Publications
POPULAR PRESS BOOKS
Sharpless, B.A. (2024). Monsters on the couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind your Favorite Horror Movies. Chicago: Chicago Review Press.
ACADEMIC BOOKS
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (in process). NY: Guilford Press
Sharpless, B.A. (2019). Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques: A Guide to Expressive and Supportive Interventions. NY: Oxford University Press
Sharpless, B.A. (2017) (Ed.). Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders: A Handbook for Clinical Practice and Research. NY: Oxford University Press.
Sharpless, B.A., & Doghramji, K. (2015). Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives. NY: Oxford University Press.
PUBLISHED AND IN-PRESS ARTICLES / CHAPTERS (see google scholar for a complete list)
Sharpless, B.A., & Blom, J.D. (in press). Cotard’s before Cotard: A commentary on Connors et al. (2024): Delusions in postpartum psychosis: Implications for cognitive theories. Cortex.
Blom, J.D., & Sharpless, B.A. (in press). On the perceptual characteristics of verbal auditory hallucinations: A commentary on Humpston and Woodward (2024): Soundless voices, silenced selves: are auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia truly perceptual? The Lancet Psychiatry.
Rauf, B., Sharpless, B.A., R., Denis, D., Perach, R., Madrid-Velero, J.J., French, C.C., & Gregory, A. (2023). Isolated sleep paralysis: Clinical features, perception of aetiology, prevention and disruption strategies in a large international sample. Sleep Medicine, 104, 105-112.
Rauf, B. Perach, R., Madrid-Valero, J.J., Denis, D., Sharpless, B.A., Farron, H., French. C.C., & Gregory, A.M. (2023). Associations between sleep variables and ostensibly paranormal experiences and paranormal beliefs: A scoping review. British Journal of Psychology, 114(4), 797-818.
Rauf, B., Perach, R., Madrid-Velero, J.J., Denis, D., Sharpless, B.A., French, C.C., & Gregory, A. (2023). The associations between paranormal beliefs and sleep variables. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(4),.
Sharpless, B. A., Barber, J.P., & Summers, R. (2022). Psychodynamic psychotherapy. In G. Asmundson’s (Ed) Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, 2nd Edition. NY: Elsevier
Blom, J.D., & Sharpless, B.A. (2021). Life, death, genomics, and psychiatry's struggle with esoteric disorders. Personalized Medicine, 18(5), 417-421.
Sharpless, B.A., Denis, D., Perach, R., French, C.C., & Gregory, A.M. (2021). Exploding head syndrome: Clinical features, theories about etiology, and prevention strategies in a large international sample. Sleep Medicine, 75, 251-255.
Klikova, M., Sharpless, B.A., & Buskova, J. (2021). Could sleep paralysis be pleasant? Journal of Sleep Research, 30(3), e13154.
Sharpless, B.A. (2021). Pass Rates on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) According to Demographic Variables: A Partial Replication. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 15(1), 18-22.
Sharpless, B.A. , & Klikova, M. (2019). Clinical features of isolated sleep paralysis. Sleep Medicine, 58, 102-106.
Sharpless, B.A. (2019). Are demographic variables associated with performance on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)? The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 153(2), 161-172.
Sharpless, B.A. (2018). Characteristic symptoms and associated features of exploding head syndrome in undergraduates. Cephalalgia, 38, 595-599.
Sharpless, B.A., & Denis, D. (2017). Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis. In J. Stein’s (Ed.) Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology (online encyclopedia). NY: Elsevier.
Chambless, D.L., Milrod, B., Porter, E., Gallop, R., McCarthy, K.S., Graf, E., Rudden, M., Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2017). Prediction and Moderation of Improvement in Cognitive-Behavioral and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Panic Disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(8), 803-813.
Sharpless, B.A., & Doghramji, K. (2017). Commentary: How to make the ghosts in my bedroom disappear? Focused-attention meditation combined with muscle relaxation (MR Therapy) — A direct treatment intervention for sleep paralysis. Frontiers of Psychology, 8, 506.
