Shayne Anderson

Assistant Professor

Department of Human Development & Family Studies
University of Connecticut
348 Mansfield Road, Unit 2058
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2058
 
Phone: (860) 486-1659
Fax: (860) 486-3452
E-Mail: shayne.anderson@uconn.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Educational Background:

Ph.D., Child and Family Development, University of Georgia, 2007
M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy, Brigham Young University, 2002
B.S., Family Science, Brigham Young University, 1999

Professional Interests:

• Change process in family therapy
• Therapeutic alliance and common factors in family therapy
• Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Correlates andIssues
• Treatment of high conflict couples

Selected Publications:

• Anderson, S.R. & Miller, R.B. (2006). The effectiveness of therapy with couples reporting a history of childhood sexual abuse: An exploratory study. Contemporary Family Therapy, 28, 353-366.
• Miller, R.B, Anderson, S.R. & Keala, D.K. (2004). Is Bowen theory valid? A review of basic research. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 30, 453-466.

Selected Presentations:

• Templeton, G.B., Anderson, S.R., Goodwin, M., Owens, N., Childs, N.M. & Johnson, L.N. (2007, October). Understanding the change process in enactments: A qualitative study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Long Beach, CA.
• Anderson, S.R., Templeton, G.B., Johnson, L.N., Childs, N.M. & Peterson, F.R. (2006, October). Enactments and connection in couple therapy: A process study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Austin, TX.
• Anderson, S.R., Johnson, L.N., Childs, N.M., & Ketring, S.A. (2005, October). Antecedents of change in marital sentiment: A process study. Poster session presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Kansas City, KS.
• Johnson, L.N., Orr, J.M., Brewer, A.L., Anderson, S.R., Tambling-Blyskal, R.R. (2005, October). Development of the therapeutic alliance in family therapy. Poster session presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Kansas City, KS.