Publications by Subject

• The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)
• Child Custody, Children and Divorce, and Parental Alienation Syndrome
• Psychotherapy
• Love and Object Relations
• Ethical Issues
• Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM)

Gordon, R.M.  (2007c) The Powerful Combination of the MMPI-2 and the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, Independent Practitioner, Spring Issue, 84-85.

Moyer, D.M., Gordon, R.M., Ward, J.T. & Burkhardt, B.B. (2006f) Characteristics of Successful Fakers Versus Unsuccessful Fakers: Is Empathy, Intelligence, or Personality Associated with Faking PTSD on the MMPI-2? Psychological Reports, 99, 747-750.

Gordon, R.M. (2006c) False Assumptions about Psychopathology, Hysteria and the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales. Psychological Reports, 98, 870-872.

Moyer, D., Burkhardt, B., Gordon, R.M., (2002) Faking PTSD from a Motor Vehicle Accident on the MMPI-2. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, Volume 20, Issue 2, 2002

Gordon, R.M. (2001) MMPI/MMPI-2 Changes in Long-Term Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Issues in Psychoanalytic Psychology, 23, (1 and 2), 59-79.

Gordon, R.M., Stoffey, R., & Bottinelli, J. (2008, in press) MMPI-2 Findings of Primitive Defenses in Alienating Parents, The American Journal of Family Therapy

Gordon, R.M. (2005a) The Doom and Gloom of Divorce Research:  Comment on Wallerstein and Lewis (2004).  Psychoanalytic Psychology, 22, 3, 450-451.

Gordon, R.M. (1998) The Medea Complex and the Parental Alienation Syndrome: When Mothers Damage Their Daughter’s Ability to Love a Man The Mother-Daughter Relationship Echoes Through Time.  Ed. by Gerd H. Fenchel.  Jason Aronson Inc. Northvale, New Jersey. Updated and rewritten in  Gordon, R.M.  (2008a) An Expert Look at Love, Intimacy and Personal Growth. Second edition. IAPT Press, Allentown, Pa. (Chapter 5  Medea and Parental Alienation)

Gordon, R.M. (2007b) I Love You Madly! Workbook: Insight Enhancement about Healthy and    Disturbed Love Relations.  IAPT Press, Allentown, Pa.

Gordon, R.M. (2007a) To Wit or Not to Wit: The Use of Humor in Psychotherapy, Pennsylvania Psychologist, 67, 3, 22-24. 

Gordon, R.M. (2001) MMPI/MMPI-2 Changes in Long-Term Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Issues in Psychoanalytic Psychology, 23, (1 and 2), 59-79.

Gordon, R.M. (2003a) Towards a Theoretically Individuated and Integrated Family Therapist.  Psychotherapy, Vol. 1, Moscow, Russia 8-4, January Issue (English translation). Updated and rewritten in  Gordon, R.M.  (2008a) An Expert Look at Love, Intimacy and Personal Growth. Second edition. IAPT Press, Allentown, Pa. (Chapter 9 Integrating Theories)

Gordon, R.M. (1997) Handling Transference and Countertransference Issues with the Difficult   Patient, The Pennsylvania Psychologist Quarterly, February 1997 Also reprinted in The Independent Practitioner, Summer 1998, 18, 3, 147-149

Gordon, R.M. (1982) Systems-object relations view of marital therapy:  Revenge and reraising. Eds., Wolberg, L.R.; Aronson, M., Brunner-Mazel.  Group and Family Therapy.

Gordon, R.M. (1976) Effects of volunteering and responsibility on the perceived value and effectiveness of a clinical treatment.  Journal of Consulting and  Clinical Psychology, 44, 799-801.

Gordon, R.M. (2007b) I Love You Madly! Workbook: Insight Enhancement about Healthy and    Disturbed Love Relations.  IAPT Press, Allentown, Pa.

Gordon, R.M. (2006g) Psychoanalytic Reflections on Love and Sexuality: Book Review, in  Issues in Psychoanalytic Psychology,28, 2, 85-89.

Gordon, R.M. (2006e) What Is Love? A Unified Model of Love Relations, Issues In  Psychoanalytic Psychology, 28,1,25-33.

Gordon, R.M.  (2008a) An Expert Look at Love, Intimacy and Personal Growth. Second edition. IAPT Press, Allentown, Pa.

Gordon, R.M. (2008b) I Love You Madly! On Passion, Personality and Personal Growth. Second edition. IAPT Press. Allentown, Pa.

Gordon, R.M. (1982) Systems-object relations view of marital therapy:  Revenge and reraising. Eds., Wolberg, L.R.; Aronson, M., Brunner-Mazel.  Group and Family Therapy.

Gordon, R.M., (2007d) PDM Valuable in Identifying High-Risk Patients. The National Psychologist, 16, 6, November/December, page 4.

Gordon, R.M. (2006a) The APA Ethics Code as a Projective Test. Psychologist-Psychoanalyst,  XXVI, 1, 67-68.

Gordon, R.M. (2005b) The Ethics of Supervising a Family Member. The Pennsylvania Psychologist, September Issue, 5-6.

Gordon, R.M. (2003b) The Countertransference Controversy. The Pennsylvania Psychologist,

Gordon, R.M. (2000) Boundary: Protection, Limits and Safety. The PennsylvaniaPsychologist, June 2000

Gordon, R.M. (1997) Handling Transference and Countertransference Issues with the Difficult   Patient, The Pennsylvania Psychologist Quarterly, February 1997 Also reprinted in The Independent Practitioner, Summer 1998, 18, 3, 147-149

Gordon, R.M. (1995) The Symbolic Nature of the Supervisory Relationship:  Identification and Professional Growth,  Issues In Psychoanalytic Psychology.  17, 2, 154-162.

Gordon, R.M. (1993) Ethics Based on Protection of the Transference, Issues In Psychoanalytic Psychology, 15, 2, 95 -105.

Gordon, R.M. (2008a) Early reactions to the PDM by Psychodynamic, CBT and Other psychologists. Psychologist-Psychoanalyst, XXVI, 1, Winter, p.13.

Gordon, R.M. (in press). The Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM). In I. Weiner and E. Craighead, eds. fourth edition of Corsini’s Encyclopedia of Psychology, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ.

Gordon, R.M., (2007d) PDM Valuable in Identifying High-Risk Patients. The National Psychologist, 16, 6, November/December, page 4.

Gordon, R.M. (2007c) The Powerful Combination of the MMPI-2 and the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, Independent Practitioner, Spring Issue, 84-85.