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Marc Diener

Professor of Psychology

B.A., Yeshiva UniversityM.A., Ph.D., Adelphi University

Description

Marc J. Diener, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at Long Island University—Post.  He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University, completed a pre-doctoral internship at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and a postdoctoral fellowship at The Addiction Institute of NY (formerly Smithers Alcoholism Treatment and Training Center), St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.  His research focuses on attachment, meta-analysis, self-report and performance-based assessment measures, psychodynamic therapy, supervision, supportive-expressive therapy, psychotherapy process and outcome, and psychotherapy dropout.

Specialties

Personality assessment; Substance Use Disorders; Integrative Approaches to Psychotherapy; Statistics; Meta-Analysis; Psychodynamic Therapy

Publications

 

Peer-reviewed Articles

  1. Mesrie, V., Diener, M. J., & Clark, A. (2018).  Trainee attachment to supervisor and perceptions of novice psychotherapist self-efficacy: The moderating role of level of experience.  Psychotherapy, 55, 216-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pst0000191
  2. Diener, M. J., Geenen, R., Koelen, J. A., Aarts, F., Gerdes, V. A., Brandjes, D. M., & Hinnen, C. (2016). The significance of attachment quality for obesity: A meta-analytic review. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue Canadienne Des Sciences Du Comportement, 48, 255-265. doi:10.1037/cbs0000050
  1. Lehmann, M. E., Levy, S. R., Hilsenroth, M. J., Weinberger, J., Fuertes, J., & Diener, M. J. (2015).  Evaluating pre-treatment patient insight as a factor in early therapeutic

            technique.  Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 25, 199–213. doi:10.1037/a0039560

  1. Diener, M. J., & Mesrie, V. (2015).  Supervisory process from a supportive-expressive

relational psychodynamic approach. Psychotherapy, 52, 153-157. doi:10.1037/a0038085

  1. Joseph, D. M., Hilsenroth, M. J., & Diener, M. J. (2014). Patient participation in

psychodynamic psychotherapy: Contributions of alliance and therapist technique. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 68, 319-338.

  1. Goodman, G., Edwards, K., & Diener, M. J. (2014).  Processes of therapeutic change in

psychodynamic therapy of two inpatients with borderline personality disorder.  Journal of

Psychotherapy Integration, 24, 30-45. doi: 10.1037/a0035970

 

[Correction to Goodman, Anderson, and Diener (2014). (2014). Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 24, 207. doi:10.1037/a0037788]

  1. Monroe, J. M., Diener, M. J., Fowler, J. C., Sexton, J. E., & Hilsenroth, M. J. (2013). The criterion validity of the Mutuality of Autonomy Scale: A meta-analytic review. 

            Psychoanalytic Psychology, 30, 535–566. doi: 10.1037/a0033290

  1. Diener, M. J., & Pierson, M. M. (2013).  Technique and therapeutic process from a

            supportive-expressive relational psychodynamic approach.  Psychotherapy, 50, 424–427.

doi: 10.1037/a0032404

  1. Town, J., Diener, M. J., Abbass, A. A., Leichsenring, F., Driessen, E., & Rabung, S. (2012).  A meta-analysis of psychodynamic psychotherapy outcomes: Evaluating the effects of research-specific procedures.  Psychotherapy, 49, 276-290. doi: 0.1037/a0029564
  2. Andión, Ó., Ferrer, M., Matali, J., Gancedo, B., Calvo, N., Barral, C., Valero, S., Di Genova, A., Diener, M. J., Torrubia, R., & Casas, M. (2012).  Effectiveness of combined individual and group Dialectical Behavior Therapy compared to only individual Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A preliminary study.  Psychotherapy, 49, 241-250. doi: 10.1037/a0027401

11.  Diener, M. J., Hilsenroth, M. J., Shaffer, S. A., & Sexton, J. E. (2011).  A meta-

analysis of the relationship between the Rorschach Ego Impairment Index (EII) and

psychiatric severity.  Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 18, 464-485. doi:

10.1002/cpp.725

  1. Diener, M. J., & Monroe, J. M. (2011). The relationship between adult attachment style and therapeutic alliance in individual psychotherapy: A meta-analytic review. Psychotherapy, 48, 237-248. doi:10.1037/a0022425

13.  Sharf, J., Primavera, L. H., & Diener, M. J. (2010).  Dropout and therapeutic alliance: A meta-analysis of adult individual psychotherapy.  Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 47, 637-645. doi: 10.1037/a0021175

14.  Diener, M. J., Hilsenroth, M. J., & Weinberger, J. (2009).  A primer on meta-analysis of

correlation coefficients: The relationship between patient-reported therapeutic alliance

and adult attachment style as an illustration .  Psychotherapy Research, 19, 519-526.

