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N.B. In order to avoid redundancy, publications are mostly not included below that focus primarily on pathology, case formulation, or psychotherapeutic policies and techniques. Please consult
“Sample Topics: Clinical and Therapy” for those papers.

Allen-Zeiger, C., & Allen, S. (1992). Doing it all isn’t everything: A woman’s guide to harmony and empowerment. Austin, TX: New Perspectives Press.

Bergner, R.M. (1998). Coaching and teaching. In H.J. Jeffrey and R.M. Bergner, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 7, (pp. 321-340). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Bergner, R.M. (1998). Coaching and motivation. In H.J. Jeffrey and R.M. Bergner, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 7, (pp. 301-320). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Bergner, R.M. (1998). Leadership in athletic coaching. In H.J. Jeffrey and R.M. Bergner, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 7, (pp. 281-300). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Bergner, R. (2005). Lovemaking as a ceremony of accreditation. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 31, 1-8.

Bergner, R. (2005). World reconstruction in psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 59, 1-17.

Bergner, R. (2007). Status dynamics: Creating new paths to therapeutic change. Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Bergner, R. (2017). What is a person? What is the self? Formulations for a science of psychology. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 37, 77-90.

Bergner, R., & Holmes, J. (2000). Self-concepts and self-concept change: A status dynamic formulation. Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 37, 36-44.

Bergner, R., & Ramon, A. (2013). Some implications of belief in love, free will, and non-reductionism. Journal of Social Psychology, 153, 1-21.

Bergner, R., & Ramon, A. (2014). The Personal Beliefs Scale. American Psychological Association PsychTESTS Database

Beste S., Bergner, R., & Nauta, M. (2003). What keeps love alive? An empirical
investigation. Family Therapy, 30, 125-141.

Bretscher, F., & Bergner, R.M. (1992). Relational Qualities as Factors in Mate Selection Decisions. In M.K. Roberts, & R.M. Bergner, (Eds.). Clinical Topics: Contributions to the Conceptualization and Treatment of Adolescent-Family Problems, Bulimia, Chronic Mental Illness, and Mania. Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 6, (pp. 107-123). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Davis K.E., & Roberts M.K. (1999). Relationships in the real world: The Descriptive Psychology approach to personal relationships. In Gergen K.J. & Davis K.E. (Eds.), The Social Construction of the Person. Springer Series in Social Psychology. New York: Springer.

Davis, K., & Todd, M. (1982). Friendship and love relationships. In K. Davis and T. Mitchell (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 2, (pp. 79-119). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Hegi, K., & Bergner, R. (2010). What is love? An empirically-based essentialist account. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27, 620-636.

Holmes, J.R. (1992). The status of persons or who was that metaphor. In M.K. Roberts, & R.M. Bergner, (Eds.). Clinical Topics: Contributions to the Conceptualization and Treatment of Adolescent-Family Problems, Bulimia, Chronic Mental Illness, and Mania. Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 6, (pp. 15-35). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Jeffrey, H.J. (1998). Consciousness, experience, and a Person’s world. In H.J. Jeffrey and R.M. Bergner, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 7, (pp. 67-106). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Kantor, C. (2013). We’re off to see the wizard: Politics, charisma, and community change. In K.E. Davis, R.M. Bergner, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.10, (pp. 129-148). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Ossorio, P. G. (1982). Status maxims (LRI Report No. 30B). Boulder, CO.

Ossorio, P., & Sternberg, B. (1997). Status management: A theory of punishment and rehabilitation. In P. Ossorio (Ed.), The collected works of Peter G. Ossorio, Vol. 2. Essays on clinical topics, (pp. 195-214). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press. (Originally published as LRI Report #25. Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.)

Ossorio, P.G. (1966/1995). Persons. The Collected Works of Peter G.
Ossorio (Vol. I). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press. (Original work published 1966 as LRI Report No. 3. Los Angeles, CA & Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.)

Ossorio, P.G. (1998). What there is and how things are. In H.J. Jeffrey and R.M. Bergner, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology, Vol. 7 (pp. 7-32). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Ossorio, P.G. (2006). In a world of persons and their ways. In K. E. Davis, & R. M Bergner (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 8, (pp. 11-42). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Ossorio, P.G. (1982/1998/2012). Place. Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press. (Original work published 1982 as LRI Report No. 30a. Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.)

Plotkin, W., & Schwartz, W. (1982). A conceptualization of hypnosis: I. Exploring the place of appraisal and anomaly in behavior and experience. In K. Davis and T. Mitchell (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 2, (pp. 139-194). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Plotkin, W., & Schwartz, W. (1985). A conceptualization of hypnosis: II. Hypnotic induction procedures and manifestations of the hypnotic state

Putman, A.O. (1998). Being, becoming and Belonging. In H.J. Jeffrey and R.M. Bergner, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 7, (pp. 127-160). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Putman, A.O. (2010). Ordinary magic: What Descriptive Psychology is, and why it matters. In K. E. Davis, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.9, (pp. 9-39). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Putman A.O. (2013). At a glance and out of nowhere: How ordinary people create the real world. In K.E. Davis, R.M. Bergner, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.10 (pp. 19-36). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M. (1982). Men and women: Partners, lovers, friends. In K. Davis and T. Mitchell (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 2, (pp. 57-58). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Roberts, M. (1985). I and Thou: A study of personal relationships. In K. Davis and T. Mitchell (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 4, (pp. 231-256). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Roberts, M. (1985). Worlds and world reconstruction. In K. Davis and T. Mitchell (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 4, (pp. 17-52). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Roberts, M.K. (1992). Companions of Uncertain Status. In M.K. Roberts, & R.M. Bergner, (Eds.). Clinical Topics: Contributions to the Conceptualization and Treatment of Adolescent-Family Problems, Bulimia, Chronic Mental Illness, and Mania. Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 6, (pp. 33-77). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (1998). Kurosawa’s relativity. In H.J. Jeffrey and R.M. Bergner, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology, Vol. 7, (pp. 107-125). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (2006). Ancient Companions. In K. E. Davis, & R. M Bergner (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 8, (pp. 248-265). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (2010). An indeterminate and expansive world. In K. E. Davis, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.9, (pp. 231-256). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (2010). An accomplice’s tale. In K. E. Davis, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.9, (pp. 161-190). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (2010). Worlds of Uncertain Status. In K. E. Davis, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.9, (pp. 287-319). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (2013). Knowing the world. In K.E. Davis, R.M. Bergner, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.10, (pp. 37-54). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Schwartz, W. (1982). The problem of other possible persons: Dolphins, primates, and aliens. In K. Davis and T. Mitchell (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 2, (pp. 139-194). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Schwartz, W. (2008). Presentations of self and the status dynamics of psychotherapy and supervision. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 62, 51-65.

Schwartz, W.R. (2014). What Is A Person And How Can We Be Sure? A Paradigm Case Formulation. Journal of Evolution and Technology, 24(3), 27-34.

Ward, C., Bergner, R., & Kahn, J. (2003). Why do men distance? Factors predictive of male avoidance of intimate conflict. Family Therapy, 30, 1-9.

Zeiger, P.H., & Zeiger, C.A. (2006). Where does my freedom lie?. In K. E. Davis, & R. M Bergner (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 8, (pp. 82-98). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.