Affiliation: Adelphi University
Email: researchberger@yahoo.com

Biography

Joel Weinberger is Professor at the Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, as well as a practicing clinical psychologist. As co-owner of Implicit Strategies, he conducts research for political campaigns, non-profits, and businesses. He completed Postdoctoral training in motivation at Harvard University. His research has been funded by NIH. He has published about 100 scholarly papers. He received the Ulf Kragh award, University of Lundh, Sweden, for his work on unconscious processes. He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association (Divisions 8, 12, 29, and 39) and the Association for Psychological Science and won the research award of Division 39 of the APA. His book “The Unconscious”, with Valentina Stoycheva, is the winner of the Book Prize Award of the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis. His TEDx talk summarizes some of his political work.

Selected Publications

Weinberger, J., Purcell, A., & Knafo, G.  (in press).  Affiliative motivation.  In O. Schultheiss & J. Pang (Eds.), Implicit motives.  New York:  Oxford University Press.

Weinberger, J., Chassman, E., & Delgado, B.  (in press).  Implicit motivation: Theory, research and clinical implications.  In O. Schultheiss & J. Pang (Eds.), Implicit motives.  New York:  Oxford University Press.

Weinberger, J., Brigante, M., & Nissen, K.  (2021).  Conscious intelligence is overrated:  The normative unconscious and hypnosis.  American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 64, 290-305.

Weinberger, J., & Stoycheva, V.  (2020).  The unconscious:  Science, theory, and therapy.  NY:  Guilford.

Weinberger, J.  (2014).  Common factors are not so common and specific factors are not so specified:  Toward an inclusive integration of psychotherapy research.  Psychotherapy, 51, 514-518.

Weinberger, J., Siegel, P., Siefert, C., & Drwal, J.  (2011).  What you cannot see can help you:  The effect of exposure to unreportable stimuli on approach behavior.  Consciousness and Cognition, 20, 173-180.

Weinberger, J., & Westen, D.  (2008).  RATS we should have used Clinton:  Subliminal priming in political campaigns.  Political Psychology, 29, 631-651.

Westen, D., & Weinberger, J.  (2005).  Clinical judgment in science.  American Psychologist, 60, 659-661.

Weinberger, J.  (2000).  William James and the unconscious: Redressing a century-old misunderstanding.  Psychological Science, 6, 439-445.

Weinberger, J., & Hardaway, R.  (1990).  Separating myth and reality in subliminal psychodynamic activation.  Clinical Psychology Review, 10, 727 756.

McClelland, D.C., Koestner, R.F., & Weinberger, J.  (1989).  How do self attributed and implicit motives differ?  Psychological Review, 96, 690-702.

Silverman, L.H., & Weinberger, J.  (1985).  Mommy and I are one:  Implications for psychotherapy.  American Psychologist, 40, 1296-1308.