A5091699081- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Child Therapy and Development
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Sex work and related issues
San Francisco VA Health Care System
2025
University of California, San Francisco
2025
University of Denver
2019-2023
Psychotherapy has historically focused on symptom reduction. However, there are calls for increasing our understanding of how psychotherapy impacts clients' flourishing. In this study, licensed mental health professionals and trainees across different clinical settings with diverse therapeutic orientations were interviewed about their perspectives the cultivation flourishing in psychotherapy, as well own personal experiences We interested therapists define flourishing, they integrate into...
The role of religion/spirituality (R/S) in the lives incarcerated individuals is complex. Inmates may draw on R/S as a coping strategy, way to place responsibility, or an approach creating meaning. importance using strategy can be amplified context correctional setting. While some attention has focused effectiveness faith-based services jails and prisons, very little emphasis been placed those constructs psychotherapy within context. Accordingly, this article explores application...
Sexual activity occurs among a large portion of young adults and adolescents, including high school students. While about 40% students nationwide have engaged in sexual intercourse, more information is needed how individual characteristics may relate to larger patterns adolescent behavior. This exploratory study utilized latent class analysis (LCA) identify clusters (N = 801) based on demographic characteristics, refusal skills, healthy relationship sociosexuality, internalizing symptoms,...
Relationship education programs (REPs) have substantial bodies of evidence that support their efficacy as community-based relationship interventions for many couples, including racial/ethnic minority (REM) couples and from low-income households. While studies the REPs, less is known about characteristics who experience worse functioning after these interventions. Accordingly, we examined whether pre-intervention factors would be associated with reported relational commitment...