Porter, E., Chambless, D.L, McCarthy, K.S., DeRubeis, R.J., Sharpless, B.A., Barrett, M.S., Milrod, B., Hollon, S.D., & Barber, J.P. (2017). Psychometric Properties of the Reconstructed Hamilton Depression and Anxiety Scales. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 205(8), 656-664.
Sharpless, B.A. (2016). A clinician’s guide to recurrent isolated sleep paralysis. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 12, 1761–1767.
Goadsby, P., & Sharpless, B.A. (2016). Exploding head syndrome, snapping of the brain, or episodic cranial sensory shock? Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 87, 1259-1260.
Milrod, B., Chambless, D.L., Gallop, R., Busch, F., Schwalberg, M., McCarthy, K.S., Gross, C., Sharpless, B.A., Leon, A.C., & Barber, J.P. (2016). Psychotherapies for panic disorder: A tale of two sites. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 77(7), 927- 935.
Zickgraf, H.F., Chambless, D.L., McCarthy, K.S., Gallop, R. Sharpless, B.A., Milrod, B.L., & Barber, J.P. (2016). Interpersonal factors are associated with lower therapist adherence in cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic disorder. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 23(3), 272-284.
Sharpless, B.A., & Grom, J.L. (2016). Isolated sleep paralysis: Fear, prevention, and disruption. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 14(2), 134-139.
Sharpless, B.A. (2015). Exploding head syndrome is common in college students. Journal of Sleep Research, 24(4), 447-449.
Barber, J. P., & Sharpless, B.A. (2015). On the future of psychodynamic therapy research, Psychotherapy Research, 25(3), 309-320.
Sharpless, B.A. (2015). Isolated sleep paralysis and affect. In K. Babson & M. Feldner’s (Eds.) Sleep and Affect: Assessment, Theory, and Clinical Implications (pp. 181-199). NY: Elsevier.
Sharpless, B.A. (2015). The critique of eros: Freud on narcissism and the prospects for romantic love. Psychodynamic Practice: Individuals, Groups and Organizations, 21(3), 210-225.
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2015). Transference/countertransference. In R. Cautin & S. Lilienfeld’s (Eds) The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology (pp. 2875-2880). Malden, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Sharpless, B.A. (2015). Colonial madness: The public hospital of Williamsburg, Virginia. Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities, 7. Retrieved from http://www.hektoeninternational.org
Sharpless, B.A. (2014). Exploding head syndrome. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 18(6), 489- 493.
Sharpless, B.A. (2014). Mood and anxiety disorders or a return to “neurosis”? Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities, 6(4). Retrieved from http://www.hektoeninternational.org
Sharpless, B.A. (2014). Serial killers, movie stars, and “eruptions”: A case of obsessionality. In R. Summers and J. Barber’s (Eds.) Practicing Psychodynamic Therapy: A Casebook (pp. 120-138). NY: Guilford Press.
Sharpless, B.A. (2014). Changing conceptions of the Nightmare in medicine. Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities 6(2, Moments in History section). Retrieved from http://www.hektoeninternational.org
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2013). Predictors of program performance on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 44(4), 208-217.
Sharpless, B.A. (2013). Kierkegaard’s conception of psychology. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 33(2), 90-106.
Sharpless, B. A., & Barber, J.P. (2012). Corrective Experiences from a psychodynamic perspective. In C. Hill and L.G. Castonguay’s (Eds.) Transformation in psychotherapy: Corrective experiences across cognitive behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic approaches (pp. 31-49), Washington, DC: APA Press.
