Ben-Gurion University
Psychotherapy Research Lab
Gary M. Diamond, Ph.D., Director
Selected Publications
Authored Book
Diamond, G.S., Diamond, G.M., & Levy, S. (2014). Attachment-based family therapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Chapters in collective volumes
Diamond, G.M., Boruchovitz-Zamir, R., Gat, I., & Nir-Gottlieb, O. (2019). Relationship-focused therapy for sexual minority individuals and their parents. In J. Pachankis & S. Safren (Eds.), The handbook of evidence-based mental health practice with sexual and gender minority clients. N.Y., N.Y.: Oxford University Press.
Friedlander, M. & Diamond, G.M. (2012). Couples and family therapy. In E. Altmaier & J. Hansen (Eds.), Oxford handbook of counseling psychology. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Friedlander, M., Heatherington, L., Escudero, V. & Diamond, G.M. (2011). Alliance in couples and family therapy. In J. Norcross (Ed.), Relationships that work. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Diamond, G. S., & Diamond, G. M. (2002). Studying a matrix of change mechanisms: An agenda for family-based process research. In H. Liddle, D. Santisteban, R. Levant, & J. Bray (Eds.), Family psychology intervention science. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Refereed articles in scientific journals
Tsvieli, N., Nir‐Gottlieb, O., Lifshitz, C., Diamond, G.S., Kobak, R. & Diamond, G.M. (2019). Therapist interventions associated with productive emotional processing in the context of attachment‐based family therapy for depressed and suicidal adolescents. Family Process. DOI: 10.1111/famp.12445
Lubeznov Kibrik, E., Cohen, N., Stolowitz, D., Levy, A., Boruchovitz-Zamir, R., & Diamond, G.M. (2018). Measuring adult children’s perceptions of their parents’ acceptance and rejection of their sexual orientation: Initial development of the Parental Acceptance and Rejection of Sexual Orientation Scale (PARSOS). Journal of Homosexuality.
Tsvieli, N. & Diamond, G.M. (2019). Therapist interventions and emotional processing in attachment-based family therapy for unresolved anger. Psychotherapy, 55, 289-297
Haberman, A., Shahar, B., Bar-Kalifa, E., Zilcha-Mano, S., & Diamond, G.M. (2018). Exploring the process of change in emotion-focused therapy for social anxiety. Psychotherapy Research.
Steinmann, R., Gat, I., Nir-Gottlieb, O., Shahar, B., & Diamond, G.M. (2017). Attachment-based family therapy and emotion-focused therapy for unresolved anger: Qualitative analysis of treatment outcome and change processes. Psychotherapy, 54, 281-291.
Shearer, A., Russon, J., Herres, J., Wong, A., Jacobs, C., Diamond, G.M., & Diamond, G.S. (2017). Religion, sexual orientation, and suicide attempts among a sample of suicidal adolescents. Suicide and Life Threatening Behaviors. Online first: DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12372.
Diamond, G.M., Shahar, B., Sabo, D. & Tsvieli, N. (2016). Attachment-based family therapy and emotion-focused therapy for unresolved anger: The role of productive emotional processing. Psychotherapy, 53, 34-44.
Levy, S.A., Russon, J. & Diamond, G.M. (2016). Attachment-based family therapy for suicidal gay, lesbian and bisexual adolescents: A case study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 37, 190-206.
Jacobson, R., Cohen, H., & Diamond, G.M. (2016). Gender atypicality, sexual orientation and social interaction stress. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 713-723.
Diamond, G.M., Shahar, B., Sabo, D. & Tsvieli, N. (2016). Attachment-based family therapy and emotion-focused therapy for unresolved anger: The role of productive emotional processing. Psychotherapy, 53, 34-44.
Belsky, Y. & Diamond, G.M. (2015). Causal attributions and parents' acceptance of their homosexual sons. Journal of Homosexuality, 62, 1419-1431.
Bebes, A., Samarova, V., Shilo, G. & Diamond, G.M. (2015). Parental acceptance, parental psychological control and psychological symptoms among sexual minority adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 882-890.
Shpigel, M., Belsky, Y, & Diamond, G.M. (2015). Clinical work with non-accepting parents of sexual minority children: addressing causal and controllability attributions. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 46, 46-64.
Diamond, G.M., & Shpigel, M. (2014). Attachment-based family therapy for lesbian and gay young adults and their persistently non-accepting parents. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 45, 258-268.
Samarova, V., Shilo, G. & Diamond, G.M. (2014). Changes over time in parents' acceptance of their Israeli sexual minority adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 24, 681-688.
Shpigel, M., Diamond, G.M., & Diamond, G.S. (2012). Changes in parenting behaviors in attachment-based family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 38, 271-283.
Diamond, G.M., Diamond, G.S., Levy, S., Closs, C., Ladipo, T., Siqueland, L. (2011). Attachment-based family therapy for suicidal gay, lesbian and bisexual youth: A treatment development study with preliminary findings. Psychotherapy, 49, 62-71.
Friedlander, M., Heatherington, L., Escudero, V. & Diamond, G.M. (2011). Alliance in couples and family therapy. Psychotherapy, 48, 25-33
Diamond, G.M., Rochman, D., & Amir, O. (2010). Arousing primary vulnerable emotions in the context of unresolved anger: "Speaking about" versus "speaking to". Journal of Counseling Psychology, 57, 402-410.
Diamond, G.S., Wintersteen, M., Brown, G.K, Diamond, G.M., Gallop, R., Shelef, K., & Levy, S. (2010). Attachment-based family therapy for adolescents with suicidal ideation: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49, 122-131.
Rochman, D., Diamond, G.M., & Amir, O. (2008). From unresolved anger to sadness: Identifying vocal acoustical correlates. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55, 505-517.
Rochman, D. & Diamond, G. M. (2008). From unresolved anger to sadness: physiological correlates. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55, 96-105.
Moran, G. & Diamond, G. M. (2008). Generating non-negative attitudes among parents of depressed adolescents: the power of empathy, concern and positive regard. Psychotherapy Research, 18, 97-107.
Shelef, K., Diamond, G. M., Diamond, G. S., & Liddle, H. A. (2005). Adolescent and parent alliance and treatment outcome in multidimensional family therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 689-698.
Moran, G., Diamond, G. M., & Diamond, G. S. (2005). The relational reframe and parents’ problem constructions in attachment-based family therapy. Psychotherapy Research, 15, 226 - 235.
Diamond, G. S., Reis, B., Diamond, G. M., Siqueland, L., & Isaacs, L. (2002). Attachment-based family therapy for depressed adolescents: A treatment development study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41, 1190-1196.
Diamond, G. M., Diamond, G. S., & Liddle, H. A. (2000). The therapist-parent alliance in relationally based family therapy for depressed adolescents. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56, 1037-1050.
Diamond, G. M., Liddle, H. A., Hogue, A., & Dakof, G. (1999). Alliance-building interventions with adolescents in family therapy: A process study. Psychotherapy, 36, 355-368.