Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD
CURRICULUM VITAE
(Revised June 2009)
Department of Psychology
University of Memphis
Memphis TN 38152, USA
iPhone: (901) 494-1806
Fax: (901) 678-2579; e-mail:
DEGREES
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, (major) Personality Theory (minor), Philosophy of Psychology (minor). University of Nebraska, 1982
B.A. Psychology, University of Florida. 1976
EXPERIENCE
Professor, Psychology, University of Memphis. August 1983- present
Psychological Consultant, Psychologist, Mood Disorders Program, Charter Lakeside Hospital, January, 1986- April, 1992
Research Assoc. & Asst. Professor. Dept. of Psychology, University of Rochester, Sept. 1981-July, 1983
Clinical Psychology Intern, Dept. of Psychiatry. Univ. of Wisconsin Clinical Sciences Center, June, 1980-July, 1981
HONORS/AWARDS
Clinical Practice Award, Association for Death Education and Counseling, 2009
Robert Fulton Founder’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, Research and Service by the Center for Death Education and Bioethics, 2008
George A. Kelly Award for Outstanding Contributions to Constructivist Psychology,
Constructivist Psychology Network, 2006
Cashdollar Visiting Professorship, University of Tennessee School of Health Sciences, 2005
Chair, International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement, 2003-2005
Board of Visitors Eminent Faculty Award, University of Memphis, 2002
Dunavant University Professorship (Endowed Chair), College of Arts & Sciences, University of Memphis, 2000-2002
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Memphis, 1999
Research Recognition Award, Association for Death Education and Counseling, 1999
Fellow, Division 12, (Clinical Psychology), American Psychological Association, 1997
President, Association for Death Education and Counseling, 1996-1997
Psychologist of the Year, Tennessee Psychological Association, 1996
Distinguished Research Award, Memphis State University, 1990
Research Award, Catalan Society for Behavioral Research & Therapy (Spain), 1990
RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP
Books
Raskin, J. D., Bridges, S. K. & Neimeyer, R. A. (Eds). (2010). Studies in meaning 4: Constructivist perspectives on theory, practice and social justice. New York: Pace University Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2010). The art of longing: Selected poems. Charleston, SC: BookSurge.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2009). Constructivist psychotherapy. London & New York: Routledge.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2006). Rainbow in the stone: Selected poems. Memphis, TN: Mercury.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Neimeyer, G. J. (Eds.) (2002). Advances in personal construct psychology (Vol. 5). New York: Praeger.
Neimeyer, R. A. (Ed.) (2001). Meaning reconstruction and the experience of loss. Washington: American Psychological Association. Translation: Therapy for Loss and Grief: The Search for Meaning from a Constructivist Perspective. Tokyo: Kongo Shuppan [2007, Japanese].
Neimeyer, R. A. & Raskin, J. (Eds.) (2000). Constructions of disorder. Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1998). Lessons of loss: A guide to coping. New York: McGraw Hill. Translations: Aprender de la perdida. Barcelona: Paidos [2002, 2007, Spanish]; To those who have lost something important. Tokyo: Shunjusha [2006, Japanese]; To love and to lose: Coping with Loss. Athens: Kritiki [2006, Greek]
Neimeyer, G. J. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1997). Advances in personal construct psychology (Vol. 4). Greenwich, CN: JAI Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Mahoney, M. J. (Eds.) (1995). Constructivism in psychotherapy. Washington: American Psychological Association. Translations: Constructivismo em psicoterapia. Porto Alegre: Artes Medicas do Sul [1997, Portuguese], and Constructivismo en psicoterapia. Madrid: Paidós [1998, Spanish].
Neimeyer, R. A. & Neimeyer, G. J. (Eds.) (1995). Advances in personal construct psychology (Vol. 3). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Wass, H. & Neimeyer, R. A. (Eds.) (1995). Dying: Facing the facts (3rd Ed). New York: Taylor & Francis.
Neimeyer, R. A. (Ed.) (1994). Death anxiety handbook: Research, instrumentation, and application. New York & London: Taylor & Francis. Translation: Métodos de evaluacción de la ansiedad ante la muerete. Barcelona: Paidós [1997, Spanish].
Leenaars, A., Maltsberger, J. T., & Neimeyer, R. A. (1994). The treatment of suicidal people. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Liles, L. & Neimeyer, B. (1993). Winning racquetball. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Neimeyer, G. J. (Eds.), (1992). Advances in personal construct psychology (Vol. 2). Greenwich, CN: JAI Press.
Neimeyer, G. J. & Neimeyer, R. A. (Eds.), (1990). Advances in personal construct psychology. (Vol.1), Greenwich, CN: JAI Press.
Gholson, B., Shadish, W., Neimeyer, R.A. & Houts, A. (1989). Psychology of science: contributions to metascience. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Wass, H., Berardo, F. & Neimeyer, R.A. (Eds.) (1988). Dying: Facing the facts. (2nd ed) New York: Hemisphere/Harper & Row.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Neimeyer, G.J. (Eds.) (1987). Personal construct therapy casebook. New York: Springer. [In 1989, translated to Spanish under title of Casos de terapia de constructos personales, Bilbao, Spain: Desclee de Brouwer, S. A.]
Neimeyer, R.A. (1985). The development of personal construct psychology. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Neimeyer, R.A. (Ed.) (1984-85). Group psychotherapies for depression (special issue of International Journal of Mental Health, 13, #3-4).
Epting, F.R. & Neimeyer, R.A. (Eds.) (1984). Personal meanings of death. New York: Hemisphere.
Book chapters
Neimeyer, R. A. (2010). Reconstructing the continuing bond: A constructivist approach to grief therapy. In J. D. Raskin, S. K. Bridges & R. A. Neimeyer (Eds). (2010). Studies in meaning 4: Constructivist perspectives on theory, practice and social justice. New York: Pace University Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2010). Suicide: A personal construction. In M. Pompili (Ed.), Suicide in the words of suicidologists. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2009). Reconstructing life out of loss: Reorganizing the continuing bond. In M. Kerman (Ed.), Clinical pearls of wisdom: 21 leading therapists offer their key insights. New York: Norton.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2008). Repertory grid technique. In I. Weiner and E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini’s encyclopedia of psychology (4th edition). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Bridges, S.K. (2008). Personal construct theory. In I. Weiner and E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini’s encyclopedia of psychology (4th edition). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Stewart, A. E. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2008). Emplotting the traumatic self: Narrative revision and the construction of coherence. In S. Krippner, M. Bova, & L. Gray (Eds.), Healing stories: The use of narrative in counseling and psychotherapy. Charlottesville, VA: Puente.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2008). Death anxiety. In Capezuti, L., Siegler, T. & Mezey, M. (Eds.), The encyclopedia of elder care (2nd edition) (pp. 197-200). New York: Springer.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2007). Meaning breaking, meaning making: Rewriting stories of loss. In K. J. Doka (Ed). Living with grief: Before and after the death (pp. 193-208). Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America.