Hill, C.R., Castonguay, L.C., Farber, B., Knox, S., Stiles, W.B., Anderson, T., Angus, L., Barber, J.P., Beck, G., Bohart, A., Caspar, F., Constantino, M.J., Elliott, R., Friedlander, M.L., Goldfried, M., Greenberg, L., Hayes, A., Hayes, J.A., Heatherington, L., Grosse Holtforth, M., Ladany, N., Levy, K., Messer, S., Muran, J.C., Newman, M., Safran, J,. & Sharpless, B.A. (2012). Corrective experiences in psychotherapy: Definitions, processes, consequences, and research directions. In C. Hill and L.G. Castonguay’s (Eds.) Transformation in psychotherapy: Corrective experiences across cognitive behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic approaches (pp. 355-370), Washington, DC: APA Press.
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2011). Lifetime prevalence rates of sleep paralysis: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 15, 311-315.
Chambless, D.L., Sharpless, B.A., Rodriguez, D., McCarthy, K.S., Milrod, B.L., Khalsa, S.R., & Barber, J.P. (2011). Psychometric properties of the Mobility Inventory for Agoraphobia: Convergent, discriminant, and criterion-related validity. Behavior Therapy, 42, 689-699.
Sharpless, B.A., &. Barber, J.P. (2011). A clinician’s guide to PTSD treatments for returning veterans. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 42, 8-15.
Khalsa, S.–R., McCarthy, K.S., Sharpless, B.A., Barrett, M.S., & Barber, J.P. (2011). Beliefs about the causes of depression and treatment preferences. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67, 539-549.
Sharpless, B.A., McCarthy, K.S., Chambless, D.L., Milrod, B.L., Khalsa, S.R., & Barber, J.P. (2010). Isolated sleep paralysis and fearful isolated sleep paralysis in outpatients with panic attacks. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 66, 1292-1306.
Boswell, J.F., Sharpless, B.A., Greenberg, L.G., Heatherington, L., Huppert, J.D., Barber, J.P., Goldfried, M.R., & Castonguay, L.G. (2010). Schools of psychotherapy and the beginnings of a scientific approach. In D.H. Barlow’s (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology (pp. 98-127). New York: Oxford University Press.
Sharpless, B.A., Muran, J.C., & Barber, J.P. (2010). Coda: Recommendations for practice and training. In J. C. Muran & J. P Barber’s (Eds.) The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice (pp. 341-354). New York: Guilford Press.
Barber, J.P., Khalsa, S.R., & Sharpless, B.A. (2010). The validity of the alliance as a predictor of psychotherapy outcome. In J.C. Muran & J.P. Barber’s (Eds.) The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice (pp. 29-43). New York: Guilford Press.
Barber, J.P., & Sharpless, B.A. (2010). Supportive-expressive therapy. In I. B. Weiner & W.E. Craighead’s (Eds.) The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (4th ed.) (pp. 1739- 1741). NY: John Wiley and Sons.
Barber, J.P., & Sharpless, B.A. (2009). New methods – more questions: A commentary on interdisciplinary dialogues. Psychotherapy Research, 19, 644-648.
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2009). The Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) in the era of evidence-based practice. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 40, 333-340.
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2009). Psychodynamic therapy. In R.E. Ingram’s (Ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Depression (pp. 460-465). New York: Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2009). A conceptual and empirical review of the meaning, measurement, development, and teaching of intervention competence in clinical psychology. Clinical Psychology Review, 29, 47-56.
Barber, J.P, Gallop, R., Crits-Christoph, P., Barrett, M.S., Klostermann, S., McCarthy, K.S., & Sharpless, B.A. (2008). The role of alliance and techniques in predicting outcome of supportive expressive dynamic therapy for cocaine dependence. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 25, 483-498.
Barber, J.P, Sharpless, B.A., Klostermann, S., and McCarthy, K. (2007). Assessing Intervention competence and its relation to therapy outcome: A selected review derived from the outcome literature. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 38, 493-500.
Borkovec, T.D., & Sharpless, B. (2004). Generalized anxiety disorder: Bringing cognitive behavior therapy into the valued present. In S. Hayes, V. Follette, & M. Linehan’s (Eds.) Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition (pp. 209-242). New York: Guilford Press.
