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  1. Understanding the attack on science as a discrediting of minoritized lived experiences: The vital importance of qualitative methods at this time.

    Article • Qualitative Psychology, October 2025, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  2. A metamethod analysis of qualitative research methodology in studies of psychotherapists’ experiences

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  3. Critical-constructivist grounded theory research: A methodology for the critical study of gender, masculinities, and other identities.

    Article • Psychology of Men & Masculinity, May 2025, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  4. Attending to investigator reflexivity and epistemic privilege: A worksheet for facilitating individual and research team self-reflection.

    Article • Qualitative Psychology, February 2025, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  5. Being Not Binary: Experiences and Functions of Gender and Gender Communities

    Article • Sex Roles, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  6. How to conduct an integrative mixed methods meta-analysis: A tutorial for the systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence.

    Article • Psychological Methods, October 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  7. A consideration of the influence of researchers’ lived experiences: Reflections on epistemic privilege and social justice in qualitative research.

    Article • Qualitative Psychology, October 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  8. Broadening the evidentiary basis for clinical practice guidelines: Recommendations from qualitative psychotherapy researchers.

    Article • American Psychologist, August 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  9. A reflection on qualitative methods activism: Advancing knowledge and expanding scientific practice.

    Article • Qualitative Psychology, June 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  10. Guidance for publishing in Qualitative Psychology.

    Article • Qualitative Psychology, February 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  11. On the need to reconcile cultural and professional power in psychotherapy: Humanistic principles that are foundational for feminist multicultural practice.

    Article • The Humanistic Psychologist, June 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  12. How qualitative methods advance the study of causation in psychotherapy research

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  13. Toward a Meta-Psychological Methodology: Reflections on Maslow and the Role of Experiencing and Perspective in Scientific Methods

    Article • Journal of Humanistic Psychology, April 2023, SAGE Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  14. Silences in psychotherapy: An integrative meta-analytic research review.

    Article • Psychotherapy, April 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  15. An initial validation of the Clients’ Experience of Therapy Scale (CETS): assessing the quality of psychotherapy process and outcome from clients’ perspectives

    Article • Counselling Psychology Quarterly, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  16. Beyond minority stress: Toward a multidimensional psychology of trans/nonbinary gender

    Article • Current Opinion in Psychology, February 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  17. Healing from heterosexist experiences: A mixed method intervention study using expressive writing.

    Article • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, June 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  18. Learning Clinical and Cultural Empathy: A Call for a Multidimensional Approach to Empathy-Focused Psychotherapy Training

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  19. How to become a responsive therapist: A study of experiences of developing therapists

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  20. Intersubjective recognition as the methodological enactment of epistemic privilege: A critical basis for consensus and intersubjective confirmation procedures.

    Article • Qualitative Psychology, October 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  21. Introduction to the special section: Questioning established qualitative methods and assumptions.

    Article • Qualitative Psychology, October 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  22. Heterosexism and the self: A systematic review informing LGBQ-affirmative research and psychotherapy

    Article • Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  23. The methodological integrity of critical qualitative research: Principles to support design and research review.

    Article • Journal of Counseling Psychology, April 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  24. Healing from heterosexism: A discovery-oriented task analysis of emotion-focused writing

    Article • Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  25. Qualitative generalization, not to the population but to the phenomenon: Reconceptualizing variation in qualitative research.

    Article • Qualitative Psychology, February 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  26. The meaning of scientific objectivity and subjectivity: From the perspective of methodologists.

    Article • Psychological Methods, October 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  27. How discrimination in adoptive, foster, and medical systems harms LGBTQ+ families: Research on the experiences of prospective parents

    Article • Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, February 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  28. A Qualitative Meta-analytic Review of the Therapist Responsiveness Literature: Guidelines for Practice and Training

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  29. Making intelligible the controversies over femme identities: A functionalist approach to conceptualizing the subversive meanings of femme genders

    Article • Journal of Lesbian Studies, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  30. Considering methodological integrity in counselling and psychotherapy research

    Article • Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, December 2019, Wiley

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  31. Applications of a Functionalist Theory of Gender: A Response to Reflections and a Research Agenda

    Article • Psychology of Women Quarterly, May 2019, SAGE Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  32. A Psychosocial Genealogy of LGBTQ+ Gender: An Empirically Based Theory of Gender and Gender Identity Cultures

    Article • Psychology of Women Quarterly, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  33. How to conduct a qualitative meta-analysis: Tailoring methods to enhance methodological integrity

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  34. Internalized heterosexism and psychological distress: The moderating effects of decentering.

    Article • Stigma and Health, February 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt, Ethan Mereish

  35. Considerations of how to conduct meta-analyses in psychological interventions

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  36. Journal article reporting standards for qualitative primary, qualitative meta-analytic, and mixed methods research in psychology: The APA Publications and Communications Board task force report.

