Lotte Smith-Hansen

Professional Details

Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: None
Phone: None
Email: lotte.smithhansen@salemstate.edu

Spring Courses

Cat. # Term Course # Title
3503 03 PSY217 Introduction to Personality Psychology
3504 04 PSY217 Introduction to Personality Psychology
3545 S1 PSY700 Research Methods in Psychology

Professional Biography

Lotte Smith-Hansen, Ph.D.

B.A Psychology, University of Texas

M.A. Clinical health psychology, Texas State University

M.S. and Ph.D. Clinical psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst 

Professional Interests

Clinical interests:

Individual psychotherapy with adults

Psychological testing

Depression, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders, and severe mental illness  

Research Interests:

Psychotherapy process and outcome in cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal and psychodynamic treatments

Conducting psychotherapy research at real-world clinics

The Psychotherapy Process Q-set

Training therapists in how to establish a therapeutic alliance 

Responsibilities

Fall 2012 Courses: 

General Psychology (PSY 101)

Graduate Psychopharmacology (PSY 877) 

Selected Publications

DeGeorge, J., Constantino, M. J., Greenberg, R. P., Swift, J. K., & Smith-Hansen, L. (2012). Sex differences in college students’ preferences for an ideal psychotherapist. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.

Smith-Hansen, L., Constantino, M. J., Piselli, A., & Remen, A. L. (2011). The preliminary efficacy of a video-assisted psychotherapist workshop in alliance strategies. Psychotherapy, 48, 148-162.

Smith-Hansen, L., Remen, A. L., Piselli, A., & Constantino, M. J. (2011). Psychotherapy research in the clinic. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 46, 13-16.

Constantino, M.J. & Smith-Hansen, L. (2008). Patient interpersonal factors and the therapeutic alliance in two treatments for bulimia nervosa. Psychotherapy Research, 18, 683-698.

Selected Presentations

Smith-Hansen, L., Constantino, M. J., Piselli, A., & Remen, A. L. (2011, May). The preliminary efficacy of an integrative psychotherapist workshop in alliance strategies. Paper presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI), Washington, DC.

DeGeorge, J., Constantino, M. J., Greenberg, R. P., Swift, J. K., & Smith-Hansen, L. (2011, May). Revisiting sex differences in preferences for an ideal psychotherapist. Paper presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI), Washington, DC.

Smith-Hansen, L., Piselli, A., Remen, A. L., Rose, C., & Constantino, M. J. (2009, October). Conducting psychotherapy research in community mental health clinics: Opportunities and challenges. Open discussion presented at the meeting of the New England Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (NESPR), Williamstown, MA.

Smith-Hansen, L., Dadlani, M., Ellenhorn, T., Overtree, C., Denietolis, B., & Miller, S. (2009, October). Opportunities and impediments in a New England practice-research collaboration. Open discussion presented at the meeting of the New England Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (NESPR), Williamstown, MA.