Research

• I am broadly interested in program evaluation, with a special emphasis on evaluating psychotherapy and other psychosocial interventions. My research program has developed in the context of a hotly debated issue in clinical psychology—what does it mean to have an evidenced based practice? Debates about standards of evidence based practice have centered on what constitutes good evidence. Consequently, my research program has two areas of focus. First, I study research design and statistical issues involved in the study of psychotherapy and related fields. Second, I use the methodologies I study to evaluate psychosocial interventions and to understand how the interventions work. I am particularly interested in the change process during therapy and how patients' change is influenced by others, including the therapist in individual therapy, group members in group therapy, and partners in couples therapy. I also have interests in theories of mental illness, philosophy of science, and evaluation theory.

Education

• PhD Clinical Psychology University of Memphis 2006
• MS Psychology University of Memphis 2003
• BS Psychology Brigham Young University 2001

• Baldwin, S. A., Berkeljon, A., Atkins, D. C., Olsen, J., & Neilsen, S. (2009). Rates of change in naturalistic psychotherapy: Contrasting dose-effect and good-enough level models of change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 203-211.
• Baldwin, S. A., Stice, E., & Rhode, P. (2008). Statistical analysis of group-administered intervention data: Re-analysis of two randomized trials. Psychotherapy Research, 4, 365-376.
• Hawkins, A. J., Blanchard, V. L., Baldwin, S. A., & Fawcett, E. B. (2008). Does marriage and relationship education work? A meta-analytic study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 723-734.
• Imel, Z. E., Baldwin, S. A., Bonus, K. & MaCoon, D. (2008). Beyond the individual: Group effects in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Psychotherapy Research, 18, 735-742.
• Baldwin, S. A., Wampold, B. E., & Imel, Z. E. (2007). Untangling the alliance-outcome correlation: Exploring the relative importance of therapist and patient variability in the alliance. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 842-852.
• Baldwin, S. A., Murray, D. M., & Shadish, W. R. (2005). Empirically supported treatments or Type-I errors?: Problems with the analysis of data from group-administered treatments. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 924-935.
• Shadish, W. R., & Baldwin, S. A. (2005). The effects of behavioral marital therapy: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 6-14.
• Baldwin, S. A., Williams, D., & Houts, A. C. (2004). The creation, expansion, and embodiment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A case study in historical critical psychopathology. The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 3, 33-57.

• APA Division 29 (Psychotherapy) Research Paper of the Year Award 2008 APA Division 29 2008