Faculty News
Jeffrey BaerwaldJeffrey Baerwald, S.J., Ph.D. Published ResearchJeffrey Baerwald, S.J., Counseling Psychology, has published his research "Cognitive mediational deficits and the role of coping styles in pedophile and ephebophile Roman Catholic clergy" in Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64, 1-16. 
David FeldmanDavid Feldman, Ph.D. Coauthor of End of Life Handbook"The journey of writing this book began two years ago as we both noticed a need for a book written for families facing the serious illness of a loved one. In short, the families of our patients frequently expressed a desire to understand more fully what their loved ones were going through and how best to help. Medical providers, for their part, often observed that family misunderstandings presented barriers to patients getting the best care possible. It was this set of circumstances that let us to write"...David Feldman, Ph.D. coauthor. 
Dale LarsonDale Larson Ph.D. PresentsGeorge Bonanno's new book, The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss, is being heralded as the definitive scientific statement on bereavement-related research. Unfortunately, the book fails to live up to this advance praise, especially in its treatment of grief counseling. Bonanno's view is that grief counseling "has...proved to be not only notoriously ineffective but sometimes even harmful" (p. 105). Later in the same paragraph he again raises the specter of harmful effects, this time citing a 2007 article by Lilienfeld in Perspectives on Psychological Science. But what evidence from the new science does Bonanno marshall to support this negative, almost damning view of grief counseling? 
Lucila Ramos-SánchezLucila Ramos-Sánchez, Ph.D. Publishes in Journal of Multicultural Counseling and DevelopmentCounseling Psychology, co-authored an article in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of Counseling & Development titled “The Relationships Between Mexican American Acculturation, Cultural Values, Gender, and Help-Seeking Intentions.” She published “The Relationship between Masculinity, Asian Values, Acculturation and Depression of Filipino-American Men,” in Family Therapy Vol. 33 No.3, 139-155. The study was completed and published with former graduate students in the Counseling Psychology program, Gerald Gonzales, Kimberly Tran, and Brad Roeder. She also published “Language Switching and Mexican Americans’ Emotional Expression” in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. 
Jerry ShapiroJerry Shapiro, Ph.D. Achieves Fellow StatusElected to Fellow status, American Psychological Association, Division 43, Family Psychology, August 16, 2008. The American Psychological Association describes Fellow status as “an honor bestowed upon APA Members who have shown evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in the field of psychology” and whose work “has had a national impact on the field of psychology.” 
Shauna ShapiroShauna Shapiro, Ph.D. received Tenure and promoted to Associate ProfessorShauna Shapiro received Tenure and has been promoted to Associate Professor. She has three peer-reviewed papers in press: Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for the Treatment of Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatients: A Randomized Clinical Trial for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; Mindfulness Meditation and CBT for Insomnia: A Naturalistic 12-Month Follow-up for The Journal of Science and Healing; and Cultivating Mindfulness: Effects on Well-Being for the Journal of Clinical Psychology. |
