Olga Smoliak

Selected publications:
Smoliak, O., Dechamplain, B., Elliott, R., Rice, C., LeCouteur, A., Tseliou, E., & Davies, A. (2023). Partner empathy in couple therapy: A discovery-phase task analytic study. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000244
Smoliak, O., *Al-Ali, K., LeCouteur, A., Tseliou, E., Rice, C., LaMarre, A., Davies, A., *Uguccioni, B., *Stirling, L., *Dechamplain, B., & *Henshaw, S. (2023). The third shift: Addressing emotion work in couple therapy. Family Process. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12906
Elliott, R., Bohart, A., Larson, D., Muntigl, P., & Smoliak, O. (2023). Empathic reflection. In C. Hill & J. Norcross (Eds.), Psychotherapy skills and methods that work. Oxford University Press.
Lester, J., O’Reilly, M., Smoliak, O., Muntigl, P., & Tseliou, E. (2023). Soliciting children’s views on circular questioning in child mental health assessments. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 28(2), 554-566.
Smoliak, O., LaMarre, A., Rice, C., Tseliou, E., LeCouteur, A., *Myers, M., *Vesely, L., *Briscoe, C., *Addison, M., & *Velikonja, L. (2022). The politics of vulnerable masculinity in couple therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 48(2), 427-446.
Smoliak, O., Rice, C., LaMarre, A., Tseliou, E., LeCouteur, A., & Davies, A. (2022). Gendering of care and care inequalities in couple therapy. Family Process, 61(4), 1386-1402.
Smoliak, O., Rice, C., Knudson-Martin, C., *Briscoe, C., LeCouteur, A., LaMarre, A., Tseliou, E., *Velikonja, L., *Myers, M., *Addison, M., & *Vesely, L. (2022). Denials of responsibility in couple therapy. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, 21(4), 344-365.
Smoliak, O., MacMartin, C., Hepburn, A., Le Couteur, A., Elliott, R., & *Quinn‐Nilas, C. (2022). Authority in therapeutic interaction: A conversation analytic study. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 48(4), 961-981.
Smoliak, O., Couture, S., Gaete Silva, J., Rogers-de Jong, M., Sametband, I., & LaMarre, A. (2021). Exploring the practical potential of discursive research in family therapy. In M. O'Reilly & J. Lester (Eds.), Improving communication in mental health settings: Evidence-based recommendations from practitioner-led research (pp. 36-53). New York: Routledge.
LaMarre, A., Smoliak, O., Cool, C., Kinavey, H., & Hardt, L. (2019). The normal, improving, and productive self: Unpacking neoliberal governmentality in therapeutic interactions. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 32(3), 236-253.
Smoliak, O., & Strong, T. (Ed.). (2018). Therapy as discourse: Research and practice. London: Palgrave/MacMillan.
Gaete, J., Smoliak, O., Couture, S., & Strong, T. (2018). DSM diagnosis and social justice: Inviting counsellor reflexivity. In C. Audet & D. Paré (Eds.), Social justice and counseling: Discourse in practice. New York: Routledge.
Sutherland (Smoliak), O., LaMarre, A., Rice, C., Hardt, L., & LeCouteur, A. (2017). New sexism in couple therapy: A discursive analysis. Family Process, 56(3), 686–700.
Sutherland (Smoliak), O., LaMarre, A., Rice, C., Hardt, L., & Jeffrey, N. (2016). Gendered patterns of interaction: A Foucauldian discourse analysis of couple therapy. Contemporary Family Therapy, 38(4), 385-399.
Sutherland (Smoliak), O., Peräkylä, A., & Elliott, R. (2014). Conversation analysis of the two-chair self-soothing task. Psychotherapy Research, 24(6), 738-751.
Sutherland (Smoliak), O., & Strong, T. (2011). Therapeutic collaboration: A conversation analysis of constructionist therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 33, 256-278.
Sutherland (Smoliak), O. (2007). Therapist positioning and power in discursive therapies: A comparative analysis. Contemporary Family Therapy, 29, 193-209.
PhD (Counseling Psychology) - University of Calgary, 2008