  1. †Diener, M. J., Hilsenroth, M. J., & Weinberger, J.  (2007). Therapist affect focus and patient outcomes in psychodynamic psychotherapy: A meta-analysis.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 936-941.

 

†Abstracted and reviewed in Therapist affect focus and patient outcomes in psychodynamic psychotherapy: a meta-analysis.  [Abstract 12007005776]  Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, available http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/ [2008, 3 Nov.]. Abstract of: Therapist affect focus and patient outcomes in psychodynamic psychotherapy: A meta-analysis.  Diener, M. J., Hilsenroth, M. J., & Weinberger, J. American  Journal of Psychiatry.  2007:164; 936-941.

16.  Diener, M. J., & Hilsenroth, M. J. (2004).  Multi-method validity assessment of the SWAP-200 Dysphoric Q-Factor.  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 192, 479-486.

 

Book Chapters and Other Publications

  1. Diener, M. J., Gottdiener, W. H.,† Keefe, J. R.,† Levy, K. N.,† & Midgley, N.† (2021). Correspondence regarding Zhou et al. The Lancet Psychiatry, 22, 98.

 

†These authors contributed equally to the manuscript and are listed here in alphabetical order.

  1. Diener, M. J. (in press).  Psychodynamic psychotherapy.  Retrieved from http://www.strategicpsychotherapeutics.com.
  2. Diener, M. J. (2019).  Diener, Marc.  In V. Zeigler-Hill and T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences.  New York: Springer.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_427-1
  1. Lieftink, S. E., Diener, M. J., van Broeckhuysen-Kloth, S., & Geenen, R. (2018). Predictors of response to psychological treatment in somatoform disorder and somatic symptom disorder: A meta-analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 109, 116. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.03.093
  1. Hilsenroth, M. J., & Diener, M. J. (2017). Some effective strategies for the supervision of psychodynamic psychotherapy.  In T. Rousmaniere, R. Goodyear, S. Miller, & B. Wampold (Eds.), The cycle of excellence: Using deliberate practice in supervision, training, and independent practice (pp. 163-188).  New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  2. Diener, M. J., Hilsenroth, M. J., Weinberger, J., & Monroe, J. M. (2013).  A primer on

meta-analysis of correlation coefficients: The relation between patient-reported

therapeutic alliance and adult attachment style as an illustration.  In W. Lutz, & S. Knox

(Eds.), Quantitative and qualitative methods in psychotherapy research (pp. 235-246).

New York: Taylor and Francis.

  1. Diener, M. J. (2013).  An introduction to the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS). Independent Practitioner, 33, 12-14. 
  1. Diener, M. J., Hilsenroth, M. J., Cromer, T. D., Pesale, F. P., & Slavin-Mulford, J. (2012).  Love’s labors lost?  Therapeutic assessment of depression.  In S. E. Finn, C. T. Fischer, & L. Handler (Eds.), Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment: A casebook and guide (pp. 47-67).  New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  2. Diener, M. J. (2010).  Cohen’s d.  In I. B. Weiner & W. E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini’s

Encyclopedia of Psychology (4th ed., Vol. 1, pp. 355-356).  Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

  1. Diener, M. J., & Hilsenroth, M. J. (2009).  Affect-focused techniques in psychodynamic

psychotherapy.  In R. A. Levy, & J. S. Ablon (Eds.), Handbook of evidence-based

psychodynamic psychotherapy: Bridging the gap between science and practice (pp. 227-

247).  Totowa, New Jersey: The Humana Press Inc.

11.  Diener, M. J. (2007, Fall). The utility of therapist affect focus in psychodynamic psychotherapy.  Psychologist-Psychoanalyst, 27, 19-20.

Lectures and Presentations

Lectures and Presentations (Selected)

 

  1. †Lieftink, S. E., Diener, M. J., van Broeckhuysen-Kloth, S., & Geenen, R. (2018, June).  Predictors of response to psychological treatment in somatoform disorder and somatic symptom disorder: A meta-analysis.  Poster presentation at the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine, Verona, Italy.

 

†Poster awarded Best Poster prize.

