Sarah Knox
Sarah Knox, Ph.D.Marquette University

Schroeder Complex, 168H

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-5942
Curriculum Vitae

Professor

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology

Co-Editor-in-Chief of Counselling Psychology Quarterly

My research focuses on psychotherapy relationships and processes, supervision relationships and processes, as well as training-related topics. I am primarily a qualitative researcher, specifically using consensual qualitative research (CQR). I teach in both the master’s and doctoral programs (Introduction to Counseling; Psychopathology; Counseling Internship; Qualitative Research; Supervision). I received my undergraduate degree from University of Virginia [English Education], my master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University [Liberal Arts] and University of Maryland [Counseling Psychology], and my doctoral degree from University of Maryland [Counseling Psychology]. I am a licensed psychologist in Wisconsin.

Degrees Held

  • Ph.D. Counseling Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, 1999
  • M.A. Counseling Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, 1996
  • M.L.A., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 1990
  • B.S. Secondary English Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 1983

Courses Taught

  • Doctoral Practicum
  • Master's Internship
  • Internship Preparation
  • Qualitative Research
  • Psychopathology
  • Introduction to Counseling
  • Supervision

Research Interests

The vast majority of my research is qualitative, and specifically uses consensual qualitative research (CQR). As a former high school English teacher, I am drawn to words and language, and the examination of their meaning. I find that a qualitative approach to empirical inquiry is often the best means to address the questions that fascinate me,and to develop meaningful answers to those questions. The primary topics of my research include the psychotherapy relationship and process,training and supervision, and advising relationships and processes.

Recent Publications

Farber, B. A., Hill, C. E., Knox, S., Eubanks, C. F., Muran, J. C., & Norcross, J. C. (2023). Affirmation/Validation, self-disclosure, immediacy, and rupture repairs. In C. E. Hill & J. C. Norcross (Eds.) Psychotherapy skills and methods that work (pp. 28-52). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Hill, C. E., Knox, S., & Duan, C. (2023). Advice, suggestions, and recommendations. In C. E. Hill & J. C. Norcross (Eds.) Psychotherapy skills and methods that work (pp. 224-246). Oxford, UK: Oxford Press.

Hill, C. E., Knox, S., Farber, B., Eubanks, C. E., Zetzer, H., & Anderson, T. (2023). The role of faith and doubt in the development of six psychotherapy scholars and practitioners: Implications for training and supervision. In L. G. Castonguay & C. E. & Hill, C. E. (Eds.). Being and becoming a psychotherapist: Training and supervision (pp. 357-378). American Psychological Association.

Cooper, M., Di Malta, G., Knox, S., Oddli, H, & Swift, J. Patient perspectives on working with preferences in psychotherapy: A consensual qualitative research study. (2023). Psychotherapy Research, 33 (8). https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2022.2161967

Knox, S., Goertz, M., Mak, T., Pinto-Coelho, K., & Hill, C. E. Supervisees’ experiences of immediacy in supervision. (In press, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration).

Knox, S., Miller, C., Twidwell, R. E., & Knowlton, G. Client perspectives on psychotherapy failure. (2023). Psychotherapy Research, 33 (3), 298-315. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QPAWSDXHCNFJ2D58R4QX/full?target=10.1080/10503307.2022.2110020

Knox, S., Callender, K., Mak, A., Skaistis, S., & Knowlton, G. (2022). How graduate-student or recent graduate psychotherapists experience and manage errors in psychotherapy. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 35 (2), 397-420.

Knox, S., Cook, J. M., Ravi, N., & Knowlton, G. (2022). The effects of secular choral singing on US singers. Journal of Music, Health, and Wellbeing.

Knox, S., & Hill, C. E. (2021). Training and supervision in psychotherapy: What we know and where we need to go. In M. Barkham, W. Lutz, & L. Castonguay (Eds.) Bergin and Garfield’s handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change, (50th anniversary edition, pp. 327-349). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Hill, C. E., & Knox, S. (2021). Essentials of consensual qualitative research. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Hill, C. E., & Knox, S. (2021). Foreword. In C. E. Hill & S. Knox (Series Eds.). Essentials of qualitative research. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Series Editor (with Clara E. Hill). (2021). Essentials of Qualitative Research, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Caperton, W., Butler, M., Kaiser, D., Connelly, J., & Knox, S. (2019). Stay-at-home fathers, depression, and help-seeking: A consensual qualitative research study. Advance online publication. Psychology of Men and Masculinity. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000223

Hill, C. E., Knox, S., & Pinto-Coelho, K. G. (2019). Self-disclosure and immediacy. In J. C. Norcross & M. J. Lambert (Eds.), Psychotherapy relationships that work (3rd ed., pp. 379-420). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Knox, S., Connelly, J., Rochlen, A. B., Clinton, M., Butler, M., & Lineback, S. (2019). How therapists navigate Facebook with clients. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000267

Duan, C., Knox, S., & Hill, C. E. (2018). Advice in psychotherapy. In MacGeorge, E.L., & Van Swol, L.M. (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of Advice (pp. 175-196). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Hill, C.E., Knox, S., & Pinto-Coelho, K.G. (2018). Therapist self-disclosure and immediacy: A qualitative meta-analysis. Psychotherapy, 55 (4), 445-460.

Iwakabe, S., & Knox, S. (2018). Editorial. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 31 (4), 407.

Knox, S., Cook, J., Knowlton, G., & Hill, C. E. Therapists’ experiences with internal representations of clients. (2018). Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 31 (3), 353-374.

Hill, C. E., Kanazawa, Y., Knox, S., Schauerman, I. Loureiro, D., James, D., Carter, I., King, S., Razzak, S., Scarff, M., & Moore, J. (2017). Meaning in life in psychotherapy: The perspective of experienced therapists. Psychotherapy Research, 27, 381- 396. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2015.1110636

Knox, S., Hill, C. E., Knowlton, G., Chui, H., Pruitt, N., & Tate, K. (2017). Crying in psychotherapy: The perspective of therapists and clients. Psychotherapy, 54 (3), 292-306.

Knox, S., Butler, M., Kaiser, D., Knowlton, G., & Hill, C.E. (2017). Something to laugh about: Humor as a Characteristic of effective therapists. In Castonguay, L.G. & Hill, C.E. (Eds.), How and why are some therapists better than others? Understanding therapist effects (pp. 285-305). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Knox, S., & Hill, C. E. (Eds.). (2016). Disclosure and concealment in psychotherapy. Special Issue of Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 29 (1).

Knox, S., & Hill, C. E. (2016). Introduction to a special issue on disclosure and concealment in psychotherapy. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 29 (1), 1-6, DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2015.1095156