. Invited speaker, Boston College Department of Higher Education Administration, Boston, MA.

Adler, J.M. & Brewster, A. (September, 2016). Medical Storytelling and the Future of Medicine. Invited panelist, HUB Week, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

Adler, J.M. (April 2016). Walking the epistemological line: Narrative identity and the Science of Stories. Keynote Address, Boston College Medical Humanities Conference, Boston, MA.

Adler, J.M. (April, 2016). The Science of Stories. Invited speaker, Health Experience Refactored Conference, Boston, MA.

Adler, J.M. (March, 2016). Clients’ Stories: Narrative Identity, Mental Health, and Psychotherapy. Invited colloquium speaker, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Adler, J.M. (December, 2015). Personality, Identity, and Mental Health. Invited Speaker, Grand Rounds, Tufts Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA.

Adler, J.M. (July, 2015). Narrative Identity. Invited Speaker, Summer Institute in Social and Personality Psychology, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Boston, MA.

Adler, J.M. (September, 2014). The Science of Personality. Invited talk, Fuss Center for Research on Aging and Intergenerational Studies, Lasell College, Newton, MA.

Adler, J.M. (July, 2014). What does Psychotherapy Change? Invited speaker, Annual Gathering of American Mensa, Boston, MA.

Adler, J.M. (April, 2014). Identity: Brain and Story. Invited panelist, Patterson Symposium for Neuroscience and Society, Department of Neuroscience, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.

Adler, J.M. (March, 2013). Storying psychotherapy: Retrospective and prospective perspectives on narrative identity development and mental health. Invited talk, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Psychology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA.

Adler, J.M. (March, 2013). Understanding psychotherapy from the clients’ perspective. Invited talk, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Professional Development Seminar Series, New York City, NY.

Adler, J.M. (August, 2012). Understanding Patients' Perspectives on Psychotherapy. Invited talk, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Akron, OH.

Adler, J.M. (April, 2012). Narrative identity development over the course of psychotherapy. Invited talk, Social, Personality, and Development Group Colloquium in the Psychology Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Adler, J.M. (April, 2012). Using the science of narrative to inform clinical practice. Invited talk to the Family Therapy Training Boston Course: Narrative Therapy, Study and Practice. Watertown, MA.

Adler, J.M. (February, 2012). Clients’ perspectives on psychotherapy: Applied research for practicing therapists. Invited talk, The Stone Center, Wellesley College Counseling Center, Wellesley, MA.

Adler, J.M. (December, 2010). The more and less productive ways clients make sense of their experiences in therapy. Invited talk, Wellesley Psychology Education Forum. Wellesley, MA.

Adler, J.M. (November, 2010). Identity development and psychotherapy. Invited talk, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Connecticut College, New London, CT.

Adler, J.M. (October 2010). The science of personality. Needham Adult Education Program, Needham, MA

Adler, J.M. (March, 2010). Understanding psychotherapy from the clients’ perspective. Invited talk, the Lesley University Counseling Center, Cambridge, MA.

Adler, J.M. (January, 2010). Understanding psychotherapy from the clients’ perspective. Invited talk, The Stone Center, Wellesley College Counseling Center, Wellesley, MA.

Adler, J.M. (January, 2010). Talking about the talking cure: Psychotherapy narratives and mental health. Invited Clinical Science Seminar presentation, Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.

Adler, J.M. (January, 2010). Psychotherapy and change from the patients' perspective. Invited talk, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts Medical School, Boston, MA.

Adler, J.M. (December, 2009). Identity development over the course of psychotherapy. Invited talk, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.

Adler, J.M. (June, 2009). Psychotherapy and change from the patients' perspective. Invited talk, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL.

Adler, J.M. (January, 2009). Psychotherapy and change from the patients' perspective. Invited talk, Grand Rounds, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Psychiatry and Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL.

Adler, J.M. (March, 2008). Talking about the talking cure: Narratives and psychotherapy. Invited talk, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME.

Adler, J.M. (October, 2006). Storying Psychotherapy: Studying the narratives clients tell about therapy. Invited talk, Grand Rounds, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

Adler, J.M. & McAdams, D.P. (June, 2005). The therapeutic road to the good life. Paper presented at the Positive Psychology Summer Institute (PPSI), Philadelphia, PA.

Adler, J.M. & McAdams, D.P. (March, 2005). Therapeutic narratives of the good life. Invited talk, Chicago chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Chicago, IL.