Sharpless, B.A. (2024). Monsters on the couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind your Favorite Horror Movies. Chicago: Chicago Review Press.
- A PDF containing all references and supplemental materials for Monsters on the Couch can be accessed here
ACADEMIC BOOKS
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (in process). NY: Guilford Press
Sharpless, B.A. (2019). Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques: A Guide to Expressive and Supportive Interventions. NY: Oxford University Press
Sharpless, B.A. (2017) (Ed.). Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders: A Handbook for Clinical Practice and Research. NY: Oxford University Press.
Sharpless, B.A., & Doghramji, K. (2015). Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives. NY: Oxford University Press.
PUBLISHED AND IN-PRESS ARTICLES / CHAPTERS (see google scholar for a complete list)
Sharpless, B.A., & Blom, J.D. (in press). Cotard’s before Cotard: A commentary on Connors et al. (2024): Delusions in postpartum psychosis: Implications for cognitive theories. Cortex.
Blom, J.D., & Sharpless, B.A. (in press). On the perceptual characteristics of verbal auditory hallucinations: A commentary on Humpston and Woodward (2024): Soundless voices, silenced selves: are auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia truly perceptual? The Lancet Psychiatry.
Rauf, B., Sharpless, B.A., R., Denis, D., Perach, R., Madrid-Velero, J.J., French, C.C., & Gregory, A. (2023). Isolated sleep paralysis: Clinical features, perception of aetiology, prevention and disruption strategies in a large international sample. Sleep Medicine, 104, 105-112.
Rauf, B. Perach, R., Madrid-Valero, J.J., Denis, D., Sharpless, B.A., Farron, H., French. C.C., & Gregory, A.M. (2023). Associations between sleep variables and ostensibly paranormal experiences and paranormal beliefs: A scoping review. British Journal of Psychology, 114(4), 797-818.
Rauf, B., Perach, R., Madrid-Velero, J.J., Denis, D., Sharpless, B.A., French, C.C., & Gregory, A. (2023). The associations between paranormal beliefs and sleep variables. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(4),.
Sharpless, B. A., Barber, J.P., & Summers, R. (2022). Psychodynamic psychotherapy. In G. Asmundson’s (Ed) Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, 2nd Edition. NY: Elsevier
Blom, J.D., & Sharpless, B.A. (2021). Life, death, genomics, and psychiatry's struggle with esoteric disorders. Personalized Medicine, 18(5), 417-421.
Sharpless, B.A., Denis, D., Perach, R., French, C.C., & Gregory, A.M. (2021). Exploding head syndrome: Clinical features, theories about etiology, and prevention strategies in a large international sample. Sleep Medicine, 75, 251-255.
Klikova, M., Sharpless, B.A., & Buskova, J. (2021). Could sleep paralysis be pleasant? Journal of Sleep Research, 30(3), e13154.
Sharpless, B.A. (2021). Pass Rates on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) According to Demographic Variables: A Partial Replication. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 15(1), 18-22.
Sharpless, B.A. , & Klikova, M. (2019). Clinical features of isolated sleep paralysis. Sleep Medicine, 58, 102-106.
Sharpless, B.A. (2019). Are demographic variables associated with performance on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)? The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 153(2), 161-172.
Sharpless, B.A. (2018). Characteristic symptoms and associated features of exploding head syndrome in undergraduates. Cephalalgia, 38, 595-599.
Sharpless, B.A., & Denis, D. (2017). Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis. In J. Stein’s (Ed.) Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology (online encyclopedia). NY: Elsevier.
Chambless, D.L., Milrod, B., Porter, E., Gallop, R., McCarthy, K.S., Graf, E., Rudden, M., Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2017). Prediction and Moderation of Improvement in Cognitive-Behavioral and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Panic Disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(8), 803-813.
Sharpless, B.A., & Doghramji, K. (2017). Commentary: How to make the ghosts in my bedroom disappear? Focused-attention meditation combined with muscle relaxation (MR Therapy) — A direct treatment intervention for sleep paralysis. Frontiers of Psychology, 8, 506.