    Article • American Psychologist, January 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  37. Metamethod study of qualitative psychotherapy research on clients’ experiences: Review and recommendations.

    Article • Journal of Counseling Psychology, November 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  38. Drag Gender: Experiences of Gender for Gay and Queer Men who Perform Drag

    Article • Sex Roles, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  39. The relation between cultural values and condom use among Latino gay men

    Article • Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  40. HIV Prevention in Gay Family and House Networks: Fostering Self-Determination and Sexual Safety

    Article • AIDS and Behavior, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt, Darren Freeman-Coppadge

  41. Recommendations for designing and reviewing qualitative research in psychology: Promoting methodological integrity.

    Article • Qualitative Psychology, January 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  42. Relations between gender expression, minority stress, and mental health in cisgender sexual minority women and men.

    Article • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, December 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  43. Sexual Orientation Identity in Relation to Minority Stress and Mental Health in Sexual Minority Women

    Article • LGBT Health, October 2016, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  44. Differences Across Contexts

    Article • Psychology of Women Quarterly, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  45. Understanding the School Experience of African-American Homeless Children

    Article • Journal of Constructivist Psychology, June 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  46. Resilience in the face of sexual minority stress: “Choices” between authenticity and self-determination

    Article • Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  47. A qualitative meta-analysis examining clients’ experiences of psychotherapy: A new agenda.

    Article • Psychological Bulletin, January 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  48. Internalized heterosexism and psychological distress: The mediating roles of self-criticism and community connectedness.

    Article • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, December 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  49. How therapist self-disclosure relates to alliance and outcomes: A naturalistic study

    Article • Counselling Psychology Quarterly, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  50. Internalized Stigma Within Sexual and Gender Minorities: Change Strategies and Clinical Implications

    Article • Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  51. The professionalization and training of psychologists: The place of clinical wisdom

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  52. Self-criticism in therapist training: A grounded theory analysis

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  53. Judicial Wisdom: The Process of Constructing Wise Decisions

    Article • Journal of Constructivist Psychology, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  54. Pursuing the question of reflexivity in psychotherapy and qualitative methods: The contributions of David L. Rennie

    Article • Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  55. “Am I Doing the Right Thing?”: Pathways to Parenting a Gender Variant Child

    Article • Family Process, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  56. Qualitative psychotherapy research: The journey so far and future directions.

    Article • Psychotherapy, January 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  57. The development of wisdom in judicial decision-making.

    Article • The Humanistic Psychologist, January 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  58. Interpretation-Driven Guidelines for Designing and Evaluating Grounded Theory Research: A Constructivist-Social Justice Approach

    Article • November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  59. Gay Families: Challenging Racial and Sexual/Gender Minority Stressors through Social Support

    Article • Journal of GLBT Family Studies, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  60. Being Transgender: The Experience of Transgender Identity Development

    Article • Journal of Homosexuality, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  61. Wisdom and psychotherapy: Studying expert therapists' clinical wisdom to explicate common processes

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  62. African American Gay Family Networks: An Entry Point for HIV Prevention

    Article • The Journal of Sex Research, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  63. Vocal Synchrony in Psychotherapy

    Article • Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, May 2014, Guilford Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  64. The impact of counselor self-disclosure on clients: A meta-analytic review of experimental and quasi-experimental research.

    Article • Journal of Counseling Psychology, January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  65. Being Transgender

    Article • Psychology of Women Quarterly, September 2013, SAGE Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  66. Teaching Qualitative Methods Using a Research Team Approach: Publishing Grounded Theory Projects with Your Class

    Article • Qualitative Research in Psychology, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  67. A review of client self-criticism in psychotherapy.

    Article • Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, January 2013, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  68. Sexual Minority Women's Gender Identity and Expression: Challenges and Supports

    Article • Journal of Lesbian Studies, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  69. A Critical Review of Assumptions About Gender Variant Children in Psychological Research

    Article • Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  70. Out in the Country: Rural Sexual Minority Mothers

    Article • Journal of Lesbian Studies, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  71. The resolution of anger in psychotherapy: A task analysis.

    Article • The Humanistic Psychologist, April 2011, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  72. Therapists' and clients' significant experiences underlying psychotherapy discourse

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  73. A study of silent disengagement and distressing emotion in psychotherapy

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  74. Facilitating client change: Principles based upon the experience of eminent psychotherapists

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, May 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  75. Putting on Sunday Best: The Silencing of Battered Women Within Christian Faith Communities

    Article • Feminism & Psychology, February 2010, SAGE Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  76. The role of therapist self-disclosure in psychotherapy: A qualitative review

    Article • Clinical Psychology Review, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  77. Challenges Facing the Developing Feminist Psychotherapist in Training

    Article • Women & Therapy, September 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  78. The Experience of Depth Curiosity: The Pursuit of Congruence Despite the Danger of Engulfment

    Article • Journal of Constructivist Psychology, June 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  79. Coping responses by adults who stutter: Part I. Protecting the self and others

    Article • Journal of Fluency Disorders, June 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  80. Coping responses by adults who stutter: Part II. Approaching the problem and achieving agency

    Article • Journal of Fluency Disorders, June 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  81. Leaving the herd: The lingering threat of difference for same-sex desires in postcommunist Russia

    Article • Sexuality Research and Social Policy, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  82. Balancing dangers: GLBT experience in a time of anti-GLBT legislation.

