Janet Beavin Bavelas
Janet Beavin Bavelas does experimental research on the unique features of language use in face-to-face dialogue. Two of these features are of special interest: The participants create their dialogue collaboratively through highly interdependent actions. And they do so with integrated messages made up of words, prosody, hand and facial gestures, and gaze. (For details and publications, see http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/bavelas/). The findings and methods of these lab experiments on dialogue have applications in psychotherapy, medical communication, computer science, and any area where dialogue is important. In particular, Bavelas often works with Solution-focused therapists who share her emphasis on the details of language use.
Bavelas began her research career at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, CA, where she co-authored Pragmatics of human communication with Watzlawick and Jackson. After graduate school at Stanford (M.A. in Communication Research, Ph.D. in Psychology), she joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Victoria in 1970, becoming a Full Professor in 1986. Since 2005, she has been an active Emeritus Professor, doing basic and applied research as well research consulting and teaching.
Bavelas began her research career at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, CA, where she co-authored Pragmatics of human communication with Watzlawick and Jackson. After graduate school at Stanford (M.A. in Communication Research, Ph.D. in Psychology), she joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Victoria in 1970, becoming a Full Professor in 1986. Since 2005, she has been an active Emeritus Professor, doing basic and applied research as well research consulting and teaching.
Peter De Jong
Peter De Jong, Ph.D., LMSW is the co-author (with Insoo Kim Berg) of many journal articles and four editions of the book Interviewing for Solutions now translated into twelve languages. He is an emeritus professor of sociology and social work and a former adjunct at the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where solution focused practices first were developed. He has been an outpatient therapist, case worker, and led trainings with practitioners working in mental health, child welfare and family services, juvenile corrections, and school settings. He currently trains, consults, and conducts microanalysis research on therapy conversations with several colleagues.
Jennifer Gerwing
Jennifer Gerwing (Ph.D., Psychology, University of Victoria, Canada) uses microanalysis in both lab experiments and applied settings. Her experiments and publications focus primarily on the effects of face-to-face dialogue on hand and facial gestures, especially in relation to speech. She applies microanalysis in hospital settings, including her present position as a senior researcher at the Health Services Research Center at Akershus University Hospital in Oslo, Norway. Jennifer is particularly interested in multimodality, specifically the semantic role that hand and facial gestures play in clinical interactions and how these modalities integrate with speech to present essential information. She is currently studying videotaped clinical interactions in which the patient is not a native speaker. She has also studied interactional coordination, both in home videos of triplets (one of whom was later diagnosed with autism) and also in emergency medical dialogues on the telephone. Jennifer collaborates with researchers in Canada, the US, the UK, and Norway. For publications, please see her ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer_Gerwing
Sara Healing
Sara Healing completed her Master of Science degree within the Department of Psychology at the University of Victoria. Her primary research interests include examining face to face communication in various applied settings, evaluating and designing valid and reliable assessments, and applying solution-focused approaches within various applied settings (e.g., palliative, mental health, social services, organizations). As part of the International Microanalysis Associates, she is involved in basic research on face-to-face dialogue and teaches international professional workshops on communication processes. Her research has been funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the British Columbia Cancer Agency.
Sara Smock Jordan
Sara Smock Jordan, PhD, LMFT is an associate professor in Texas Tech University’s Marriage and Family Therapy Program in Lubbock, TX. Sara’s research interests include analyzing solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) conversations, outcome research on SFBT, and increasing SFBT’s recognition as an evidence-based practice. Sara is the developer of the Solution Building Inventory and has applied SFBT to substance abusing populations. Her outcome research on solution-focused group therapy for substance abusers (Smock et al., 2008) has been recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices. Sara has received funding from the US Department of Education, US Department of Health and Human Services, and Texas Tech University.
Harry Korman
Harry Korman is a child psychiatrist and family therapist in private practice
at SIKT in Malmö, Sweden. He works mainly as a trainer and supervisor with
people wanting to learn Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. His research interest
is making co-construction visible in the moment-by-interaction between
people.
at SIKT in Malmö, Sweden. He works mainly as a trainer and supervisor with
people wanting to learn Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. His research interest
is making co-construction visible in the moment-by-interaction between
people.
Christine Tomori
Christine Tomori completed her Master of Science degree within the Department of Psychology at the University of Victoria. Her primary research interests include examining communication processes, evaluating and designing assessments, and applying solution-focused approaches within various applied settings (e.g., palliative, mental health, social services, workplace). As part of Victoria Microanalysis Associates, she is involved in basic research on face-to-face dialogue and teaches international professional workshops on communication processes. Her research has been funded by the University of Victoria, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Sara Spencer Foundation, and the British Columbia Cancer Agency.