Porter, E., Chambless, D.L, McCarthy, K.S., DeRubeis, R.J., Sharpless, B.A., Barrett, M.S., Milrod, B., Hollon, S.D., & Barber, J.P. (2017). Psychometric Properties of the Reconstructed Hamilton Depression and Anxiety Scales. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 205(8), 656-664.
Sharpless, B.A. (2016). A clinician’s guide to recurrent isolated sleep paralysis. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 12, 1761–1767.
Goadsby, P., & Sharpless, B.A. (2016). Exploding head syndrome, snapping of the brain, or episodic cranial sensory shock? Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 87, 1259-1260.
Milrod, B., Chambless, D.L., Gallop, R., Busch, F., Schwalberg, M., McCarthy, K.S., Gross, C., Sharpless, B.A., Leon, A.C., & Barber, J.P. (2016). Psychotherapies for panic disorder: A tale of two sites. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 77(7), 927- 935.
Zickgraf, H.F., Chambless, D.L., McCarthy, K.S., Gallop, R. Sharpless, B.A., Milrod, B.L., & Barber, J.P. (2016). Interpersonal factors are associated with lower therapist adherence in cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic disorder. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 23(3), 272-284.
Sharpless, B.A., & Grom, J.L. (2016). Isolated sleep paralysis: Fear, prevention, and disruption. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 14(2), 134-139.
Sharpless, B.A. (2015). Exploding head syndrome is common in college students. Journal of Sleep Research, 24(4), 447-449.
Barber, J. P., & Sharpless, B.A. (2015). On the future of psychodynamic therapy research, Psychotherapy Research, 25(3), 309-320.
Sharpless, B.A. (2015). Isolated sleep paralysis and affect. In K. Babson & M. Feldner’s (Eds.) Sleep and Affect: Assessment, Theory, and Clinical Implications (pp. 181-199). NY: Elsevier.
Sharpless, B.A. (2015). The critique of eros: Freud on narcissism and the prospects for romantic love. Psychodynamic Practice: Individuals, Groups and Organizations, 21(3), 210-225.
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2015). Transference/countertransference. In R. Cautin & S. Lilienfeld’s (Eds) The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology (pp. 2875-2880). Malden, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Sharpless, B.A. (2015). Colonial madness: The public hospital of Williamsburg, Virginia. Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities, 7. Retrieved from http://www.hektoeninternational.org
Sharpless, B.A. (2014). Exploding head syndrome. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 18(6), 489- 493.
Sharpless, B.A. (2014). Mood and anxiety disorders or a return to “neurosis”? Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities, 6(4). Retrieved from http://www.hektoeninternational.org
Sharpless, B.A. (2014). Serial killers, movie stars, and “eruptions”: A case of obsessionality. In R. Summers and J. Barber’s (Eds.) Practicing Psychodynamic Therapy: A Casebook (pp. 120-138). NY: Guilford Press.
Sharpless, B.A. (2014). Changing conceptions of the Nightmare in medicine. Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities 6(2, Moments in History section). Retrieved from http://www.hektoeninternational.org
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2013). Predictors of program performance on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 44(4), 208-217.
Sharpless, B.A. (2013). Kierkegaard’s conception of psychology. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 33(2), 90-106.
Sharpless, B. A., & Barber, J.P. (2012). Corrective Experiences from a psychodynamic perspective. In C. Hill and L.G. Castonguay’s (Eds.) Transformation in psychotherapy: Corrective experiences across cognitive behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic approaches (pp. 31-49), Washington, DC: APA Press.
