Bruce E. Wampold (born November 25, 1948) is Emeritus Professor of Counseling Psychology at the

University of Wisconsin—Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ro ...

. and Director of the Research Institute at Modum Bad Psychiatric Center, Vikersund, Norway.

Education

Wampold received his B.A. in mathematics from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

, his M.Ed. in educational psychology from the University of Hawaii, and his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduate ...

. He is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology and has an Honorary Doctorate from

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

Work in psychotherapy

Wampold is known for developing the contextual model of

psychotherapy Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome pro ...

, which constitutes an alternative to the prevailing theory of the effectiveness of psychotherapy, known as the

medical model ''Medical model'' is the term coined by psychiatrist R. D. Laing in his ''The Politics of the Family and Other Essays'' (1971), for the "set of procedures in which all doctors are trained". It includes complaint, history, physical examinat ...

Awards and honors

* Fellow of the

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, * Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research from the American Psychological Association * Distinguished Research Career Award,

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. *

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is the independent nonprofit technology transfer organization serving the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Morgridge Institute for Research. It provides significant research support, granting tens ...

Named Professor

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wampold, Bruce Edward Living people 1948 births University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty 21st-century American psychologists People from Olympia, Washington American psychotherapists University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni University of Hawaiʻi alumni University of California, Santa Barbara alumni Fellows of the American Psychological Association 20th-century American psychologists