Roos, S. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2007). Reconstructing the self: Chronic sorrow and posttraumatic stress following the onset of CID. In E. Martz and H. Livneh (Eds.), Coping with chronic illness and disability (pp. 89-106). New York: Springer.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2007). Beyond bereavement: A narrative approach to grief therapy. In K. Doka (Ed.), Major sources in thanatology. London: Routledge.
Jordan, J. R. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2007). Historical and contemporary perspectives on assessment and intervention. In D. Balk (Ed.), Handbook of thanatology. (pp. 213-226). Northbook, IL: Association of Death Education and Counseling.
Currier, J., Holland, J., Coleman, R. & Neimeyer, R.A. (2007). Bereavement following violent death: An assault on life and meaning. In R. Stevenson & G. Cox (Eds.), Perspectives on violence and violent death. Amityville, NY: Baywood.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2006) Searching for the meaning of meaning: Grief therapy and the process of reconstruction. In K. Doka (Ed.) Dying, Death, and Bereavement: Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare (v.4) (pps, 270-284). New York: Routledge.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Gamino, L. (2006). The experience of grief and bereavement. In C. Bryant (Ed.), Handbook of death and dying (pp. 847-854). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Winter, D. (2006). To be or not to be: Personal construct perspectives on the suicidal choice. In T. Ellis (Ed.). Cognition and suicide: The science of suicidal thinking. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2005). Tragedy and transformation: Meaning reconstruction in the wake of traumatic loss. In S. C. Heilman (Ed.), Death, bereavement and mourning (pp. 121-134). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Herrero, O. & Neimeyer, R.A. (2005). Duelo, pérdida y reconstrucción narrativa [Grief, loss and narrative reconstruction] (191-236). In L. Botella (Ed.), Construcciones, narrativas y relaciones. [Constructions, narratives, and relationships.] Barcelona: Edebé.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2005). Growing through grief: Constructing coherence in narratives of loss. In D. Winter & L. Viney (Eds.), Personal construct psychotherapy (pp. 111-136). London: Whurr.
Neimeyer, R. A., Stewart, A. E. & Anderson, J. (2005). AIDS-related death anxiety: A research review and clinical recommendations. In H. E. Gendelman, S. Swindells, I. Grant, S. Lipton, I. Everall, & (Eds.), The neurology of AIDS (2nd Ed.) (pp. 787-799). New York: Chapman & Hall.
Fransella, F. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2005). George Alexander Kelly: The man and his theory. In F. Fransella (Ed.), The essential practitioner’s handbook of personal construct psychology (pp. 3-14). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Werth, J. (2005). The psychology of death. In M. Johnson (Ed.), Cambridge handbook of age and ageing (pp. 387-393). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Baldwin, S. A. (2005). Personal construct psychotherapy and the constructivist horizon. In F. Fransella (Ed.), The essential practitioner’s handbook of personal construct psychology (pp. 245-252). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Holland, J. (2004). Bereavement overload. In N. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human development. Thousand Oaks, CA; Sage.
Werth, J. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2004). Death with dignity. In N. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human development. Thousand Oaks, CA; Sage.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Cabanillas, W. (2004). Epistemology and psychotherapy: a constructivist conversation. In J. Raskin & S. Bridges (Eds.), Studies in meaning (vol. 2). New York: Pace University Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2004). Personal construct theory. In W. E. Craighead & C. B. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (3rd ed.) (pp. 684-685) . Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2004). Repertory grid methods. In W. E. Craighead & C. B. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (3rd ed.) (pp. 810-812). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Bridges, S. (2003). Postmodern approaches to psychotherapy. In A. Gurman & S. Messer (Eds.), Essential psychotherapies (2nd Ed.) (pp. 272-316). New York: Guilford.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2003). Two paths diverge into a wood: Cognitive/ constructivist contrasts and the future evolution of Adlerian psychotherapy. In R. E. Watts (Ed.), Adlerian, cognitive and constructivist theories of counseling and psychotherapy: An integrative dialogue. New York: Springer.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Tschudi, F. (2003). Community and coherence: Narrative contributions to the psychology of conflict and loss. In G. Fireman, T. McVay & O. Flanagan (Eds.), Narrative and consciousness. New York: Oxford.
Neimeyer, R. A., Wittkowski, J. & Moser, R. (2003). Psychologische Forshung zu Einstellungen gegenuber Sterben und Tod [Psychological research on death attitudes: An overview and evaluation]. In J. Wittkowski (Ed.),Sterben, Tod und Trauer [Dying, Death & Grief] (pp. 108-123). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Neimeyer, R. A., Moser, R. & Wittkowski, J. (2003). Untersuchensverfahren zur Erfassung der Einstellungen gegenuber Sterben und Tod [Assessing attitudes toward death: Psychometric considerations]. (pp. 52-85). In J. Wittkowski (Ed.), Sterben, Tod und Trauer [Dying, Death & Grief] (pp. 52-85). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Baldwin, S. (2003). Personal construct psychotherapy and the constructivist horizon. In F. Fransella (Ed.) Handbook of personal construct psychology. London: Brunner Routledge.
Fransella, F. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2003). George Alexander Kelly: The man and his theory. In F. Fransella (Ed.) Handbook of personal construct psychology. London: Brunner Routledge.
Bridges, S. K. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2003). Exploring and negotiating sexual meanings. In Whitman, J. S. & Boyd, C. J. (Eds.), The therapist’s notebook for lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients (pp.145-149). New York: Hawthorn Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Gillies, J. M. (2003). Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale. In J. Hoyer & J. Margraf (Eds.), Angstdiagnostik [The Assessment of anxiety] (pp. 497-501). Berlin: Springer.
Neimeyer, R. A., Prigerson, H. G. & Davies, B. (2003). Duelo y significado [Grief and meaning]. In A. Garcia (Ed.), Sobre morir y la muerte [On dying and death] (pp. 111-127). Tenerife, Spain: Universidad de la Laguna.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Jordan, J. R. (2002). Disenfranchisement as empathic failure: Grief therapy and the co-construction of meaning. In K. Doka (Ed.), Disenfranchised grief, pp. 95-117. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2002). Making sense of loss. In K. J. Doka (Ed.), Living with Grief: Loss in later life, pp. 295-311. Washington: Hospice Foundation of America.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2002). How firm a foundation? A constructivist response to Mahrer’s archaeology of beliefs about psychotherapy. In J. Raskin & S. Bridges (Eds.), Studies in meaning. New York: Pace University Press.
Neimeyer, G. J., Neimeyer, R. A., Hagans, C. L., & Van Brunt, D. L. (2002). Is there madness in our method? The effects of repertory grid variations on measures of construct system structure. In R. A. Neimeyer and G. J. Neimeyer (Eds.) Advances in personal construct psychology (Vol. 5), pp. 161-200. New York: Praeger.
