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D-Index
60
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12700
World Ranking
3554
National Ranking
2000

Charles J. Gelso publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles J. Gelso sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 232 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Charles J. Gelso D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles J. Gelso sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1979 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Charles J. Gelso is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their work primarily falls within the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology and social psychology. Further subfields include general health professions, safety research, and psychiatry and mental health.

The central topics explored in their research cover psychotherapy techniques and applications, counseling practices and supervision, attachment and relationship dynamics, transactional analysis in psychotherapy, personality disorders and psychopathology, counseling, therapy and family dynamics, as well as career development and diversity.

Gelso has contributed to multiple recent publications, including:

  • The sister concepts of working alliance and real relationship: A meta-analysis (2023), published in Counselling Psychology Quarterly
  • Some directions for research and theory on countertransference (2021), published in Psychotherapy Research
  • Development and validation of an 8-item version of the Real Relationship Inventory-Client form (2024), published in Psychotherapy Research
  • Cultural humility, working alliance, and Outcome Rating Scale in psychodynamic psychotherapy: Between-therapist, within-therapist, and within-client effects (2021), published in Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Therapist initial attachment style, changes in attachment style during training, and client outcome in psychodynamic psychotherapy (2021), published in Journal of Counseling Psychology

Frequent co-authors working alongside Gelso include:

  • Elizabeth Nutt Williams
  • Elizabeth Williams
  • Dennis M. Kivlighan
  • Kathryn V. Kline
  • Clara E. Hill

Notable publication venues featuring Gelso's work consist of:

  • Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Psychotherapy
  • Counselling Psychology Quarterly
  • The Counseling Psychologist

In addition to journal articles, Gelso has contributed to book publications, including the title Counseling psychology (4th ed.), published by the American Psychological Association in 2021.

Gelso was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1979, a recognition within the field of psychology.

Best Publications

  • The Relationship in Counseling and Psychotherapy Components, Consequences, and Theoretical Antecedents

    Charles J. Gelso;Jean A. Carter

  • The Psychotherapy Relationship: Theory, Research, and Practice

    Charles J. Gelso;Jeffrey A. Hayes

  • Components of the psychotherapy relationship: Their interaction and unfolding during treatment.

    Charles J. Gelso;Jean A. Carter

  • Appreciating similarities and valuing differences : The Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity scale

    Marie L. Miville;Charles J. Gelso;Raji Pannu;Will Liu

  • Research in Counseling: Methodological and Professional Issues

    Charles J. Gelso

  • Countertransference and the Therapist's Inner Experience: Perils and Possibilities

    Charles J. Gelso;Jeffrey A. Hayes

  • Countertransference and the reputedly excellent therapist.

    Steven L. Van Wagoner;Charles J. Gelso;Jeffrey A. Hayes;Roberta A. Diemer

  • Empirically supported therapy relationships: Conclusions and recommendations fo the Division 29 Task Force.

    Steven J. Ackerman;Lorna Smith Benjamin;Larry E. Beutler;Charles J. Gelso

  • Male counselors' discomfort with gay and HIV-infected clients

    Jeffrey A. Hayes;Charles J. Gelso

  • Client and counselor trainee attachment as predictors of session evaluation and countertransference behavior in first counseling sessions

    Jonathan J. Mohr;Charles J. Gelso;Clara E. Hill

  • Measuring the working alliance in advisor-advisee relationships in graduate school.

    Lewis Z. Schlosser;Charles J. Gelso

  • The Real Relationship in Psychotherapy: Relationships to Adult Attachments, Working Alliance, Transference, and Therapy Outcome

    Cheri L. Marmarosh;Charles J. Gelso;Rayna D. Markin;Rebekah Majors

  • Countertransference management and effective psychotherapy: Meta-analytic findings.

    Jeffrey A. Hayes;Charles J. Gelso;Simon Goldberg;Dennis Martin Kivlighan

  • Countertransference, attachment, and the working alliance: The therapist's contribution.

    Daniela P. Ligiéro;Charles J. Gelso

  • A tripartite model of the therapeutic relationship: Theory, research, and practice

    Charles Gelso

  • On the making of a scientist-practioner: A theory of research training in professional psychology.

    Charles J. Gelso

  • Measuring the Real Relationship in Psychotherapy: Initial Validation of the Therapist Form

    Charles J. Gelso;Frances A. Kelley;Jairo N. Fuertes;Cheri Marmarosh

  • Clinical implications of research on countertransference: science informing practice.

    Jeffrey A. Hayes;Charles J. Gelso

  • Effects of therapist‐trainees' anxiety and empathy on countertransference behavior

    Jeffrey A. Hayes;Charles J. Gelso

  • Managing countertransference.

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  • Managing countertransference : what the experts think

    Jeffrey A. Hayes;Charles J. Gelso;Steven L. Van Wagoner;Roberta A. Diemer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey A. Hayes
Jeffrey A. Hayes Pennsylvania State University
Dennis M. Kivlighan
Dennis M. Kivlighan University of Maryland, College Park
Jairo N. Fuertes
Jairo N. Fuertes Adelphi University
Gianluca Lo Coco
Gianluca Lo Coco University of Palermo
Bruce E. Wampold
Bruce E. Wampold University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ruth E. Fassinger
Ruth E. Fassinger University of Maryland, College Park
Jonathan J. Mohr
Jonathan J. Mohr University of Maryland, College Park
Brent Mallinckrodt
Brent Mallinckrodt Western Washington University
Marvin R. Goldfried
Marvin R. Goldfried Stony Brook University
Jesse Owen
Jesse Owen University of Denver

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