Jairo N. Fuertes

Biography

Jairo N. Fuertes completed Master of Arts in Counseling and Personnel Services, University of Maryland PhD Counseling Psychology, University of Maryland Internship in Clinical Psychology, Manhattan VA Medical Center Diploma, Specialty Board Certification in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, Diploma, Specialty Board Certification in Counseling Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology. Fellow, American Psychological Association, Divisions 12 (Clinical) and 29 (Psychotherapy). Fellow, American Academy of Clinical Psychology. International Faculty Development Grant (Turkey), Summer 2011. Center for International Education, Adelphi University.

Research Interest

I have several research interests, and the common thread throughout is the analysis of the professional relationship in advancing treatment. For example, I examine how the therapy relationship is established and how it works in psychotherapy, and recently we published two articles (DOI 10.1080/02668734.2014.1002417 and http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2013.845548) where my team examined the development and interplay of the three theorized components of the relationship in treatment (i.e., the real relationship, the working alliance, and the transference/countertransference configuration) and how they related to outcome when therapy was either more or less successful.