- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Music Therapy and Health
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Family Support in Illness
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Digital Games and Media
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Virginia Tech
2023-2025
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2012-2022
Youth & Family Services
2005-2016
Buckinghamshire New University
2014
Texas Tech University
2005
There is mounting evidence that telemental health an effective delivery method for treating a variety of mental, emotional, behavioral, and relational problems. While many the therapeutic skills leading to effectiveness face‐to‐face treatments are transferable, requires unique skills. The purpose this phenomenological study was determine experience learning how use videoconferencing deliver relationally focused mental care. Participants included 10 graduates COAMFTE‐accredited master's...
People living in rural areas are often faced with multiple, complex, and seemingly insurmountable barriers to receiving appropriate treatment for mental health problems. Some of the identified research literature include inaccessibility providers, stigma, limited resources community. Despite existing data regarding patients their families, little is known about lived, personal experiences. For this reason, purpose study was determine experience family members who dealing illness communities....
Branding is now widely used by higher education (HE) institutions, yet questions still surround the transference of private sector concepts to a university context. This article reports on findings from studies that investigated brand promises four UK universities – one each HE 'mission groups'. The evidence indicated that, contrary existing published presumptions, there considerable potential for application branding in HE, but differing and nuanced ways. Clear themes emerged across cases...
Nurse rounds have long been an established practice in clinical settings, resulting improved patient care through accurate assessment, evaluation, and communication. This has also shown to create seamless patient-centered among the medical team, patient, their family members. While nurse are important component of care, school nurses not adopted this practice. Rather, utilize School Practice Framework. Framework guides promoting student health academic success a safe environment. provides...
Background: Literature suggests a link between maternal mental health and adverse child developmental outcomes. However, we do not know to what extent this is true in low middle-income settings, most studies explore longitudinally since birth.Objective: We aimed assess the association early development outcomes southern Brazil.Methods: studied 992 mother-child pairs birth cohort from 2019 2022. used standardised instruments depression, anxiety, distress at different time points during...
Despite the growing numbers of Muslims in United States, there is a scarcity research dealing with mental health practitioners working Muslim families. This lack may leave clinicians unprepared to adequately help patients and families faced discrimination misunderstanding, which inadvertently lead perpetuation biases therapy. Therefore, purpose this paper (a) provide foundational information regarding Islamic faith values traditional (b) culturally sensitive guidelines for clinical practice.
The absence of a translated and validated instrument for measuring marital satisfaction in Brazil, the largest country South America fifth most populous world, is significant barrier research mental health service delivery. purpose this study was to translate validate scale into Portuguese that would have both empirical credibility cultural relevance Brazil. A six‐step serial approach used simultaneously culturally Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS). (RDAS‐P) demonstrated good...
Several major policy reports describe the central role of primary care in improving delivery behavioral health services to children and adolescents. Although providers are uniquely positioned provide these services, numerous obstacles hinder integration including time, clinic management organization issues, training, resources. many have been described literature, few studies investigated issues from first-person perspective front-line providers. The purpose this study, therefore, is an...
Supervision has long been considered essential to developing effective mental health practice, especially among COAMFTE accredited training programs. But with telemental rapidly being accepted as a standard treatment medium for couple and family therapy, there is little guidance about how supervise clinicians who are engaged in practice. This paper presents an important step toward increasing the effectiveness of supervision therapists delivering relational therapies online through...
Clinical members of AAMFT were solicited by means a randomized multi-staged clustering technique to identify their attitudes and beliefs regarding psychotropic drugs. All participants blind the overall purpose study (n = 322) directed read clinical vignette then what course action they would take with client. They asked complete small questionnaire Results showed that 35.7% clinicians identified medication referral as viable treatment option might pursue client meeting criteria for major...
The objective of this phenomenological study was to develop an understanding family needs following the suicide a teenager. Six parent units living in Midwest who lost teenager were interviewed. Participants indicated several key themes that describe parent's These organized into 6 main categories: (a) support by listening and responding, (b) from another survivor, (c) finding direction, (d) when viewing deceased teen, (e) remembering (f) parents giving back community.
The purpose of the study was to identify skills that mental health practitioners need for successful collaborative practice in medical settings. Known experts field care completed a survey designed elicit their suggestions about what is needed practice. Through qualitative analysis, set 56 developed. These are organized into three general categories competency: (a) working setting; (b) with patients; and (c) collaborating healthcare providers.
Despite the steady increase of Muslims in America, there is a scarcity research for mental health professionals who wish to work with Muslim couples. The goal this article provide therapists common features marriages and how they are influenced by religious social context, clinical implications couples therapy interventions being discussed.
Rural proofing ensures that policies, practice guidelines, strategies, and techniques can be applied to rural populations with approximately equal benefit as what would obtained in urban areas. Extending this concept internationally, the authors argue importance of global mental health strategies developed well-resourced, high-income areas order determine their appropriateness have resource poverty such middle- low-income countries. An example is used illustrate both proofing. Through...
A growing body of literature indicates that evidence-based behavioral health practices and programs are not being implemented into clinical settings effectively. As a result, many adolescents living with problem receiving the quality services they need. This feasibility study addressed this science-to-service gap through implementation an adolescent screening, assessment, brief intervention protocol in five distinct primary care settings. case documents authors' experiences utilizing Fixsen,...
Purpose: To construct explanatory models of postpartum depressive symptomatology (PPDS) from the perspective rural women and to compare these traditional medical model.Sample: Purposive sample 20 one Midwestern state who self-identified as having had PPDS in past year.Methods: This qualitative descriptive study was informed by Kleinman's (1980) model illness used a semi-structured interview guide. Telephone interviews were audio-recorded transcribed verbatim. Data analysis included content...
Telemental health is a ubiquitous form of treatment that has been around for over half-century, but there remains minimal research on videoconferencing and relational therapy. The purpose this qualitative study to identify how telemental therapists would implement experiential interventions children, couples, families. Twelve trainees (n = 12) participated in yearlong practicum were prompted three understand students adapt delivery. Intervention prompts included couple de-escalation, family...
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how newly married couples construct and reconstruct commitment through events in courtship early marriage. Fifteen couples, 30 participants, were interviewed individually. Through the use grounded theory six different themes (friendship, gradual process, positive examples, negative planning for future, words affirmation) emerged construction, origination, communication commitment. results have specific implications theory, research,...
Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar a relação entre satisfação conjugal e depressão pós-parto o impacto destas variáveis nos níveis de futuros, em uma amostra brasileira. Estudos revelam que conflito é um antecedente importante no desenvolvimento da influencia significativamente conjugal. Métodos: Este estudo longitudinal com 99 mulheres brasileiras utilizou análises regressão múltipla para associação depressão. A sintomatologia depressiva avaliada pelo instrumento...
Abstract Participatory methods contribute to scientific rigor by highlighting the contextual needs, especially of underrepresented populations, making them protagonists in process social change. This article aims present application a participatory research method, called Community-Based Research (CBPR), context vulnerability southern Brazil. It seeks discuss challenges and strengths which provides ecological validity for development public policies appropriate context, while empowering...