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What happens when a therapist receives a gift from a client? How does a therapist manage sexual attraction toward a patient? How does a therapist-in-training cope when a patient commits suicide?

In a field focused on emotions, the therapist-patient relationship can be fraught with even further emotional complications. Dr. Sarah Knox, associate professor of counseling and educational psychology, studies psychotherapists and the sometimes sticky issues that can arise in therapy. She recently received the Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for Psychotherapy Research.

Knox always felt there was an unexplored depth to the therapist-patient relationship.

How do therapists create and build relationships, and how does that relationship affect the therapy? “What’s going on between these two people? We may never fully understand, but the more we can understand, the better it can be,” she says.

Knox is also studying how therapists or therapists-in-training are affected when the roles are reversed — when they’re the ones in therapy. Her research shows that it’s often a transformational experience that changes the therapist personally and professionally.

“My hope is that my research informs the work of therapy and helps therapists think about it in new ways,” she says.

BLAZING TRAILS

Armed with a new federal grant, Dr. Charles Wilkie heats up the field of fire retardancy.

ECO ENIGMA

Dr. Douglas Lobner researches environmental neurotoxins that could be the cause of devastating neurological diseases.

NAZI CHIC

Dr. Irene Guenther unravels the sinister relationship between fashion and fascism.

MECHANICAL WONDER

Dr. James Anderson’s curiosity about RNA molecules led to a landmark discovery about the building blocks of life.

LISTENING TO THE ANIMALS

Through the Dr. Dolittle Project, Dr. Michael Johnson reveals fascinating insights into animal vocalizations.

IDENTITY CRISIS

What does it mean to be an individual? Dr. John Davis examines the human side of economics.

RESEARCH IN BRIEF

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