Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology



Phone: (775) 682-8703
Office: Mack Social Science Room 321
Email: aef@unr.edu
Web site : http://www.familyvalidation.com/

Main Interests

• Interpersonal & family models of psychopathology (e.g., borderline personality, depression, suicidality)
• Relationship between family interaction and individual emotion regulation
• Interpersonal processes (e.g., role of validating and invalidating behaviors in couple and parent-child interactions, intimacy/distance in couples, domestic violence)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy with individuals, couples and families
• Mental health systems interventions, training in service delivery, and evaluation
• Research Advisor & Member of the Board of Directors of the National Education Alliance for Boderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD)

Selected Publications

Book:

Fruzzetti, A. E. (2006). The high conflict couple: A dialectical behavior therapy guide to finding peace, intimacy, and validation. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Press.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

Fruzzetti, A. E., & Fantozzi, B. (in press). Couple therapy and the treatment of borderline personality and related disorders. To appear in A. Gurman (Ed.), Clinical handbook of couple therapy (4th Edition). New York: Guilford Press.

Fruzzetti, A. E., & Shenk, C. (in press). Validating responses in families. Social Work in Mental Health (special issue on borderline personality disorder).

Fruzzetti, A. E., Santisteban, D., & Hoffman, P. (2007). Dialectical Behavior Therapy with families. To appear in L. A. Dimeff & K. Koerner (Eds.), Dialectical behavior therapy in clinical practice: Applications across disorders and settings (pp. 222-244). New York: Guilford Press.

Hoffman, P. D., Buteau, E., & Fruzzetti, A. E. (2007). Borderline personality disorder: NEO-Personality Inventory ratings of patients and their family members. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 53, 204-15.

Hoffman, P. D., Fruzzetti, A. E., & Buteau, E. (2007). Understanding and engaging families: An education, skills and support program for relatives impacted by Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Mental Health, 16, 69-82.

Hoffman, P. D., & Fruzzetti, A. E., (2007). Advances in interventions for families with a relative with a personality disorder diagnosis. Current Psychiatry Reports, 9, 68-73.

Moore, B. A., Friman, P. C., Fruzzetti, A. E., & MacAleese, K. (2007). Evaluating the bedtime pass program for child resistance to bedtime: A randomized, controlled trial. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32, 283-287.

Fruzzetti, A. E., & Iverson, K. M. (2006). Intervening with couples and families to treat emotion dysregulation and psychopathology. In D.K. Snyder, J. Simpson, & J. Hughes (Eds.), Emotion regulation in couples and families: Pathways to dysfunction and health (pp. 249-267). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Fruzzetti, A. E., Shenk, C., & Hoffman, P. D. (2005). Family interaction and the development of borderline personality disorder: A transactional model. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 1007-1030.

Hoffman, P.D., & Fruzzetti, A. E. (2005). Family interventions for borderline personality disorder. In M. C. Zanarini (Ed.), Borderline personality disorder. New York: Marcel Dekker.

Hoffman, P.D., Fruzzetti, A.E., Buteau, E., Penney, D., Neiditch, E., Bruce, M., Hellman, & Struening, E. (2005). Family Connections: Effectiveness of a program for relatives of persons with borderline personality disorder. Family Process, 44, 217-225.

Hoffman, P.D., & Fruzzetti, A.E. (2005). Psychoeducation. In J.M. Oldham, A. Skodal, & D. Bender (Eds.), Textbook of personality disorders (pp. 375-385). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Fruzzetti, A.E., & Boulanger, J.L. (2005). Family involvement in treatment for borderline personality disorder. In J.G. Gunderson & P.D. Hoffman (Eds.), Understanding and treating borderline personality disorder: A guide for professionals and families (pp. 151-164). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Lillis, E.A., & Fruzzetti, A.E. (2005). Suicide and parasuicide management in the primary care setting. In W.T. O´Donohue, M.R. Byrd, N.A. Cummings, & D.A. Henderson (Eds.), Behavioral integrative care: Treatments that work in the primary care setting (pp. 109-127). New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Fruzzetti, A.E., & Iverson, K. (2004). Mindfulness, acceptance, validation and "individual" psychopathology in couples. In S.C. Hayes, V.M. Follette, & M.M. Linehan (Eds.), Mindfulness and acceptance: Expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition (pp.168-191). New York: Guilford Press.

Fruzzetti, A.E., & Iverson, K.M. (2004). Couples Dialectical Behavior Therapy: An approach to both individual and relational distress. Couples Research and Therapy, 10, 8-13.

Fruzzetti, A.E., & Hoffman, P.D. (2004). Family Connections Workbook and Training Manual. Rye, NY: National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder.

Levensky, E., & Fruzzetti, A.E. (2003). Partner violence: Assesment, prediction, and intervention. In W.T. O´Donohue, & E. Levensky (Eds.), Handbook of Forensic Psychology: Resources for mental health and legal professsionals (pp.713-741). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Hoffman, P.D., Buteau, E., Hooley, J.M., Fruzzetti, A.E., & Bruce, M.L. (2003). Family members´ knowledge about borderline personality disorder: Correspondence with their levels of depression, burden, distress, and expressed emotion. Family Process, 42, 469-478.

Fruzzetti, A.E., & Fruzzetti, A.R. (2003). Borderline personality disorder. In D. Snyder & M.A. Whisman (Eds.), Treating difficult couples: Helping clients with coexisting mental and relationship disorders (pp. 235-260). New York: Guilford Press.

Fruzzetti, A.E., Shenk, C., Mosco, E., & Lowry, K. (2003). Emotion regulation. In W.T. O´Donohue, J.E. Fisher, & S.C. Hayes (Eds.), Congnitive behavior therapy: Applying empirically supported techniques in your practice (pp. 152-159). New York: Wiley.

Fruzzetti, A.R., & Fruzzetti, A. E. (2003). Dialectics in cognitive and behavior therapy. In W.T. O´Donohue, J.E. Fisher, & S.C. Hayes (Eds.), Cognitive behavior therapy: Applying empirically supported techniques in your practice (121-128). New York: Wiley.

Thorp, S.R., & Fruzzetti, A.E. (2003). Ethical principles and practice in couple and family therapy. In W.T. O´Donohue & K.E. Ferguson (Eds.), Handbook of professional ethics for psychologists (391-405). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.

Fruzzetti, A.E. (2002). Dialectical behavior therapy for borderline personality and related disorders. In T. Patterson (Volume 2 Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of psychotherapy, Volume 2: Cognitive-behavioral approaches (pp. 215-240). New York: Wiley.

Fruzzetti, A.E., & Levensky, E.R. (2000). Dialectical behavior therapy with batterers: Rationale and procedures. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 7, 435-447.