    Article • Journal of Counseling Psychology, January 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  83. Negotiating connection to GLBT experience: Family members' experience of anti-GLBT movements and policies.

    Article • Journal of Counseling Psychology, January 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  84. The process of personal change through reading fictional narratives: Implications for psychotherapy practice and theory.

    Article • The Humanistic Psychologist, January 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  85. Clients’ Experiences of Disengaged Moments in Psychotherapy: A Grounded Theory Analysis

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  86. Clients’ experiences of difference with therapists: Sustaining faith in psychotherapy

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, May 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  87. Clients’ experiences of moments of sadness in psychotherapy: A grounded theory analysis

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, May 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  88. Male Perpetrators’ Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence, Religion, and Masculinity

    Article • Sex Roles, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  89. Effects of Gender Identity on Experiences of Healthcare for Sexual Minority Women

    Article • Journal of LGBT Health Research, September 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  90. Understanding the Bear Movement in Gay Male Culture

    Article • Journal of Homosexuality, September 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  91. A qualitative investigation of eminent therapists' values within psychotherapy: Developing integrative principles for moment-to-moment psychotherapy practice.

    Article • Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, January 2007, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  92. Principles for facilitating agency in psychotherapy

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  93. “Anything With Two Heads Is a Monster”

    Article • Violence Against Women, December 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  94. Layers of Leather

    Article • Journal of Homosexuality, October 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  95. Assessing silent processes in psychotherapy: an empirically derived categorization system and sampling strategy

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, October 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  96. How I Ended Up in a Happy Relationship: Women’s Process of Successful Partnering

    Article • Journal of Humanistic Psychology, October 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  97. Postmodern Strategies for Working with Resistance: Problem Resolution or Self-Revolution?

    Article • Journal of Constructivist Psychology, September 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  98. Ligious Leaders' Perspectives on Marriage, Divorce, and Intimate Partner Violence

    Article • Psychology of Women Quarterly, June 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  99. What Clients Find Helpful in Psychotherapy: Developing Principles for Facilitating Moment-to-Moment Change.

    Article • Journal of Counseling Psychology, January 2006, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  100. Feminism Across Borders: A Hungarian Adaptation of Western Feminism

    Article • Sex Roles, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  101. Rules Versus Principles in Psychotherapy: Implications of the Quest for Universal Guidelines in the Movement for Empirically Supported Treatments

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  102. Butch Identity Development: The Formation of an Authentic Gender

    Article • Feminism & Psychology, February 2005, SAGE Publications

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  103. GENDER WITHIN LESBIAN SEXUALITY: BUTCH AND FEMME PERSPECTIVES

    Article • Journal of Constructivist Psychology, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  104. An Evaluation of Outcome Measures Used in Humanistic Psychotherapy Research: Using Thermometers to Weigh Oranges.

    Article • The Humanistic Psychologist, January 2005, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  105. May God Help You: Faith Leaders' Perspectives of Intimate Partner Violence Within Their Communities

    Article • Journal of Religion & Abuse, March 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  106. Responding to Mixed Messages and Double Binds: Religious Oriented Coping Strategies of Christian Battered Women

    Article • Journal of Religion & Abuse, March 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  107. Shelter from the Raging Wind: Religious Needs of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence and Faith Leaders' Responses

    Article • Journal of Religion & Abuse, March 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  108. THE TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF INSIGHT: A LIFE-CHANGING EVENT

    Article • Journal of Constructivist Psychology, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  109. Article • Sex Roles, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  110. The unsaid in the psychotherapy narrative: Voicing the unvoiced

    Article • Counselling Psychology Quarterly, December 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  111. Explorations of Lesbian-Queer Genders

    Article • Journal of Lesbian Studies, October 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  112. Sounds of Silence in Psychotherapy: The Categorization of Clients' Pauses

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, September 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  113. Article • Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  114. A metaphor analysis in treatments of depression: Metaphor as a marker of change

    Article • Counselling Psychology Quarterly, March 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  115. Article • Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, January 1999, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  116. A semiotic understanding of eating disorders: The impact of media portrayal

    Article • Eating Disorders, April 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt

  117. Learning and retention of a daily activity schedule in a patient with alcoholic Korsakoff's syndrome

    Article • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Heidi M. Levitt