Position:

Adjunct Professor

Contact Information:

gcallaghan@paloaltou.edu

Other Positions:

Adjunct Faculty

Programs:

PhD, Masters

Education:

PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno (1998)
BA, Psychology, University of California, Irvine (1991)

Biography:

Dr. Glenn Callaghan received his PhD from University of Nevada and is a Full Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University (SJSU) as well as an Adjunct Professor at Palo Alto University. He has taught graduate and undergraduate coursework in psychopathology, clinical theory and application, clinical practicum, and psychopharmacology. He is Training Director of the Clinical Psychology graduate program and director of the Center for Innovative Assessment and Treatment at SJSU. His research covers Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP; an interpersonal behavior therapy), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as well as the combination of the two (FACT), and clinical problems related to depression, body image disturbance, and personality disorders. He also has written empirical and theoretical articles on crisis negotiations, direct to consumer marketing, and evidence based practice strategies in cognitive behavioral therapy.

Dr. Callaghan’s primary research program has focused on investigating and improving the mechanism of clinical change in FAP, where he has developed one of the assessment systems used in FAP (the Functional Idiographic Assessment Template, or FIAT and FIAT-Q, now translated in 4 languages) as well as the process coding measure frequently used in FAP research (the Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Rating Scale, or FAPRS). He has provided workshops to students and professional audiences across the United States and in Australia and Europe. He is the author of multiple peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has co-authored 2 books. When he is outside of academics, he is an avid guitar player and loves to spend time with his wife and young children exploring the outdoors and having grand adventures. 

Areas of Interest:

Psychopharmacology

Selected Publications:

Selected Chapters:

Follette, W. C., & Callaghan, G. M. (in press, 2013). Clinical significance. In R. L. Cautin and S. O. Lilienfeld (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Malden, Oxford: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Follette, W. C., & Callaghan, G. M. (2010). Behavior therapy: Functional contextual approaches. In A. Gurman & S. Messer (Eds.), Essential Psychotherapies (3rd. Ed.; pp 184-220). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Tsai, M., Callaghan, G. M., Kohlenberg, R. J., Follette, W. C., & Darrow, S. M. (2009). Supervision and therapist self-development. In M. Tsai, R. J. Kohlenberg, J. W. Kanter, B. Kohlenberg, W. C. Follette, & G. M. Callaghan (Eds.),A guide to Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Awareness, courage, love and behaviorism in the therapeutic relationship (pp. 167-198). New York: Springer.

Selected Articles:

Callaghan, G. M., Laraway, S., Snycerski, S. McGee, S. (2013). Exposure to a television commercial for an antidepressant increases drug knowledge but not inappropriate drug seeking. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 30(3), 267-272.

Callaghan, G. M., Duenas, J. A., Nadeua, S. E., Darrow, S. M., Van der Merwe, J. & Misko, J. (2012). An empirical model of body image disturbance using behavioral principles found in Functional Analytic Psychotherapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. International Journal of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy, 2, 16-24.

Pedersen, E. R., Callaghan, G. M., Prins, A., Nguyen, H., & Tsai, M. (2012). Functional analytic psychotherapy as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: Theory and application in a single case design. International Journal of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy, 2, 125-134.

Callaghan, G. M., Lopez, A., Wong, L., Northcross, J., Anderson, K. R. (2011) Predicting consideration of cosmetic surgery in a college population: A continuum of body image disturbance and the importance of coping strategies. Body Image, 8, 267–274.

Martins da Silveira, J., Callaghan, G. M., & Straioto, A, Maeoka, B. E., Mauricio, M. N. & Gouli, P. (2010). Efeitos de um treino em Psicoterapia Analítica Funcional sobre a identificação feita pelo terapeuta de comportamentos clinicamente relevantes de seu cliente [The effects of a functional analytic psychotherapy training on the therapist’s identification of clinical relevant behaviors]. Revista Brasileira de Terapia Comportamental e Cognitiva, 2, 346-365.

Busch, A. M., Callaghan, G. M., Kanter, J. W., Baruch, D. E, Weeks, C. E. (2010). The Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Rating Scale: A replication and extension. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 40, 11-19.

Kohlenberg, B. &Callaghan, G. M. (2010). FAP and Acceptance Commitment Therapy: Similarities, divergence, and integration. In R. J. Kohlenberg & M. Tsai, (eds). Advanced Topics in Functional Analytic Psychotherapy.New York, NY: Plenum Publishing.

Callaghan, G. M., Chacon, C., Coles, C., Botts, J. A. & Laraway, S. (2009). An empirical evaluation of diagnostic criteria for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Problems with sex specificity and validity (PMDD).Women & Therapy, 32, 1-21.

Busch, A. M., Kanter, J. W., Callaghan, G. M., Baruch, D. E., Weeks, C. E, & Berlin, K. S. (2009) A micro-process analysis of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy's mechanism of change. Behavior Therapy, 40, 280-290.

Callaghan, G. M., Follette, W. C., Ruckstuhl, L. E., & Linnerooth, P. J. N., (2008). The Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Rating Scale: A behavioral psychotherapy coding system. The Behavior Analyst Today, 9, 98-116.

Callaghan, G. M., & Follette, W. C. (2008). Coding manual for the Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Rating Scale (FAPRS). The Behavior Analyst Today, 9, 57-97.

Tsai, M., Callaghan, G. M., & Kohlenberg, R. J. (2013). The use of awareness, courage, therapeutic love, and behavioral Interpretation in Functional Analytic Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 50, 366-370.