 

  1. Ahmed, S., Diener, M. J., Haggerty, G., & Esang, M. (2017, December).  The effectiveness of gabapentin in reducing cravings and withdrawal in alcohol dependence: A meta-analytic review.  Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, San Diego, CA.
  2. Shorteno-Fraser, M., Diener, M. J., & Feindler, E. (2017, August).  Attachment style, sibling rivalry, and interpersonal competence: A meta-analysis of current research.  Poster presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
  3. Kobernick, C. L., Korbman, M., Lieberman, R., Hirschhorn, E., & Diener, M. (2016, October). Perceptions of nonsuicidal self-injury among Orthodox Jewish adolescents: A qualitative analysis. Poster presentation at the Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY. 
    1. Solomon, N., Solomon, Y., Biberfeld, A., Diener, M. J., Rabinowitz, C., & Rand, A. (December, 2015).  Supervisors and supervisees: An uncensored discussion from both sides.  Panel presentation at the Nefesh International Conference, Hauppage, NY.
    2. Berger, C. L., Diener, M. J., Levin, G., Margolis, A., & Perlstein, P. (August, 2015).  Risk factors for nonsuicidal self-injury in Orthodox Jewish adolescents: A preliminary study.  Paper presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
    3. Lehmann, M. E., Levy, S. R., Hilsenroth, M. J., Weinberger, J., Fuertes, Jairo, & Diener, M. (2015, June).  Evaluating pre-treatment patient insight as a factor in early therapeutic technique.  Poster presentation at the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, PA.
    4. Needham, V. R., Diener, M. J., & Gurley, J. R. (2015, June).  The relation between readmission rates and diagnosis for psychiatric inpatients: An update of a meta-analytic review.  Poster presentation at the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, PA.
    5. Adler, M., Diener, M. J., Calderon, O., & Weiss, K. (2015, March).  The relation between anxiety and intellectual functioning.  Poster presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Brooklyn, NY.

10.  Feindler, E., Pettiti, C., & Diener, M. (2014, May).  Does academic training influence the theoretical orientation of clinical psychology students?  Poster presentation at the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Montreal, Canada.

11.  Diener, M. J., & Gottdiener, W. H. (2013, December).  Integrative psychotherapy for substance use disorders: Theory, research, and clinical application.  Paper presentation at the Nefesh International Conference, Hauppage, NY.

12.  Diener, M. J., & Kecmanovic, J. (2012, June).  Therapeutic interventions utilized by master clinicians: Final results.  Paper presentation at the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Virginia Beach, VA. 

13.  Needham, V. R., Diener, M. J., & Gurley, J. R. (2012, June).  The relation between

readmission rates and diagnosis for psychiatric inpatients: A meta-analytic review.

Poster presentation at the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Virginia Beach, VA. 

14.  Diener, M. J., & Shaffer, S. A. (2012, March).  Quality of student case formulation: A cross-sectional study of training.  Poster presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

15.  Conklin, E. L., Diener, M. J., & Sexton, J. E. (2012, March).  The association between adult attachment and posttraumatic symptomatology.  Poster presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

16.  Friedman, Z., Diener, M. J., & Sexton, J. E. (2012, March).  Therapeutic alliance and stages of change for sexual abusers in therapy.  Poster presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

17.  Hall, K. G., Lally, S. J., & Diener, M. J. (2012, March).  Statistical assessment of malingered incompetency to stand trial: A pilot study.  Paper presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

18.  Kellog, J. A., Casarrela, M., Baity, M. R., & Diener, M. J. (2012, March).  A meta-analytic review of self-report measures and dropout.  Paper presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

19.  Monroe, J. M., Diener, M. J., Fowler, J. C., Sexton, J. E., & Hilsenroth, M. J. (2012, March).  The Rorschach Mutuality of Autonomy Scale: Final meta-analytic results of the scale’s criterion validity.  Paper presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

20.  Samghabadi, M., Sexton, J., & Diener, M. J. (2012, August). Attachment style and empathy: Therapist characteristics that influence empathy and the working alliance.  Poster presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

21.  Brault, C., Diener, M. J., Stricker, G., & Woodland, M. (2011, August).  Correlations between selected Rorschach variables and IQ measures for juvenile offenders in Washington, DC.  Poster presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

22.  Debien, G. N., & Diener, M. J. (2011, August).  Efficacy and effectiveness of experimental disclosure for individuals with a history of trauma: A meta-analytic review. Poster presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. 

23.  Hebsur, R. D., Kibour, Y., & Diener, M. J. (2011, August).  Outcome evaluation of torture treatment in community mental health centers.  Poster presentation at the Annual

            Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

24.  Holbein, L. D., Kecmanovic, J., & Diener, M. J. (2011, August).  Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to improve care taking of people with schizophrenia.  Poster

presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

25.  Krysztofiak, S. M., & Diener, M. J. (2011, August).  Meta-analysis of HIV-prevention efficacy.  Poster presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

26.  Diener, M. J. (2011, July).  Therapeutic interventions utilized by master clinicians.  Paper presentation at the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Bern, Switzerland.

27.  Diener, M. J., Sharf, J., & Primavera, L. H. (2011, May). A meta-analytic review of

            psychotherapy dropout rates in adult individual psychotherapy.  Paper presentation at the

            Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Washington, DC.

28.  Diener, M. J., Hilsenroth, M. J., Cromer, T. D., Pesale, F., & Slavin-Mulford, J. (2011, March).  Therapeutic assessment of depression: An evidence-based case study.  Paper presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA.    

