Articles
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Kelley, D. & Cradock O’Leary, J. (2026). A Summary of “Breaking the Silence”: a recently published case study using Therapeutic Assessment to treat trauma and shame. The TA Connection: Resources for Therapeutic Assessment Professionals, 14 (1), 31-34.
Cradock O’Leary, J., Turret, J., Kelley, D., & Grossman, S. (2025). Avoidance as a signpost of shame: How easily dismissed details guide assessors toward the shame no one wants to acknowledge. The TA Connection: Resources for Therapeutic Assessment Professionals, 13 (1), 20-29.
Cradock O’Leary, J. (2022). Test review: Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS). The Bulletin: International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods, 32 (1), 27-28.
Cradock O’Leary, J. (2021). “Mining for shame” with the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame. Colorado Assessment Society Newsletter, 1 (2), 7-8.
Kelley, D., Cradock O’Leary, J., Aschieri, F., & Finn, S. E. (2026). Breaking the Silence: Using Therapeutic Assessment to Give Voice to Shame and Trauma. A Single-Case Repeated-Measures Design. Journal of Personality Assessment, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2026.2649229
Cradock O’Leary, J., Finn, S. E., & Nakamura, N. (2020). The Thurston Cradock Test of Shame as a Crucial “Empathy Magnifier;” A Therapeutic Assessment of a Teenager and Her Parents. Rorschachiana, 41, 144-161. https://www.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000128
Cradock O’Leary, J., Kelley, D., & Parrish, C. (2020). From Swallowing to Savoring Emotions: A Therapeutic Assessment Case using the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame as an Assessment Intervention. Rorschachiana, 41, 181-199. https://www.doi.org/10.1027/1192-5604/a000130
Cradock O’Leary, J. (2017). Using the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame to uncover shame dynamics in therapy and assessment. The TA Connection: Resources for Therapeutic Assessment Professionals, 5, 4-8.