Whitney Graff

Lecturer
wgraff@uchicago.edu
Address

969 E. 60th St.
Chicago, IL 60637

Areas of Expertise
Contextual Behavioral Approaches
Contextually Focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Psychology
The Therapeutic Relationship from a Contextual Behavioral Perspective

This course will explore what makes an effective therapeutic relationship using concepts from Contextual Behaviorism and drawing from students' and the instructor's real...

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Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: A Behavioral Model of the Therapeutic Relationship

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (known as "FAP") is a contextual behavioral lens through which to view the therapeutic relationship. While not necessarily a treatment...

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Course

  • 60500 Functional Analytic Psychotherapy

Job Experience

  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Director of Psychological Testing, Midwest Counseling & Diagnostics LLC
  • Adjunct Faculty, Adler School of Professional Psychology
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Wildflower Center for Emotional Health
  • Post-doc/psychotherapist, Calm Minds LLC

Fields of Special Interest

  • Contextual Behaviorism
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Functional Analytic Psychotherapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Psychological testing, neuropsychological testing, evaluation
  • Eating disorders, anxiety disorders, executive functioning

Presentations

  • Graff, W. (2018). Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Increasing the potency of the therapeutic relationship. Renfrew Center Foundation Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Graff, W. (2016, 2017). Functional Analytic Psychotherapy. University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, Chicago, IL.
  • Graff, W. (2016). Welcome, Anxiety: How to change your relationship to anxiety and reclaim your life. Wildflower Center for Emotional Health, Chicago, IL.