David Feldman
Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology
David Feldman was born in Cincinnati and raised in Dayton, Ohio. He received his B.A. in psychology from DePauw University, through which he had the opportunity to spend several months studying in Spain, one of the most rewarding times in his life. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas, and completed an internship and postdoctoral fellowship in the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. His interests include positive psychology, health psychology, posttraumatic stress, and cognitive-behavioral therapy. The central question that inspires his research and clinical work is: How do people facing considerable adversity maintain a sense that life is meaningful? His research concerns ways in which coping is influenced by positive-psychology constructs such as hopeful thinking, meaning-making and posttraumatic growth, as well as the development of therapeutic interventions based on such constructs. He is particularly interested in exploring those phenomena in patients confronting medical stressors such as spinal cord injury, cancer, congestive heart failure, and other chronic and/or terminal conditions. He has published widely and presented work at national and international conferences. In his leisure time, Feldman enjoys photography, cooking, cozy coffee shops, running by the ocean, spending time with good friends, and watching Mexican soap operas.
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