29.  Conklin, E. L., & Diener, M. J. (2011, March).  The association between adult attachment and posttraumatic stress: A meta-analytic review.  Paper presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA.     

30.  Glasscock, A., Diener, M. J., & Lally, S. J. (2011, March).  Assessment of psychosis in

            adolescents with the Rorschach: The relative effectiveness of the Perceptual-Thinking,

            Schizophrenia, and Ego Impairment Indices.  Poster presentation at the Society for

            Personality Assessment, Boston, MA.

31.  Monroe, J. M., Diener, M. J., & Fowler, J. C. (2011, March).  The criterion validity of the Mutuality of Autonomy Scale: A meta-analytic review.  Paper presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA.     

32.  Wilson, T., Lally, S. J., & Diener, M. J. (2011, March).  The effectiveness of the Personality Assessment Inventory in detecting malingering in a pretrial inpatient population.  Paper presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA.

33.  Diener, M. J., Hilsenroth, M. J., *Shaffer, S. A., & Sexton, J. E. (2011, January).  A meta-analysis of the relationship between the Rorschach Ego Impairment Index (EII) and

            psychiatric severity.  Poster presentation at the American Psychoanalytic Association,

            New York, NY.

34.  Diener, M. J. (2010, July).  The relationship between adult attachment style and therapeutic alliance: A meta-analytic review.  Paper presentation at the International Association for

Relationship Research, Herzliya, Israel.

35.  Diener, M. J., & Shaffer, S. (2010, June).  Training students in case formulation.  Paper

presentation at the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Asilomar, CA.

36.  Debien, G. N., & Diener, M. J. (2010, June).  A meta-analysis of the utility of experimental disclosure for individuals with a history of trauma.  Poster presentation at the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Asilomar, CA.

37.  Krysztofiak, S. M., & Diener, M. J. (2010, June).  Efficacy and effectiveness of HIV-prevention interventions: A meta-analytic review.  Paper presentation at the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Asilomar, CA.

38.  Diener, M., & Hilsenroth, M. (2008, April).  Adult attachment style and the therapeutic

alliance in individual psychotherapy: A meta-analytic review.  Poster presentation at the

Division of Psychoanalysis (39), American Psychological Association, New York, NY.

39.  Fowler, J. C., Addelson, B., Diener, M., DeFife, J., & Clemence, J. (2006, March).  Mutuality of Autonomy scale: A meta-analytic study.  Paper presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, San Diego, CA.

40.  Diener, M., & Hilsenroth, M. (2005, March).  A meta-analysis of the relationship between the Rorschach Ego Impairment Index (EII) and diagnostic/classification severity.  Paper presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

41.  Diener, M., Hilsenroth, M., & Blagys, M. (2004, June).  A meta-analytic review of the

            relationship between focus on affect/emotional expression and patient outcome in

psychodynamic psychotherapy.  Paper presentation at the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Rome, Italy.

42.  Diener, M., Blagys, M., & Hilsenroth, M. (2003, November).  A review of the relationship between focus on affect/emotional expression and patient outcome in psychodynamic psychotherapy.  Poster presentation at the North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Newport, RI.

43.  Diener, M., & Hilsenroth, M. (2003, March).  Multi-method validity assessment of the SWAP-200 Dysphoric Q-Factor.  Poster presentation at the Society for Personality Assessment, San Francisco, CA.

Honors/Awards

Honors/Awards

 

2015                Fellow, Division of Independent Practice (Division 42), American

                        Psychological Association

 

2012                Excellence in Research Award, Argosy University, Washington DC

 

2010                Excellence in Research Award, Argosy University, Washington DC

 

2001                Summa Cum Laude, Yeshiva University, Yeshiva College

 

2000-2001       Dean’s List, Yeshiva University, Yeshiva College

 

1999-2000       Dean’s List, Yeshiva University, Yeshiva College

 

1998-1999       Dean’s List, Yeshiva University, Yeshiva College

 

Professional Affiliations

Division of Independent Practice (42) of the American Psychological Association (Summer 2013-Present)

Virginia Psychological Association (January 2011-December 2011)

Section IX (Assessment Psychology) of the Society of Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12)

            (Fall 2010-Fall 2012)

Psychodynamic Psychoanalytic Research Society (Fall 2010-Fall 2011)

Division of Psychotherapy (29) of the American Psychological Association (Summer 2006-

            Present)

Society for Personality Assessment (Summer 2007-December 2019)

Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (Summer 2006-December 2019)

Society for Psychotherapy Research (Summer 2006-December 2018)

American Psychological Association (Summer 2006-Present)

American Psychoanalytic Association (Fall 2006-Fall 2007)