Neimeyer, R. A., Botella, L., Herrero, O., Figueras, S., Pacheco, M., & Werner-Wildner, L A. (2002). The meaning of your absence: Traumatic loss and narrative reconstruction. In J. Kauffman (Ed.), Loss of the assumptive world ( pp. 31-47). New York: Brunner Routledge.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Anderson, A. (2002). Meaning reconstruction theory. In N. Thompson (Ed.), Loss and grief: A guide for human service practitioners (pp.45-64). Basingstoke (UK) and New York: Palgrave.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Levitt, H. (2002). Constructivist assessment. In R. Fernandez-Ballesteros (Ed.) (2002). Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Raskin, J. D. (2001). Varieties of constructivism in psychotherapy. In K. Dobson (Ed.), Handbook of cognitive behavioral psychotherapies (2nd edition) (pp. 393-430). New York: Guilford.
Neimeyer R. A. & Hogan, N. (2001). Quantitative or qualitative? Measurement issues in the study of grief. In M. Stroebe, W. Stroebe, R. Hansson & H. Schut (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement. research (pp. 89-118). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2001). The language of loss: Grief therapy as a process of meaning reconstruction. In R. A. Neimeyer (Ed.), Meaning reconstruction and the experience of loss (pp. 261-292). Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2001). Meaning reconstruction and loss. In R. A. Neimeyer (Ed.), Meaning reconstruction and the experience of loss (pp. 1-12). Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Levitt, H. (2001). Constructivism/constructionism: Methodology. Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2001). Constructivist psychotherapy. Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Levitt, H. (2001). Coping and coherence: A narrative perspective on resilience. In D. Snyder (Ed.), Stress and coping (pp. 47-67). New York: Oxford University Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Bridges, S. K. (2001). Personal construct psychology. In W. E. Craighead & C. B. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (pp. 1171-1172). New York: Wiley.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2001). Repertory grid technique. In W. E. Craighead & C. B. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (pp. 1394-1395). New York: Wiley.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2000) Performing psychotherapy: Reflections on postmodern practice. In L. Holzman & J. Morss (Eds.), Postmodern psychologies and societal practice (pp. 190-201). New York: Routledge.
Neimeyer, R .A. (2000). The multiple meanings of loss: Grieving as a process of personal reconstruction. In Scheer, J. W. (Ed.): The person in society: Challenges to a constructivist theory (pp. 272-280). Giessen, Germany: Psychosozial Verlag.
Neimeyer R. A. & Levitt, H. (2000). What's narrative got to do with it? Construction and coherence in accounts of loss. In J. Harvey & E. D. Miller (Eds.), Loss and trauma (pp. 401-412). Philadelphia, PA Brunner Mazel.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2000). Narrative disruptions in the construction of self. In R. A. Neimeyer & J. Raskin (Eds.), Constructions of disorder (pp. 207-242). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Raskin, J. D. (2000). On practicing postmodern therapy in modern times. In R. A. Neimeyer & Raskin, J. D. (Eds.), Constructions of disorder (pp. 3-14). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R .A. & Stewart, A. E. (2000). Constructivist and narrative psychotherapies. In C. R. Snyder & R. E. Ingram (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapy (pp. 337-357). New York: Wiley.
Fortner, B. V., Neimeyer, R. A. & Rybarczeck, B. (2000). Correlates of death anxiety in older adults: A comprehensive review. In A. Tomer (Ed.), Death attitudes and the older adult (pp. 95-108). Philadelphia: Brunner Routledge.
Neimeyer, R .A. & Fortner, B. (2000). Death anxiety in older adults. In G. L. Maddox (Ed.), The encyclopedia of aging (3rd edition). New York: Springer.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2000). Constructivist psychotherapy. Encyclopedia of psychology (vol. 2, pp. 287-290). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2000). George A. Kelly. Encyclopedia of psychology (vol. 2, pp. 805-807). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A., Keesee, N. J. & Fortner, B. V. (2000). Loss and meaning reconstruction: Propositions and procedures. In Malkinson, R., S. Rubin, & E. Witztum, (Eds.), Traumatic and non-traumatic loss and bereavement (pp. 197-230). Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2000). Research and practice as essential tensions: A constructivist confession. In S. Soldz & L. McCullough Vaillant (Eds.), Reconciling empirical knowledge and clinical experience (pp. 123-150). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1999). Constructivist psychotherapy. Encyclopedia of psychology. Washington: American Psychological Association.
Mascolo, M. F., Fischer, K. W., & Neimeyer, R. A. (1999). The dynamic co-development of intentionality, self, and social relations. In J. B. Brandstadter & R. M. Lerner (Eds), Action and self-development: Theory and research through the lifespan. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1998). Can there be a psychology of loss? In J. H. Harvey (ed.), Perspectives on loss: A sourcebook. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.
Neimeyer, R. A. and Keesee, N. J. (1998). Dimensions of diversity in the reconstruction of meaning. In K. Doka (Ed.), Living with grief: Who we are, how we grieve. Washington: Hospice Foundation of America.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Stewart, A. E. (1998). Trauma, healing, and the narrative emplotment of loss. In C. Franklin & P. A. Nurius (Eds.). Constructivism in practice: Methods and challenges. Milwaukee, WI: Families International Press.
Neimeyer, R .A. & Stewart, A. E. (1998). AIDS-related death anxiety: A review of the literature. In H. E. Gendelman, S. Lipton, L. Epstein, & S. Swindells (Eds.), Neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations of HIV-1 infection. New York: Chapman & Hall.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Stewart, A. E. (1998). Constructivist psychotherapies. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mental Health. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1998). Terapia contemporanea dos constructos pessoais: uma introducao concietual. In R. Franklin-Ferreira and C. Nabuco de Abreu (Eds.), Psicoterapia e construtivismo: Consideracoes teoricas e pratcias. Sao Paulo: ArtMed.
Stewart, A. E. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1998). Emplotment of the traumatic self: A narrative perspective on therapy. In S. Krippner, L. Gray, & M. Bova (Eds.), Healing Stories. New York: Irvington.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Feixas, G. (1997). El estado de la cuestión en la terapia de constructos personales. [The state of the art in personal construct therapy.] In I. Caro (Ed.), Manual de psicoterapias cognitivas. [Handbook of cognitive therapies.] (pp. 367-380). Madrid: Paidos.
Feixas, G. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1997). El proceso psicoterapútico en la terapia de constructos personales. [The psychotherapeutic process in personal construct therapy.] In I. Caro (Ed.), Manual de psicoterapias cognitivas. [Handbook of cognitive therapies.] (pp. 381-402). Madrid: Paidos.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1997). Meaning reconstruction and the experience of chronic loss. In K. Doka (Ed.), Living with grief: When illness is prolonged. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis.
