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James f. Alexander, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral / Adjunct - Clinical Area
Department of Psychology | The University of Utah Curriculum Vita  Functional Family Therapy
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Contact Information
James f. Alexander
Department of Psychology
University of Utah
380 South 1530 East, Room 502
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 -0251
Webpage: www.psych.utah.edu/jamesfalexander
Office: 1329 Social & Behavior Sciences Tower
Phone: (801) 581-6538
Email: jfafft@aol.com
Department Fax: (801) 581-5841
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| Distinguished
Contributions to Family Therapy Research, American Family Therapy
Academy (AAMFT) (1986) Master Therapist & "Learning Edge" presenter, AAMFT (1988, 1994) Approved Supervisor, AAMFT (1990 - present) Family Psychologist Of The Year, Division 43 of the American Psychological Association (1994) Fellow, Divisions 12 & 43, American Psychological Association (APA) Good Housekeeping List of Top U.S. Mental Health Experts (1994) Superior Teaching, University of Utah, Social & Behavioral Science (1986) APA Division 43 Presidential Citation-Lifetime Contributions To Family Therapy Research (1996) First "Scientist Exemplar" Award, 1999 AAMFT Research Conference, Chicago (1999) FFT Selected by OJJDP & CSVP (CDC) as Exemplary Program for National Dissemination Dr. Alexander is progenitor of Functional Family Therapy (with Bruce Parsons), a nationally and internationally acclaimed and empirically demonstrated intervention model for juvenile delinquents, oppositional and conduct disordered youth, and substance abusing youth. FFT has been selected as a "Best Practice" program (under different labels) by various national organizations (Centers for Disease Control, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Center for Study and Prevention of Violence, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; CDC, OJJDP, CSPV, CSAP respectively). These organizations independently have reviewed some 500 programs available to youth, and have identified only ten or so programs which qualify as empirically supported, rigorously evaluated, and independently replicated. |
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Consulting Editor, The Family Psychologist, (1992-1995) Past or present Editorial Board member for 7 major family-related journals. Past President, Division 43, APA (1989) Co-chair, Committee on Division-APA Relations, APA (1988) Past Treasurer & Current Board Member, AFTA Past and Present Consultant with numerous NIMH, NIDA, and Juvenile Justice System Programs Over 150 national & international clinical training workshops Over 70 chapters and refereed journal articles. Over 125 convention presentations and academic colloquia. Over 20 Clinical Research and Training Grants - Currently Co-PI and Executive Committee member of multisite family systems based NIDA funded Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse (CTRADA: Howard Liddle, P.I). Consultant to Executive Consulting Evaluation Team for 2 CSAP projects AAMFT Division Speaker List (2000) Foundation Dollar Support: Bireley Foundation, Tanner Foundation |
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| Selected Publications | ||||||
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J. F., & Parsons, B. V. (1973). Short term behavioral
intervention with delinquent families: Impact on family process and
recidivism. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 81(3), 219-225. Alexander, J. F., Barton, C., Schiavo, R. S., & Parsons, B. V. (1976). Behavioral intervention with families of delinquents: Therapist characteristics and outcome. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 44(4), 656-664. Alexander, J. F., & Barton, C. (1980). Intervention with delinquents and their families: Clinical, methodological, and conceptual issues. In J. Vincent (Ed.), Advances in family intervention, assessment and theory. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. Barton, C., Alexander, J. F., & Sanders, J. D. (1985). Research in family therapy. In L. L'Abate (Ed.), The handbook of family psychology and therapy. Homewood, IL: The Dorsey Press. Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H., Newberry, A. M., & Liddle, N. (1988). Family approaches to treating delinquents. In F. M. Cox, C. Chilman, & E. Nunnally (Eds.), Families in trouble. New York: Sage. Barton, C., Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H., Turner, C. W., & Warburton, J. (1985). Generalizing treatment effects of Functional Family Therapy: Three replications. American Journal of Family Therapy, 13(3), 16-26. Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H. B., Barton, C., & Mas, C. H. (1989). Minimizing blaming attributions and behaviors in delinquent families. Special series on marital and family disorders in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 57(1), 19-24. Newberry, A. M., Alexander, J. F., & Turner, C. W. (1991). Gender as a process variable in family therapy. Journal of Family Psychology, 5(2), 158-175. Morris, S. M., Alexander, J. F., & Turner, C. W. (1991). Do reattributions reduce blame? Journal of Family Psychology, 5(2), 192-203. Alexander, J. F., (1992). An integrative model for treating the adolescent who is delinquent/acting-out. In W. Snyder & T. Ooms (Ed.), Empowering families, helping adolescents: family-centered treatment of adolescents with alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health problems. