Bruce E. Wampold is the Patricia L. Wolleat professor of counseling psychology and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He received his PhD from the counseling psychology program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1981, and joined the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty in 1991. He has been a faculty member in the counseling psychology programs at the University of California, Santa Barbara; the University of Utah; and the University of Oregon in Eugene. Prior to his doctoral studies, he was a junior and senior high school mathematics teacher, counselor, and coach.
Currently, Dr. Wampold's area of interest is in the efficacy of counseling and psychotherapy. He has published various meta-analyses and analyses of data from naturalistic settings that have demonstrated that the efficacy of psychotherapy emanates from the contextual features and not the specific ingredients. This work has culminated in the book The Great Psychotherapy Debate: Models, Methods, and Findings (2001).
Recently, he has conceptualized psychotherapy as a healing practice embedded in historical and cultural contexts. His work has influenced the practice of psychotherapy through consultations with managed care companies and health care accrediting organizations as well as presentations to scientists and practitioners around the world.
He served on the APA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology, the Performance Improvement Advisory Group, and the Task Force on Advancing Practice. His research on psychotherapy and methodology has been published in Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Clinical Psychology, and Journal of Affective Disorders, among others.
Dr. Wampold is a licensed psychologist and a diplomate in counseling psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is the 2007 recipient of the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research; the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award, Section on the Promotion of Psychotherapy Science, Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17 of APA); and the 2008 Distinguished Psychologist Award, Division 29 (Psychotherapy).
He is a fellow of APA Divisions 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology), 29 (Psychotherapy), and 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues); was vice president of the Society of Counseling Psychology for Scientific Affairs; and is past associate editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology and of Behavioral Assessment.
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