Mascolo, M.F., Craig-Bray, L. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1997). The construction of meaning and action in development and psychotherapy: An epigenetic systems perspective. In G. J. Neimeyer & R. A. Neimeyer (1997). Advances in personal construct psychology (Vol. 4) (pp. 3-38). Greenwich, CN: JAI Press.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Martin, J. M. (1997). Looking back, looking forward: Personal construct theory in sociohistorical perspective. In W. Dryden (Ed.), Developments in psychotherapy: Historical perspectives. (pp. 140-167). London: Sage.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Jackson, T. T. (1997). George A. Kelly and the development of personal construct theory. In W. G. Bringmann, H.E. Lueack, R. Miller, & . C. E. Early (Eds.), A pictoral history of psychology. Carol Stream, IL: Quintessence.
Johnson, M. E. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1997). Perceptual sets and stimulus values: The social relations model in group psychotherapy. In J. L. Nye & A. M. Brower (Eds.), What's social about social cognition? (pp. 154-174). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Fortner, B. (1997). Death attitudes in contemporary perspective: Reflections on the legacy of Herman Feifel. In S. Strack (Ed.) Death and quest for meaning. Jason Aronson.
Stewart, A. E. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1997). Emplotment of the traumatic self: A narrative perspective on therapy. In S. Krippner, L. Gray, & M. Bova (Eds.), Healing stories. New York: Irvington Publishers.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1996). Process interventions for the constructivist psychotherapist. In H. Rosen & K. T. Kuehlwein (Eds.), Constructing realities. (pp. 373-411). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Fortner, B. (1995). Death anxiety in the elderly. The Encyclopedia of Aging. New York: Springer.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1995). An apppraisal of constructivist psychotherapies. In M. J. Mahoney (Ed.), Cognitive and constructive psychotherapies (pp. 163-194). New York: Springer.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Van Brunt, D. (1995). Death anxiety: In H. Wass & R. A. Neimeyer (Eds.) (1995). Dying: Facing the facts (3rd Ed). (pp. 49-88). New York: Taylor & Francis.
Wass, H. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1995). Closing reflections. In H. Wass & R. A. Neimeyer (Eds.). Dying: Facing the facts (3rd Ed). (pp. 435-446). New York: Taylor & Francis.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1995). An invitation to constructivist psychotherapies. In R. A. Neimeyer & M. J. Mahoney (Eds.), Constructivism in psychotherapy. (pp. 1-8). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1995). Constructivist psychotherapies: Features, foundations, and future directions. In R. A. Neimeyer & M. J. Mahoney (Eds.), Constructivism in psychotherapy. (pp. 11-38). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1995). Client -generated narratives in psychotherapy. In R. A. Neimeyer & M. J. Mahoney (Eds.), Constructivism in psychotherapy. (pp. 231-245). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A., Brooks, D. L., & Baker, K. D. (1995). Personal epistemologies and personal relationships: Consensual validation and impression formation in the acquaintance process. In B. Walker & D. Kalekin-Fishman (Eds.), The construction of group realities. (pp. 127-159). Malabar, FL: Krieger.
Harter, S. L. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1995). Long-term effects of child sexual abuse: Toward a constructivist theory of trauma and its treatment. Advances in Personal Construct Psychology (vol. 2), (pp. 225-265). Greenwich, CN: JAI
Neimeyer, R. A. & Pfieffer, A. (1994). The ten most common errors of suicide interventionists. In Leenaars, et al. (Eds.), The Treatment of Suicidal People. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1994). The Threat Index and related methods. In R. A. Neimeyer (Ed.), Death anxiety handbook: Research, instrumentation, and application. New York & London: Taylor & Francis.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1994). Death attitudes in adult life: A closing coda. In R. A. Neimeyer (Ed.), Death anxiety handbook:
Research, instrumentation, and application. New York & London: Taylor & Francis.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Moore, M. K. (1994). Validity and reliability of the multidimensional Fear of Death Scale. In R. A. Neimeyer (Ed.),Death anxiety handbook: Research, instrumentation, and application. New York & London: Taylor & Francis.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1993). Constructivist psychotherapy. In K. T. Kuehlwein & H. Rosen (Eds.), Cognitive therapies in action: Evolving innovative practice, (pp. 268-300). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Neimeyer, G. J. (1993). Constructivist assessment: What and when. In G. J. Neimeyer (Ed.), Constructivist assessment. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1993). The psychology of winning racquetball. In L. Liles & B. Neimeyer, Winning racquetball. (pp. 137-155). Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1993). Constructivist approaches to the measurement of meaning. In G. J. Neimeyer (Ed.), Constructivist assessment. (pp. 58-103). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Neimeyer, G. J. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1993). Defining the boundaries of constructivist assessment. In G. J. Neimeyer (Ed.), Constructivist assessment. (pp. 1-30). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1993). Dialogue Uber den Tod: Ansatze zur Untersuchung personlicher Konstruke. [Dialogues on death: Personal construct contributions]. In Sheer, J. W., Catina, A. (Hg.): Einfuhrung in die Repertory Grid-Technik, Band 2: Klinische Forschung und Praxis. [Repertory Grid Technique: Volume 2: Clinical Applications], (pp. 162-176). Bern-Stuttgart-Toronto: Huber.
Neimeyer, R. A., Fiedler, J. M., Harter, S., & Alexander, P. C. (1993). Der Gruppenprozess bei der Behandlung von Inzest-opfern. [Group process in the treatment of incest survivors] In : Sheer, J. .W., Catina, A. (Hg.): Einfuhrung in die Repertory Grid-Technik, Band 2: Klinische Forschung and Praxis. [The Repertory Grid Technique: Clinical Applications], (pp. 128-137). Bern-Stuttgart-Toronto: Huber.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1992). Measuring personal meanings of death: 20 years of research using the Threat Index. In R. A. Neimeyer & G. J. Neimeyer (Eds.), Advances in personal construct psychology (vol. 2), (pp. 121-147). Greenwich, CN: JAI Press.
Berman, J. S., Neimeyer, R. A., Houts, A. C., Shadish, W. R., Meyers, A. W., & Whelan, J. P. (1991). The Psychotherapy Research Program at Memphis State University. In L E. Beutler & M. Crago (Eds.), Psychotherapy research: International programmatic studies. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 285-289.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Feixas, G. (1990). I disturbi dei costruzione. In F. Mancini & A. Semerari (Eds.), Le Teorie Cognitive dei Disturbi Emotivi. Rome: La Nuova Italia Scientifica.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1990). Personal Construct Therapy. In J. Zieg & W. M. Munion (Eds.), What is Psychotherapy? Contemporary Perspectives. New York: Jossey-Bass, 159-164.
Hughes, S. L. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1990). A cognitive model of suicidal behavior. In D. Lester (Ed.) Current concepts of suicide. Philadelphia: Charles Press, 1-28.
