Richard F. Summers, MD is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Residency Advisor at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Summers has written extensively on psychodynamic therapy training, therapeutic alliance, psychodynamic formulation, positive psychology and psychiatry residency training. His clinical interests focus on combined psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, and adult lifecycle development. His research interests include the contemporary revision of the theory and technique of psychodynamic psychotherapy and new approaches to psychotherapy training and education.

Dr. Summers is a Past President of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training (AADPRT), the former Treasurer of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and a Co-Chair of the Psychotherapy Department at the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA). He is a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists, and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He chaired the APA’s Workgroup on Psychiatrist Wellbeing and Burnout. He maintains a private practice in suburban Philadelphia.

The recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the Earl Bond Outstanding Teacher Award of the Department of Psychiatry at Penn, the Maestro Award at Pennsylvania Hospital, and the APsaA Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents. Dr. Summers was named a "Top Doc" by Philadelphia Magazine numerous times since 1996. He was awarded the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Robert Dunning Dripps Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education by the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Summers regularly speaks and conducts workshops in the US and abroad, and usually teaches seminars on psychodynamic therapy at the annual meetings of the American Psychiatric Association and American Psychological Association.

Jacques P. Barber, Ph.D., ABPP is Dean and Professor, The Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University. He is emeritus professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and at the Graduate Psychology Group at Penn. He is also Adjunct Psychiatry Professor at the New York University School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology and Counseling, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He has a private practice in Long Island, NY.

He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is past president of the society for psychotherapy research and was a recipient of its early career award in 1996 and of his senior research investigator award in 2014. He has been conducting research on the outcome and process of dynamic and cognitive therapies for depression, substance dependence, panic disorder and personality disorders. He recently finished two NIMH-funded Randomized Clinical Trials: One comparing dynamic therapy vs. SSRI/SNRI for major depression; the other comparing dynamic therapy vs. CBT for panic disorder.

In terms of psychotherapy process research, he has examined the impact of the therapeutic alliance and of therapists' use of theoretically relevant interventions on the outcome of different therapies. Most important, he has focused his energies on models of change during therapy that emphasized both relational and technical factors. He has also conducted research on core conflicts and metacognitiion. He has published more than 200 papers, chapters and books in the field of psychotherapy and personality.

Together with Hadas Wiseman, they have co-authored a book titled "Echoes of the Trauma: Relationship Themes and Emotions in the Narratives of the Children of Holocaust Survivors" published by Cambridge. Together with Richard Summers, they have published "Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice" at Guilford Press. Together with J. Chris Muran, they have published: The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence-Based Guide to Practice at Guilford Press.

For more information see:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jacques_Barber/info?endorsements=1411084800

http://www.adelphi.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.php?PID=0570