Karen J. Prager, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.

Professor of Psychology and  Program Head for Gender Studies

Diplomate in Family Psychology

The University of Texas at Dallas

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Research on Intimacy

Processes in Couple Relationships 

Teaching and Professional Practice

Selected Papers and Publications

For Students:

Understand the basic concepts of psychodynamic, trait, biological, phenomenological, behavioral, and cognitive theories of personality

 

Gain familiarity with research that the theories have generated and been built upon

 

Gain familiarity with the clinical applications that these theories have generated (e.g., behavior therapy, existential analysis)

 

(Optional) Apply one of the theories to help understand one person’s behavior, thinking patterns, or emotional reactions.