Neimeyer, R. A., Baker, K. D., & Neimeyer, G. J. (1990). The current status of personal construct psychology. In Neimeyer, G. J. & Neimeyer, R. A. (Eds.) (1990). Advances in Personal Construct Psychology (Vol.1). Greenwich, CN: JAI Press, 3-22.
Shadish, W. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1989). Contributions of psychology to an integrative science studies: The shape of things to come. In Fuller, S., DeMey, M., Shinn, T. & Woolgar, S. (Eds.), The Cognitive Turn, Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Berman, J. (1989). The social psychology of science. In B. Gholson et al. (Eds.), Psychology of Science. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Shadish, W.R., Houts, A.C., Gholson, B. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1989). The psychology of science: An introduction. In B. Gholson et al. (Eds.), Psychology of Science. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Neimeyer, R.A., Shadish, W., Freedman, E., Gholson, B. & Houts, A. (1989). A preliminary agenda for the psychology of science. In B. Gholson et al. (Eds.), Psychology of Science. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Horgan, D., Millis, K., Horgan, T. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1989). Predecision processes in chess. In D. Topping, V. Kobayashi & D. Crowell (Eds.), Thinking across cultures. Hillside, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Harter, S. (1988). Facilitating individual change in personal construct therapy. In G. Dunnett (Ed.), Working with people. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1988). Death anxiety. In H. Wass, F. Berardo & R.A. Neimeyer (Eds.). Dying: Facing the Facts. (2nd ed.) New York: Hemisphere/Harper & Row.
Wass, H., Neimeyer, R.A. & Berardo, F. (1988). Dying: An overview of the facts. In H. Wass, F. Berardo & R.A. Neimeyer (Eds.) Dying: Facing the Facts (2nd ed.) New York: Hemisphere/Harper & Row.
Wass, H., Berardo, F. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1988). Dying: Integrating the facts. In H. Wass, F. Berardo & R.A. Neimeyer (Eds.) Dying: Facing the Facts (2nd ed.) New York: Hemisphere/Harper & Row.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1987). An orientation to personal construct therapy. In R.A. Neimeyer and G.J. Neimeyer (Eds.), Personal Construct Therapy Casebook. New York: Springer.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1987). Core role reconstruction in personal construct therapy. In R. A. Neimeyer and G. J. Neimeyer (Eds.), Personal Construct Therapy Casebook. New York: Springer.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1986). Personal construct therapy. In W. Dryden & W. Golden (Eds.), Cognitive Behavioral Approaches to Psychotherapy. London: Harper & Row.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1985). Personal constructs in clinical practice. In P. Kendall (Ed.), Advances in Cognitive Behavioral Research and Therapy, (Vol. 4), New York: Academic.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1985). Personal constructs in depression: Research and clinical implications. In E. Button (Ed.), Personal Construct Theory and Mental Health. London: Croom Helm.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Neimeyer, G.J. (1985). Disturbed relationships: A personal construct view. In E. Button (Ed.), Personal Construct Theory and Mental Health. London: Croom Helm.
Neimeyer, R.A., Heath, A.E., and Strauss, J. (1985). Personal reconstruction during group cognitive therapy for depression. In F. R. Epting & A. W. Landfield (Eds.), Anticipating Personal Construct Theory. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1985). Problems and prospects in personal construct theory. In D. Bannister (Ed.), Issues and Approaches in Personal Construct Theory. London: Academic.
Neimeyer, R.A., Epting, F.R., & Rigdon, M.A. (1984). A procedure manual for the Threat Index. In F.R. Epting & R.A. Neimeyer (Eds.), Personal Meanings of Death: Applications of Personal Construct Theory to Clinical Practice. New York: Hemisphere/McGraw-Hill.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1984). Toward a personal construct conceptualization of depression and suicide. In F.R. Epting & R.A. Neimeyer (Eds.), Personal Meanings of Death: Applications of Personal Construct Theory to Clinical Practice. New York: Hemisphere/McGraw-Hill.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1983). The development of personal construct psychology: A sociohistorical analysis. In J.R. Adams-Webber & J. Mancuso (Eds.), Applications of Personal Construct Theory (pp. 155-172). New York: Academic.
Neimeyer, G.J. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1981). Personal construct perspectives on cognitive assessment. In T. Merluzzi, C. Glass, & M. Genest (Eds.) Cognitive Assessment. New York: Guilford.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1981). The structure and meaningfulness of tacit construing. In H. Bonarius, R. Holland & S. Rosenberg (Eds.), Personal Construct Psychology: Recent Advances in Theory and Practice (pp. 105-113). London: Macmillan.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1980). George Kelly as therapist: A review of his tapes. In A.W. Landfield & L.M. Leitner (Eds.), Personal Construct Psychology: Psychotherapy and Personality. New York: Wiley-Interscience.
Refereed Journal Articles
Prigerson, H. G., Horowitz, M. J., Jacobs, S. C., Parkes, C. M., Aslan, M., Goodkin, K, Raphael, B., Marwit, S. J., Wortman, C., Neimeyer, R. A., Bonanno, G., Block, S. D., Kissane, D., Boelen, P., Maercker, A., Litz, B., Johnson, J. G., First, M. B., Maciejewski, P. K. (2010). Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11, PLoS Medicine, in press.
Currier, J. M., Holland, J. M. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2010). Do CBT interventions alleviate distress following bereavement? A review of the current evidence. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, in press.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Currier, J. M. (2008). Bereavement interventions: Present status and future directions. Grief Matters: Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement, 11, 18-22..
Laurie, A. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2008). African Americans in bereavement: Grief as a function of ethnicity. Omega, 57, 173-193.
Currier, J. M., Holland, J. M. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2008). Making sense of loss: A content analysis of end-of-life practitioners’ therapeutic approaches. Omega, 57, 121-141.
Palmieri, G., Forghieri, M., Ferrari, S., Pingani, L., Coppola , P., Colombini, N., Rigatelli, M. & Neimeyer, R.A. (2008). Suicide intervention skills in Italian health professionals: A multidisciplinary comparison. Archives of Suicide Research, 12, 232-237.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Wogrin, C. (2008). Psychotherapy for complicated bereavement: A meaning-oriented approach. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 16, 1-20.
Holland, J., Neimeyer, R. A., Currier, J. & Berman, J. (2007). The efficacy of personal construct therapy: A comprehensive review. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63, 93-107.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2007). Rewriting stories of loss: Meaning reconstruction in bereavement. Tanatos, 10, 6-15.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2007). Complicated grief and the quest for meaning. Revista de Enfermeria, 1, 37-44.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2006). Making meaning in the midst of loss. Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement, 6, 63-65.
Holland, J. M., Currier, J. M. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2006). Meaning reconstruction in the first two years of bereavement: The role of sense-making and benefit-finding. Omega, 53, 175-191.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2006). Complicated grief and the quest for meaning: A constructivist contribution. Omega, 52, 37-52.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2006). Bereavement and the quest for meaning: Rewriting stories of loss and grief. Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 3, 181-188.
