2006 Ohio SPR Conference
Call for Papers
Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH

PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS EXPIRED

Conference dates: Friday, April 7^th to Sunday, April 9^th
Please submit your abstract as an e-mail attachment to: ohiospr2006@gmail.com

The purpose of this meeting is for participants to present current psychotherapy research and to gain familiarity with what those at other schools in the region are doing. We welcome descriptions of plans or works in progress, as well as completed studies. Those who would like to describe their research will be given a chance to do so.

To enable us to set a schedule and prepare a program, we ask that you submit an abstract in the usual SPR format, as described below. We plan to print these for a book of abstracts that will be available at the conference.

Submission categories:

           (a) Panels: Normally, panels include three related presentations. Submit a one-page summary of the panel as a whole, along with separate
                abstracts for each presentation within the panel.

(b) Posters: Submit a one-page abstract.

(c) Papers: Submit a one-page abstract.

(d) Open Discussion: This is an opportunity to have an informal discussion of a specified topic in psychotherapy research. Submit a one-
      page summary of the topic, and list the names of 1-4 people responsible for leading the discussion.

Submission guidelines:

1. Please submit only one panel presentation or paper per first author (no limit on co-authorships or other forms of participation such as discussant, moderator, discussion group member).

2. You can help us by organizing panels that have thematic coherence rather than submitting isolated papers. We recommend that panels include three participants (e.g., three papers, or two papers and a discussant). Please specify how much time you anticipate needing for your panel.

3. Each panel must have a moderator. This is typically the organizer of the panel. However, the organizer may name another as the moderator.

4. Papers are normally allotted 30 minutes, which includes time for setting up, introductions, and discussion. However, please let us know how much time you would like and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

5. Please let us know what kind of audiovisual equipment will be necessary for your presentation (e.g., overhead projector, LCD computer projector, VCR), and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

6. The conference will be more enjoyable for all if you allow ONE-THIRD of the allotted time for discussion. Perhaps instead of describing your whole project, you might select one or two interesting aspects or problems that can generate discussion.

Please prepare your abstract in the format shown below using a standard word processor. A sample abstract is provided on the following page for reference. Use a 12-point font and margins of 1.5" on all four sides. Submit it (ready to be printed) as an attachment by email to ohiospr2006@gmail.com. Please note that the deadline for receipt of submissions is Friday, February 17^th, 2006.

                    Scientific Program Committee at Miami University:
                            Michael Gray, Carol Humphreys and Bill Stiles

Submission format:

Type: (Panel Session, Paper in Panel, Poster, Paper, or Open Discussion)
Title: (title should go here)
Authors: (for panel presentations, posters, or papers; Participants for summaries of panels; Discussion Leaders for open discussions. You may include institutional affiliations in parentheses)
Moderator: (for panels)
Discussant: (if relevant)
Address for Correspondence:
Name, address, telephone number, and email address of the person to whom correspondence should be addressed
Audiovisual equipment: (overhead projector, LCD computer projector, VCR, etc.)
Key words: (key words or phrases for the presentation)
Abstract:

Submission example:

Type: Paper in Panel
Title: The Critic: Assimilation Analysis of Client's Internal Voices in Therapy for Social Phobia
Authors: Michael A. Gray, Lisa M. Salvi, William B. Stiles, and Mia W. Biran (Miami University)
Address for Correspondence:
Michael Gray
Department of Psychology
40-E Benton Hall
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-2452
Email: grayma@muohio.edu

Audiovisual equipment: Overhead projector, LCD projector
Keywords: assimilation model, case study, social phobia

Abstract:
The assimilation model, an account of how problematic experiences are acknowledged and integrated in psychotherapy, conceptualizes clients as a community of voices. In the model, the process of therapy involves bringing problematic and non-problematic voices into more harmonious relationship with one another. Assimilation analyses typically are intensive case studies of psychotherapies, where researchers identify the client’s main problematic voices and track and describe their communication in treatment using excerpts of dialogue from transcripts to ground and support their claims. Previous studies have focused upon how problematic voices are processed and integrated within clients with depression. In this multiple case study, we applied the assimilation analysis method to psychotherapy for social phobia. The voices of two clients from a 10-session psychodynamic group therapy for social phobia were studied. Progress in the therapy for both clients involved movement through the lower levels of assimilation--stages 1 (vague awareness/warded off) to 2 (emergence). A distinctive voice identified in the dialogue of each client was labeled The Critic. The Critic voice was highly judgmental and evaluative, and seemed intimately connected to the clients' experience of social anxiety. The assimilation model provided a useful language for describing the sequence of progress in anxiety disorders.