Selected Books

Gehart, D. (2010). Mastering competencies in family therapy: A practical approach to theory and clinical case documentation. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Anderson, H., & Gehart, D. R. (Eds.). (2006).
Collaborative therapy: Conversations and relationships that make a difference. New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Gehart, D. R., & Tuttle, A. R. (2002). Theory-based treatment planning for marriage and family therapists: Integrating theory and practice. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Journal Articles


Gehart, D. (in review). Recovery-oriented treatment of severe and persistent mental illness: New directions in marriage and family therapy practice, Part I. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Gehart, D. (in review). Recovery-oriented treatment of severe and persistent mental illness: New directions in marriage and family therapy practice, Part II: A recovery-oriented treatment model for family therapists.
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Gehart, D. (in press). The core competencies in marriage and family therapy education: Practical aspects of transitioning to a learning-centered, outcome-based pedagogy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

McCullum, E., & Gehart, D. (in press). Using mindfulness to teach therapeutic presence: A qualitative outcome study of a mindfulness-based curriculum for teaching therapeutic presence to master’s level marriage and family therapy trainees.
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Gehart, D., & Pare, D. (2009). Suffering and the relationship with the problem in postmodern therapies: A Buddhist re-visioning.
Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 19, 299-319.

Gehart, D. (2007). Process-as-content: Teaching postmodern therapy in a university context.
Journal of Systemic Therapies, 26, 15-28.

Gehart, D., & McCollum, E. (2007). Engaging suffering: Towards a mindful re-visioning of marriage and family therapy practice. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 33, 214-226.

Gehart, D., & Lucas, B. (2007). Client advocacy in marriage and family therapy: A qualitative case study.
Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 18, 39-56.

Gehart, D., & McCollum, E. (2007). Engaging suffering: Towards a mindful re-visioning of family therapy practice. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Gehart, D. (2004). Buddhistische Philosophie und postmoderner Praxis: Achtsamkeit in der Therapie. (Mindfulness in therapy: Buddhist philosophy in postmodern practice). Zeitschrift für Systemische Therapie (Journal for Systemic Therapy), 22, 5-14.

Monk, G., & Gehart, D. R. (2003). Conversational partner or socio-political activist: Distinguishing the position of the therapist in collaborative and narrative therapies. Family Process, 42, 19-30.

Gehart, D. R., & Lyle, R. R. (2001). Client experience of gender in therapeutic relationships: An interpretive ethnography. Family Process, 40, 443-458.

Gehart, D. R., Ratliff, D. A., & Lyle, R. R. (2001). Qualitative research in family therapy: A substantive and methodological review. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27, 261-274.

Lyle, R. R., & Gehart, D. R. (2001). The narrative of ethics and the ethics of narrative: The implications of Ricoeur’s narrative model for family therapy. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 19(4), 73-89.

Tracz, S., Gehart, D., Kiyuna, R., & Lucas, S. (2001). Perspectives from principals on school-based counseling.
Education Leadership Review, 2(1), 23-31.

Gehart, D. R., & Morales, D. R. (2000). Reclaiming one’s voice: A narrative intervention for women who have been battered. Journal of Family Psychotherapy 11(3), 69-73.

Berger, V., & Gehart, D. R. (2000). Feelings Jenga: Facilitating family communication through play. Journal of Family Psychotherapy,11, 81-86.

Gehart, D. R., & Lyle, R. R. (1999). Client and therapist perspectives of change in collaborative language systems: An interpretive ethnography.
Journal of Systemic Therapy, 18 (4), 78-97.

Lyle, R. R., & Gehart, D. R. (1999). Postmodernism and divorce: Reflections on Gergen’s notion of the “Saturated Self” in relation to modern divorce. The Family Journal, 7, 245-252.

Tracz, S. M., & Gehart, D. R. (1999). The lifeline: Using art to illustrate history. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 10(3), 61-64.

Gehart, D. R., & Lyle, R. R. (1999). The family meeting: Normalizing therapy for divorced families. Journal of Family Psychotherapy,10(2), 77-82.

Gehart, D. R., & Lyle, R. R. (1998). What works in therapy: Clients’ perspectives. Family Therapy News, 29(6), 25 and 33.

Invited Articles and Chapters

Gehart, D., & McCollum, E. (2008). Teaching therapeutic presence: A mindfulness-based approach. In S. Hicks and T. Bien (Eds.) Mindfulness and the healing relationship (pp. 176-194). New York: Guilford.

Gehart, D. (2006). Creating space for children’s voices: A collaborative and playful approach to working with children and families. In H. Anderson & D. Gehart (Eds.)
Collaborative therapy: Conversations and relationships that make a difference. New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge.

Gehart, D., Tarragona, M., Bava, S. (2006). A collaborative approach to inquiry. In H. Anderson & D. Gehart (Eds.) C Collaborative therapy: Conversations and relationships that make a difference. New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge.

Gehart, D. (2004). We remember. In T. Nelson, J. Frykman, & G. Greenberg, Getting unstuck from life's calamities: Poems, stories, essays and illustrations. iUniverse.

Gehart, D. R. (1998). Starting with the familiar: Working with “difficult” clients. In T. S. Nelson & T. S. Trepper (Eds.) 101 More interventions in family therapy. New York: Hawthorn.