Currier, J.M., Holland, J.M. & Neimeyer, R.A. (2006). Sense-making, grief, and the experience of violent loss: Toward a mediational model. Death Studies, 30, 403-428.
Gillies, J. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2006). Loss, grief, and the search for significance: Toward a model of meaning reconstruction in bereavement. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 19, 31-67.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2006). Defining the new normal: Scientific and social construction of complicated grief. Omega, 52, 95-97.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2006). Complicated grief: From diagnostic formulation to clinical implications. Tidskrift for Norsk Psykologforung, 43, 777-778.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2005). From death anxiety to meaning-making at the end of life: Recommendations for psychological assessment. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 12, 354-357.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2005). Grief, loss, and the quest for meaning: Narrative contributions to bereavement care. Bereavement Care, 24. 27-30.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2005). Meaning-making and the matrix model: Does one size really fit all? Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 1141-1145.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2005). The construction of change: Personal reflections on the therapeutic process. Constructivism in the Human Sciences, 10, 77-98.
DiLollo, A., Manning, W. H. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2005). Cognitive complexity as a function of speaker role for adult persons who stutter. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 18, 215-236.
Bridges, S. K. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2005). Sexual holonic mapping: A clinical illustration. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 18, 15-24.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2004). Fostering posttraumatic growth: A narrative contribution. Psychological Inquiry, 15, 53-59.
Neimeyer. R. A. (2004). Constructions of death and loss: Evolution of a research program. Personal Construct Theory & Practice, 1, 8-20. (http://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp04/neimeyer04.html)
Neimeyer, R. A., Ray, L., Hardison, H., Raina,, K., Kelly, R. & Krantz, J. (2003). Fixed role in a fishbowl: Consultation-based fixed role therapy as a pedagogical technique. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 16, 243-271.
Baker, K. D. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2003). Therapist training and client characteristics as predictors of treatment response to group therapy for depression. Psychotherapy Research, 13, 135-151.
Jordan, J. R. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2003). Does grief counseling work? Death Studies, 27, 765-786.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2003). Fragmented foundations. Psychology: Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 10, 37-44.
Raskin, J. D. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2003). Coherent constructivism. Theory and Psychology, 13, 397-409.
DiLollo, A., Manning, W. H. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2003). Cognitive anxiety as a function of speaker role for fluent speakers and persons who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 28, 167-186.
Neimeyer, R. A., Moser, R. & Wittkowski, J. (2003). Assessing attitudes toward death: Psychometric considerations. Omega, 47, 45-76.
Neimeyer, R. A., Prigerson, H. G. & Davies, B. (2003). Duelo y significado [Grief and significance]. Revista de Psicoterapia, 12, 5-24.
DePaola, S. J., Neimeyer, R. A., Griffin, M. & Young, J. (2003). Death anxiety and attitudes toward the elderly among older adults: The role of gender and ethnicity. Death Studies, 27, 335-354.
Neimeyer R. A. (2002). Traumatic loss and the reconstruction of meaning. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 5, 935-942. [Also in Innovations in End-of-Life Care, 3, www.edc.org/lastacts.]
Neimeyer, R. A. (2002). The relational co-construction of selves: A postmodern perspective. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 32, 51-59.
Neimeyer, R. A., Prigerson, H. & Davies, B. (2002). Mourning and meaning. American Behavioral Scientist, 46, 235-251.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2002). Deconstructing 9/11: A constructivist commentary. The Humanistic Psychologist, 30, 293-305.
Feixas, G.,, Geldschlager, H. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2002). Content analysis of personal constructs. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 15, 1-19.
DiLollo, A., Neimeyer, R. A. & Manning, W. H. (2002). A personal construct psychology view of relapse: Indications for a narrative therapy component to stuttering treatment. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 27, 19-42.
Stewart, A. E. & Neimeyer, R. A. (2001). Emplotting the traumatic self: Narrative revision and the construction of coherence. The Humanistic Psychologist, 29, 8-39.
Neimeyer, R. A., Fortner, B. & Melby, D. (2001). Personal and professional factors and suicide intervention skills. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 31, 71-82.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2001). Unfounded trust: A constructivist meditation. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 55, 364-371.
Neimeyer, R. A., Anderson, A. & Stockton, L. (2001). Snakes versus ladders: A validation of laddering technique as a measure of hierarchical structure. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 14, 83-103.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2001). Reauthoring life narratives: Grief therapy as meaning reconstruction. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 38. 171-183.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2000). Suicide and hastened death: Toward a training agenda for counseling psychology. The Counseling Psychologist, 28, 551-560.
Neimeyer, R .A. (2000). Grief therapy and research as essential tensions: Prescriptions or a progressive partnership. Death Studies, 24, 603-610.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2000). Searching for the meaning of meaning: Grief therapy and the process of reconstruction. Death Studies, 24, 541-558.
Bright, J. I., Baker, K. D., & Neimeyer, R. A. (1999). Professional and paraprofessional group treatments for depression: A comparison of cognitive-behavioral and mutual support interventions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67. 491-501.
Fortner, B. V. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1999). Death anxiety in older adults: A quantitative review. Death Studies, 23, 387-411.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1999). Narrative strategies in grief therapy. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 12, 65-85.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1998). Cognitive therapy and the narrative trend: A bridge too far? Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 12, 57-65.
Nash, M. R., Neimeyer, R. A., Hulsey, T. L. & Lambert, W. (1998). Psychopathology associated with sexual abuse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 568-571.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1998). Social constructionism in the counselling context. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 11, 135-149.
Kirchberg, T. M., Neimeyer, R. A., & James, R. K. (1998). Beginning counselors' death concerns and empathic responses to client situations involving death and grief. Death Studies, 22, 99-120.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1997). Death anxiety research: The state of the art. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 36, 97-120.
Baker, K. D., Barris, B. P. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1997/98). Cognitive organization in sociotropic and autonomous inpatient depressives. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 11, 279-297.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Bonnelle, K. (1997). The Suicide Intervention Response Inventory: A revision and validation. Death Studies, 21, 59-81.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1997). Problems and prospects in constructivist psychotherapy. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 10, 51-74.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Stewart, A. E. (1996). Trauma, healing, and the narrative emplotment of loss. Families in Society, 77, 360-375.
Terry, M. L., Bivens, A. J. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1996). Comfort and empathy of experienced counselors in client situations involving death and loss. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 32, 269-285.
Neimeyer, R .A. (1995). Limits and lessons of constructivism: Some critical reflections. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 8, 339-361.
Demsey, D. J. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1995). Organization of personal knowledge: Convergent validity of implications grids and repertory grids as measures of system structure. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 8, 251-262.
Neimeyer, R. A., Baker, K. D., Haykal, R. F. & Akiskal, H. S. (1995). Patterns of symptomatic change in depressed patients in a private inpatient mood disorders program. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 59, 460-471.
