Name Bruce Wampold | ||
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Born November 25, 1948Olympia, Washington ( 1948-11-25 ) Institutions University of Wisconsin-Madison Thesis The relationship between the cognitive organization and the classroom behavior of elementary school children (1981) Notable awards 2007 Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research Award from the American Psychological Association Institution University of Wisconsin-Madison Books The Great Psychotherapy Debate, Research Design in Counseling, The Basics of Psychoth, Qualities and Actions of, Resource Activation: Using Cli | ||
Doctoral advisor Donald R. Atkinson |
Bruce wampold on what makes psychotherapy work the humanistic elements
Bruce E. Wampold (born November 25, 1948, in Olympia, Washington) is the Patricia L. Wolleat Professor of Counseling Psychology and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.
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- Bruce wampold on what makes psychotherapy work the humanistic elements
- A joke by bruce wampold
- Education
- Work in psychotherapy
- Awards and honors
- References

A joke by bruce wampold
Education

Wampold received his B.A. in mathematics from the University of Washington, his M.Ed. in educational psychology from the University of Hawaii, and his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Work in psychotherapy

Wampold is known for developing the contextual model of psychotherapy, which constitutes an alternative to the prevailing theory of the effectiveness of psychotherapy, known as the medical model.
Awards and honors
Wampold is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and received the Association's Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research in 2007.