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Alexander, J. F., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., & Jameson, P. B., (1993). Research on the process and outcome of marriage and family therapy. In A.E. Bergin & S.L. Garfield (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change, 4th Edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons. Jameson, P.B. & Alexander, J. F., (1993). Implications of a developmental family systems model for clinical practice. In L.L'Abate (Ed.), Handbook of developmental family psychology and psychopathology, New York: Wiley & Sons. Alexander, J. F., & Barton, C. (1995). Family therapy research. In R.H. Mikesell, D.D. Lusterman, & S. McDaniel (Eds.), Integrating Family Therapy: Handbook of Family Psychology and Systems Therapy. Washington DC: American Psychological Association. Waldron, H. B., Turner, C. W., Alexander, J. F., & Barton, C. (1994). Coding defensive and supportive communications: Discriminant validity and sub-category convergence. Journal of Family Psychology, 7, 197-203. Alexander, J. F., Newell, R.M., Robbins, M.R., & Turner, C.W. (1995). Observational coding in family therapy process research. [Invited special feature article] Journal of Family Psychology, 9, 4, 355-365. Alexander, J. F., & Pugh, C. (1996). Adolescent oppositional and conduct disorders, In F. Kaslow (Ed.), Handbook of Relational Diagnosis. New York: Wiley. Alexander, J. F., Jameson, P., Newell, R.M., & Gunderson, D. (1996). Changing cognitive schemas: A necessary antecedent to changing behaviors in dysfunctional families? In K.S. Dobson & K.D. Craig (Eds.), Advances in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Newberry Park, CA: Sage Publications Alexander, J. F., & Turner, C.W. Creative dialectic tension in coding strategies: Reply to Greenberg (1995) and Markman et al. (1995). Journal of Family Psychology. 9, 4, 380-384 Robbins, M.R., Alexander, J. F., Turner, C.W., & Newell, R.M. (in press). Effects of reframes on adolescent negativity in family therapy. [Invited article in special section] Journal of Family Psychology. Alexander, J. F., Pugh, C., Newell., R. M., & Gunderson, D. (1995). Family disintegration and behavior disorders of youth: An inevitable cycle? In W..J. O'Neill, Jr. (Ed.), Family, the first imperative. Cleveland, OH: W..J. O'Neill. Alexander, J. F., & Pugh, C. (1996). Adolescent oppositional and conduct disorders. In F. Kaslow (Ed.), Handbook of Relational Diagnosis. New York: Wiley. Wilson, C. A., Alexander, J. A., & Turner, C. W. (1996). Family therapy process and outcome research: Relationship to treatment ethics. Ethics & Behavior 6(4), 345-352. Barton, C., Alexander, J. F., & Robbins, M.S. (1998). Cognitive-behavioral treatment for problem families. In V.E. Caballo (Ed.), Manual for the cognitive-behavioral of psychological problems: Vol. 2 Clinical formulation, behavioral medicine, and related problems. Madrid, Spain: 21st Century Editors of Spain. Alexander, J. F., & Sexton, T. L. (1999). Helping Our Youth. Clinical Update: Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Disorders, (1,5, p 1-8) Sexton, T. L. & Alexander, J. F. (1999). Functional Family Therapy: Principles of Clinical Intervention, Assessment, and Implementation. Henderson, NV: RCH Enterprises. Alexander, J. F., & Sexton, T. L. (9/99), Family Based Treatment of Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Disorders (OR) Understanding and Treating Juvenile Delinquency. Helping Our Youth, Clinical Update Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Disorders, (1,5, p 1-8) Sexton, T. L., & Alexander, J. F. (in press). FBEST: Family-based Empirically Supported Treatment Interventions, The Counseling Psychologist. Alexander, J. F., Sexton, T. L., & Robbins, M.(in press). The Developmental Status of Family Therapy in Family Psychology Intervention Science. In Family Psychology Intervention Science (H. Liddle, D. Santisteban, R. Levant, & J. Bray, Eds.) Robbins, M.S., Alexander, J. F., & Turner, C.W. (in press). Disrupting defensive family interactions in family therapy with delinquent youth. Journal of Family Psychology. Alexander, J. F., Robbins, M.S., & Sexton, T.L., (in press). Family Therapy with Older, Indicated Youth: From Promise to Proof to Practice. In K. Kumpfer (Ed.), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Science Symposium: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice. Washington D.C. Also scheduled to appear in The Journal of Primary Prevention . Robbins, M. S., Alexander, J. F., & Turner, C. W. (In Press 2000), Disrupting Defensive Family Interactions in Family Therapy with Delinquent Adolescents, Journal of Family Psychology. Sexton, T. L., & Alexander, J. F. (In Press 2000). FBEST: Family-based Empirically Supported Treatment Interventions, The Counseling Psychologist. Alexander, J. F., Sexton, T. L., & Robbins, M. in Family Psychology Intervention Science (H. Liddle, D. Santisteban, Levant, & J. Bray (Eds.). The Developmental Status of Family Therapy in Family Psychology Intervention Science, (In press 2000). Alexander, J. F., Pugh, C., Parsons, B. V., & Sexton, T. L. (2000, In Press). Functional Family Therapy. (2nd Edition.) In D. S. Elliott (Series Ed.), Blueprints for Violence Prevention (Book 3). Boulder, CO: Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado |
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| Selected Conference Publications | ||||||
| 2/25-26/00
Western Criminology Conference, Kona, HI 3/3-4/00 Kansas AAMFT Conference Workshop, Kansas City, KS 3/30/00 Miami Dade County Public Defender's National Conference on Violence, Miami, FL 4/20/00 Keynote and Workshop: 2nd Annual North West Addictions Treatment Conference, Portland, Or 6/19/00 American Family Therapy Academy Plenary, San Diego, CA |
Research Areas
Clinical, Diversity, Clinical and Developmental, Interpersonal Process
My Graduate Students
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