Bivens, A. J., Neimeyer, R. A., Kirchberg, T. M. & Moore, M. K. (1995). Death concern and religious beliefs among gays and bisexuals of variable proximity to AIDS. Omega, 30, 105-120.
DePaola, S. J., Neimeyer, R. A., & Ross, S. K. (1994). Death concern and attitudes toward the elderly in nursing home personnel as a function of training. Omega, , 29, 231-248.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1994). The role of client-generated narratives in psychotherapy. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 7, 229-242.
Neimeyer, G. J. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1994). Constructivist methods of marital and family therapy: A practical precis. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 16, 85-104.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1994). Problemas y posibilidades de la psicoterapia constructivista. Revista Argentina de Clinica Psicologica, III, 125-145.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Pfeiffer, A. M. (1994). Evaluation of suicide intervention effectiveness. Death Studies, 18, 131-166.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1993). An appraisal of of constructivist psychotherapies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61, 221-234.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1993). Constructivism and the cognitive therapies: Some conceptual and strategic contrasts. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 7, 159-171.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1993). Constructivism and the problem of psychotherapy integration. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 3, 133-157.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1993). Clinical exchange: Comments on the case of R. J. Journal of Integrative and Eclectic Psychotherapy, in press.
Holcomb, L. E., Neimeyer, R. A. & Moore, M. K. (1993). Personal meanings of death: A content analysis of free-response narratives. Death Studies, 17, 299-318.
Hughes, S. L. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1993) Cognitive predictors of suicide risk among hospitalized psychiatric patients: A prospective study. Death Studies, 17, pp. 103-124.
Kalthoff, R. A. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1993). Self-complexity and psychological distress: A test of the buffering model. International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, 6, pp. 327-349.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Feixas, G. (1992). Cognitive assessment in depression: A comparison of some existing measures. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 8, pp. 47-56.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1992). Hacia una integracion teoricamente progresiva de la psicoterapia: una contribucion constructivista [Toward a theoretically progressive integration of psychotherapy: A constructivist contribution.] Revista de Psicoterapia, 9, 23-48.
Feixas, G., Moliner, J. L., Montes, J. N., Mari, M. T. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1992). The stability of structural measures derived from repertory grids. International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, 5, 25-39.
Clark, E. M., Klesges, R. C., & Neimeyer, R. A. (1992). Attributions about sexual behavior, attractiveness, and health as a function of subjects' and targets' sex and smoking status. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 13, 205-216.
DePaola, S. J., Neimeyer, R. A., Lupfer, M. B. & Fiedler, J. (1992). Death concern and attitudes toward the elderly in nursing home personnel. Death Studies, 16, pp. 537-555.
Nottingham, E. J. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1992). Evaluation of a comprehensive inpatient rational-emotive therapy program: Some preliminary data. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 10, 57-81.
Neimeyer, R. A., Harter, S. & Alexander, P. C. (1991). Group perceptions as predictors of outcome in the treatment of incest survivors. Psychotherapy Research, 1, 148-158.
Alexander, P. C., Neimeyer, R. A. & Follette, V. M. (1991). Group therapy for women sexually abused as children: A controlled study and investigation of individual differences. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 6, 2, 219-231.
Feixas, G. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1991). La perspectiva constructivista como marco integrador. Boletin de Psicologia, 30, 7-33.
Moore, M. K. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1991). A confirmatory factor analysis of the Threat Index. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 122-129.
Kirchberg, T. M. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1991). Reactions of beginning counselors to situations involving death and dying. Death Studies, 15, 603-610.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1991). Death Studies: A prospective view. Death Studies, 15, iii-vi.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Feixas, G. (1990). Constructivist contributions to psychotherapy integration. Journal of Integrative and Eclectic Psychotherapy, 9, 4-20.
Robinson, L. A., Berman, J. S. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1990). Psychotherapy for the treatment of depression: A comprehensive review of controlled outcome research. Psychological Bulletin, 108, 1, 30-49.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Feixas, G. (1990). The role of homework and skill acquisition in the outcome of cognitive therapy for depression. Behavior Therapy, 21, 281-292. (Reprinted as El paper de les tasques per a casa i L'adquisicio d'habiltats en la terapia cognitiva de grup per a la depressio, Butlleti de Recerca i Terapia del Comportament, 12/13, 1990, [Barcelona, Spain].
Neimeyer, R A. (1990). George A. Kelly: In memoriam. History of Psychology, 22, 3-14.
Millis, K. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1990). A test of the dichotomy corollary: Propositions vs. constructs as basic cognitive units. International Journal of Personal Construct Theory, 3, 167-181.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Weiss, M.E. (1990). Cognitive and symptomatic predictors of outcome of group therapies for depression. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 4, 23-32.
Dattel, A. R. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1990). Sex differences in death anxiety: Testing the emotional expressiveness hypothesis. Death Studies, 14, 45-55.
Horgan, D.D., Millis, K. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1989). Cognitive reorganization and the development of chess expertise. International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, 2, 1, 15-36.
Alexander, P. C., Neimeyer, R. A., Follette, V. M., Moore, M. K., & Harter, S. (1989). A comparison of group treatments of women sexually abused as children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 479-483.
Neimeyer, R.A., Robinson, L.A., Berman, J.S., & Haykal, R.F. (1989). Clinical outcome of group therapies for depression. Group Analysis, 22, 73-86.
Ossip-Klein, D. J., Bowman, E. D., Osborn, K. M., McDougall-Wilson, I. B. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1989). Effects of running and weight lifting on self-concept in clinically depressed women. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 158-161.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Moore, M. K. (1989). Assessing personal meanings of death: Empirical refinements in the Threat Index. Death Studies, 227-245.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Feixas, G. (1989). Trastornos en el proceso de construccion: Implicaciones psicopatologicas de los corolarios kellianos. in Psiquiatria y Psicologia Humanista, 26, 52-69.
Harter, S. Neimeyer, R.A. & Alexander, P.C. (1989). Personal construction of family relationships: The relation of commonality and sociality to family satisfaction. International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, 2, 123-142.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1988). Clinical guidelines for conducting Interpersonal Transaction groups. International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, 1, 181-190.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1988). Integrative directions in personal construct therapy. International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, 1, 4, 288-297.
Harter, S., Alexander, P.C. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1988). Long term effects of incestuous child abuse in college women: Social adjustment, social cognition, and family characteristics. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 5-8.
Prezant, D. W. & Neimeyer, R. A. (1988). Cognitive predictors of depression and suicide ideation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 18, 259-264.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1988). The origin of questions in the clinical context. Questioning Exchange, 2, 75-80.
Neimeyer, R.A., Moore, M.K. & Bagley, K.J. (1988). A preliminary factor structure for the Threat Index. Death Studies, 12, 225-233.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Mitchell, K.A. (1988). Similarity and attraction: A longitudinal study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 5, 131-148.
