University of Hertfordshire

The work includes investigations of the following areas:

i) the ‘personal styles’ and worldviews of clients and therapists in relation to their preferences for different models of psychotherapy;

ii) the evidence base for under-researched therapies;

iii) derivation of repertory grid measures of therapeutic outcome;

iv) the therapeutic process;

v) training in psychotherapy.

Relevant publications include:

Caine, T.M., Wijesinghe, O.B.A., and Winter, D.A. (1981). Personal Styles in Neurosis: Implications for Small Group Psychotherapy and Behaviour Therapy. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Kennard, D., Roberts, J.P., and Winter, D.A. (1993). A Workbook of Group-Analytic Interventions. London: Routledge (2nd. Edition published by Jessica Kingsley, 2000; Russian translation, 2002)

Loewenthal, D. and Winter, D. (2006). What is Psychotherapeutic Research? London: Karnac.

Winter, D.A., Metcalfe, C., and Grenyer, B. Effective Psychotherapies: What Else Works for Whom? Wiley. In preparation.

Archer, R., Forbes, Y., Metcalfe, C., and Winter, D. (2000). An investigation of the effectiveness of a voluntary sector psychodynamic counselling service. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 73, 401-12.

Watson, S. and Winter, D.A. (2000). What works for whom but shouldn’t and what doesn’t work for whom but should? A case study of two clients with trichotillomania. European Journal of Psychotherapy, Counselling and Health, 3, 245-61.

Winter, D.A. (2003). Repertory grid technique as a psychotherapy research measure. Psychotherapy Research, 13, 25-42.

Other Info:

• David Winter is engaged in collaborative research and the promotion of research amongst psychotherapists as a member (and past Chair) of the Research Committee of the UK Council for Psychotherapy.

• He also offers supervision of PhDs in the area of psychotherapy research