Hill, C.R., Castonguay, L.C., Farber, B., Knox, S., Stiles, W.B., Anderson, T., Angus, L., Barber, J.P., Beck, G., Bohart, A., Caspar, F., Constantino, M.J., Elliott, R., Friedlander, M.L., Goldfried, M., Greenberg, L., Hayes, A., Hayes, J.A., Heatherington, L., Grosse Holtforth, M., Ladany, N., Levy, K., Messer, S., Muran, J.C., Newman, M., Safran, J,. & Sharpless, B.A. (2012). Corrective experiences in psychotherapy: Definitions, processes, consequences, and research directions. In C. Hill and L.G. Castonguay’s (Eds.) Transformation in psychotherapy: Corrective experiences across cognitive behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic approaches (pp. 355-370), Washington, DC: APA Press.
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2011). Lifetime prevalence rates of sleep paralysis: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 15, 311-315.
Chambless, D.L., Sharpless, B.A., Rodriguez, D., McCarthy, K.S., Milrod, B.L., Khalsa, S.R., & Barber, J.P. (2011). Psychometric properties of the Mobility Inventory for Agoraphobia: Convergent, discriminant, and criterion-related validity. Behavior Therapy, 42, 689-699.
Sharpless, B.A., &. Barber, J.P. (2011). A clinician’s guide to PTSD treatments for returning veterans. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 42, 8-15.
Khalsa, S.–R., McCarthy, K.S., Sharpless, B.A., Barrett, M.S., & Barber, J.P. (2011). Beliefs about the causes of depression and treatment preferences. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67, 539-549.
Sharpless, B.A., McCarthy, K.S., Chambless, D.L., Milrod, B.L., Khalsa, S.R., & Barber, J.P. (2010). Isolated sleep paralysis and fearful isolated sleep paralysis in outpatients with panic attacks. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 66, 1292-1306.
Boswell, J.F., Sharpless, B.A., Greenberg, L.G., Heatherington, L., Huppert, J.D., Barber, J.P., Goldfried, M.R., & Castonguay, L.G. (2010). Schools of psychotherapy and the beginnings of a scientific approach. In D.H. Barlow’s (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology (pp. 98-127). New York: Oxford University Press.
Sharpless, B.A., Muran, J.C., & Barber, J.P. (2010). Coda: Recommendations for practice and training. In J. C. Muran & J. P Barber’s (Eds.) The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice (pp. 341-354). New York: Guilford Press.
Barber, J.P., Khalsa, S.R., & Sharpless, B.A. (2010). The validity of the alliance as a predictor of psychotherapy outcome. In J.C. Muran & J.P. Barber’s (Eds.) The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice (pp. 29-43). New York: Guilford Press.
Barber, J.P., & Sharpless, B.A. (2010). Supportive-expressive therapy. In I. B. Weiner & W.E. Craighead’s (Eds.) The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (4th ed.) (pp. 1739- 1741). NY: John Wiley and Sons.
Barber, J.P., & Sharpless, B.A. (2009). New methods – more questions: A commentary on interdisciplinary dialogues. Psychotherapy Research, 19, 644-648.
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2009). The Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) in the era of evidence-based practice. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 40, 333-340.
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2009). Psychodynamic therapy. In R.E. Ingram’s (Ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Depression (pp. 460-465). New York: Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
Sharpless, B.A., & Barber, J.P. (2009). A conceptual and empirical review of the meaning, measurement, development, and teaching of intervention competence in clinical psychology. Clinical Psychology Review, 29, 47-56.
Barber, J.P, Gallop, R., Crits-Christoph, P., Barrett, M.S., Klostermann, S., McCarthy, K.S., & Sharpless, B.A. (2008). The role of alliance and techniques in predicting outcome of supportive expressive dynamic therapy for cocaine dependence. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 25, 483-498.
Barber, J.P, Sharpless, B.A., Klostermann, S., and McCarthy, K. (2007). Assessing Intervention competence and its relation to therapy outcome: A selected review derived from the outcome literature. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 38, 493-500.
Borkovec, T.D., & Sharpless, B. (2004). Generalized anxiety disorder: Bringing cognitive behavior therapy into the valued present. In S. Hayes, V. Follette, & M. Linehan’s (Eds.) Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition (pp. 209-242). New York: Guilford Press.
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