Doyne, E.J., Ossip-Klien, D.J., Bowman, E.D., Osborn, K.M., McDougall-Wilson, I.B. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1987). Running versus weight lifting in the treatment of depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55, 748-754.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Shadish, W. (1987). Optimizing scientific validity: Toward an interdisciplinary science studies. Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 8, 463-485.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1986). The threat hypothesis: A conceptual and empirical defense. Death Studies, 10, 177-190.
Neimeyer, G.J. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1986). Personal constructs in relationship deterioration: A longitudinal study. Social Behavior and Personality, 14, 253-257.
Neimeyer, R.A., Davis, K., & Rist, P. (1986). The future of personal construct psychology: A Delphi poll. British Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 4, 37-44.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Hartley, R. (1986). Factorial structure of the Suicide Intervention Response Inventory. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 16, 434-447.
Selby, M. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1986). Overt and covert hostility in depression. Psychology, 23, 23-25.
Neimeyer, R.A., Bagley, K., & Moore, M. (1986). Cognitive structure and death anxiety. Death Studies, 10, 273-288.
Neimeyer, G.J. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1985). Relational trajectories: A personal construct contribution. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2, 325-348.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1985). Actualization, integration, and fear of death: A test of the additive model. Death Studies, 9, 235-250.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1984). Group psychotherapies for depression: An overview. International Journal of Mental Health, 13, 3-7.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Neimeyer, G.J. (1984). Death anxiety and counseling skill in the suicide interventionist. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 14, 126-131.
Klein, M.H., Greist, J.H., Gurman, A.S., Neimeyer, R.A., Lesser, D.P., Bushnell, N.J., & Smith, R.E. (1984). A comparative outcome study of group psychotherapy vs. exercise treatments for depression. International Journal of Mental Health, 13, 148-176.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Diamond, R. (1983). Suicide management skill and the medical student. Journal of Medical Education, 58, 562-567.
Neimeyer, R.A., Klein, M.H., Gurman, A.S., & Griest, J.H. (1983). Cognitive structure and depressive symptomatology. British Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1, 65-72.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Neimeyer, G.J. (1983). Structural similarity in the acquaintance process. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 1, 146-154.
Neimeyer, R.A., Epting, F.R., & Krieger, S.R. (1983). Personal constructs in thanatology: An introduction and research bibliography. Death Education, 7, 87-96.
Neimeyer, R.A., Neimeyer, G.J., & Landfield, A.W. (1983). Conceptual differentiation, integration and empathic prediction. Journal of Personality, 51, 185-191.
Neimeyer, R.A., Fontana, D. & Gold, K.M. (1983). A manual for content coding of death constructs. Death Education, 7, 299-320.
Malec, J. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1983). Psychologic prediction of duration of inpatient spinal cord injury rehabilitation and performance of self-care. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 64, 359-363.
Neimeyer, G.J. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1981). Functional similarity and interpersonal attraction. Journal of Research in Personality, 15, 427-435.
Neimeyer, R.A. & MacInnes, W.D. (1981). Assessing paraprofessional competence with the Suicide Intervention Response Inventory. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 28, 176-179.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Chapman, K.M. (1981). Self-ideal discrepancy and fear of death: The test of an existential hypothesis. Omega, 11, 233-240.
Howe, H. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1980). Job relevance and clinical training: Is that all there is? Professional Psychology, April, 305-313.
Neimeyer, R.A. & Dingemans, P.M. (1980). Death orientation in the suicide intervention worker. Omega, 11, 17-25.
MacInnes, W.D. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1980). Internal consistency of the Threat Index. Death Education, 4, 193-194.
Howe, H. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1979). Empirical description of clinical training: A re-evaluation and validation. Professional Psychology, April, 168-174.
Rigdon, M.A., Epting, F.R., Neimeyer, R.A., & Krieger, S.R. (1979). The Threat Index: A research report. Death Education, 3, 245-270.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1978). Death anxiety and the Threat Index: An addendum. Death Education, 1, 464-467.
Neimeyer, R.A., Dingemans, P.M. & Epting, F.R. (1977). Convergent validity, situational stability and meaningfulness of the Threat Index. Omega, 8, 251-265.
Barrell, J. & Neimeyer, R.A. (1975). A mathematical formula for the psychological control of suffering. Journal of Pastoral Counseling, 10, 60-67.
Other publications
Neimeyer, R. A. (2007). Entrevista al Profesor Robert A. Neimeyer. Tanatos, 10, 43-45.
Neimeyer, R. A. & Wogrin, C. (2007). Psychotherapy of complicated bereavement (CD). Memphis, TN: Center for the Study of Loss and Transition.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2005). La pérdida de un ser querido y la búsqueda del significado: Rescribiendo historias de pérdida y dolor. Natural Awakenings, August.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2004). Constructivist psychotherapy (videotape/DVD). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2002). Meaning reconstruction: A theory of bereavement intervention. The Thanatology Newsletter, 8, 6-9.
Neimeyer, R. A. (2002). Traumatic loss and the reconstruction of meaning. New Zealand Association of Counselors Newsletter, September, 7-14.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1996). Reflections upon reflections. Review of Lisa Tsoi Hoshmand and Jack Martin's Research as praxis. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 9, 69-73.
Neimeyer, R. A., Neimeyer, G. J., Lyddon, W. J. & Hoshmand, L. (1994). The reality of social construction. Contemporary Psychology, 39, 458-463.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1992). Review of M. J. Mahoney's Human Change Processes, in Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2, 243-246.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1990). Toward a personal construction of death. Review of W. Warren, Death Education and Research: Critical Perspectives. London: Haworth, 1989. International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, 3, 343-346.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1989). George Kelly and the Constructivist Trend. (APA audiotape). Sound Images, Inc.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1988). Review of E. Yost, L. Beutler, M. Corbishley, & J. Allender, Group Cognitive Therapy. New York: Pergamon, 1986. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 38, 3, 395-397.
Neimeyer, R.A. (1987). Personal relationships and personal growth. Review of A. Aron & E. Aron, Love and the expansion of self. Washington: Hemisphere, 1986. Contemporary Psychology, 32, 11.
Neimeyer, R. A. (1987). Review of R. Lonetto & D. Templer, Death Anxiety, Washington: Hemisphere, 1986. Death Studies, 11, 315-316.
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Death Studies, Editor, 1991-present
Journal of Constructivist Psychology, Editor, 1988-present
Journal Editorial Board Memberships:
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Integrative and Eclectic Psychotherapy
Journal of Psychotherapy Integration
Journal of Rational Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Psicoterapia (Italy)
Romanian Journal of Psychotherapy
Much of my research with my students and colleagues focuses on the attempt to reaffirm or reconstruct a world of meaning that has been challenged by loss and bereavement, especially in its more traumatic forms. This joins naturally with my long-term engagement in constructivist psychotherapy, whose goal is to help people symbolize, explore and re-negotiate the self-narratives they use to organize their experience and identities as social beings.
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