Bruce E. Wampold (born November 25, 1948)[1] is Emeritus Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2][3] and Director of the Research Institute at Modum Bad Psychiatric Center, Vikersund, Norway.
Bruce Edward Wampold | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Washington, University of Hawaiʻi, University of California, Santa Barbara |
Known for | Research into psychotherapy |
Awards | 2007 Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research Award from the American Psychological Association |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology |
Institutions | University of University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Thesis | The relationship between the cognitive organization and the classroom behavior of elementary school children (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | Donald R. Atkinson |
Wampold received his B.A. in mathematics from the University of Washington, his M.Ed. in educational psychology from the University of Hawaiʻi, and his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] He is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology and has an Honorary Doctorate from Stockholm University.[2]
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.[1]