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COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGYNEWSLETTERFall 2014Program NewsThe Cleveland State University APA Accredited CounselingPsychology Doctoral Program is pleased to celebrate the manyrecognitions, awards, scholarships, presentations, andpublications of its faculty and students. Furthermore, we wantto welcome our incoming Cohort, as well as congratulate recentgraduates of our APA accredited program!Questions related to the program’s accreditation status shouldbe directed to the APA Commission on Accreditation:Office of Program Consultation and AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002Phone: 202.336.5979/Email: apaaccred@apa.orgWeb: www.apa.org/ed/accreditationInside Message from TrainingDirectorsNew CohortMeet the FacultyCurrent StudentsDissertations DefendedResearch TeamsGrant Funded ResearchStudent ScholarshipNEOMED-CSU PartnershipUrban Education DoctoralStudent OrganizationInternship ApplicationReflectionInternational StudentAllianceInternship ExperienceStudent Gratitude—Dr. Welfel’s RetirementPerspectives onConference ParticipationGreat Lakes RegionalCounseling PsychologyConferenceStudent Affiliates ofSeventeenPresentations andPublicationsSee our website for more recent news andupcoming psychology1
Message from the Training DirectorsDr. Donna SchultheissDr. Julia PhillipsAs Co-Directors of Training, we are very pleased to welcome all of you back to Fall Semester 2014,especially our new cohort of four students, Stephanie Garcia, Anil Lalwani, Sara Nardone, and EricaWiley, and our new Visiting Assistant Professor, Dr. Stephanie Judson.We are thrilled to announce that the APA Commission on Accreditation recently awarded ClevelandState University’s Counseling Psychology doctoral program seven additional years of accreditation!This accomplishment is one that everyone contributes to, including students, faculty and supportstaff. We are grateful to all of you for your efforts. Additional good news includes the 100% matchrate during the APPIC match process for our six internship applicants, the graduation of fourstudents from the program this past summer, and the licensure of four graduates in the past year!In addition to the site visit by APA, it was a busy and productive year for students and faculty. Asthe host institution for the Student Affiliates of Seventeen (SAS), the organization began to work onstated goals in the first of a 3-year term. The work of SAS as an organization brings CSU into thenational spotlight and thus far, it has shined. Cleveland State and SAS co-hosted the 2014 GreatLakes Regional Counseling Psychology Conference in April with feedback from long time attendeesbeing very positive. Many students, faculty, and staff from across campus contributed to thissuccess. It was the first time in the conference’s history that technology was integrated into theconference and keynote addresses and panel presentations were broadcast live as webinars andarchived. If you missed the conference, view these presentations lakes/2014/Webinars/Finally, be sure to be on the lookout for the calls for programs for the Educational ResearchExchange, to be held here at CSU on April 3rd, and for the 2015 Great Lakes Conference to be heldat Ball State University. Both of these conferences are excellent opportunities for you to present andnetwork with students and faculty from other counseling psychology doctoral programs. We wishyou a great academic year!2
Welcome to Our New StudentsThe Counseling Psychology Program at CSU is pleased to welcome four newstudents into our program, as part of Cohort XXVIIIAnil Lalwani is an international student from India. He completed hisundergraduate studies in Clinical Psychology at the Maharaja SayajiraoUniversity of Baroda where he had the fortune of conducting researchwith Tibetan refugees, get a book chapter published on TranspersonalHypnotherapy, and gained supervised practicum experience at anoutpatient psychiatric clinic serving a local community population. Healso provided leadership and administrative support to a student-runnonprofit committed to psychosocial rehabilitation projects. Anil firstcame to the United States to pursue a master’s degree in ClinicalBehavioral Psychology at Eastern Michigan University, and graduated in2013. At EMU, he had practicum experiences at an outpatient communityclinic working with adult individuals and groups. He also worked withstudent groups in the roles of Teaching Instructor and Graduate HallDirector. In the doctoral program, he plans to gain knowledge onmulticultural issues, with a specific focus on experiences of gender andsexual orientation, within the context of migration and acculturation.Erica Wiley completed her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from theUniversity of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, with a specialization in Business.She assisted in multiple research projects including her own honors thesison disordered eating in college students. She earned her Master of Artsfrom Towson University in Counseling Psychology in 2014. Her master'sthesis was completed from a positive psychology frameworkinvestigating the effects of self-compassion and ethnic identity onpositive body image in adult women. At Towson University, herpracticum and internship experiences were at Career Services forStevenson University, where she helped college students identifystrengths, values, and personality characteristics. Currently, she isinvolved in research on women's issues, career development, and worklife integration, as well as working in the Cleveland State UniversityCounseling Center.3
Welcome to Our New StudentsThe Counseling Psychology Program at CSU is pleased to welcome four newstudents into our program, as part of Cohort XXVIIISara Nardone is originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania. She completed herBachelor of Science with a major in Psychology and minor in Counseling andHuman Services from The University of Scranton. She continued her studies atThe University of Scranton and earned her Master of Science in CommunityCounseling. Sara worked as a therapist at Lourdesmont Good Shepard, whichis a high school partial program for teenagers involved with the JuvenileJustice System. At Cleveland State University, she is interested in workingwith juvenile delinquency populations with a focus on prevention and skillstraining programs in the classroom. She is excited to begin the doctoralprogram at Cleveland State and looks forward to this new chapter in her life.Stephanie Garcia obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from theUniversity of Maryland at College Park, where she worked as a researchassistant dedicated to racial biases in group settings. Stephanie went on toobtain her Master of Arts at Cleveland State University in Clinical Psychology,and assisted with research for a classroom focused intervention forundergraduates. For her practicum experience, she worked at the CuyahogaCounty Court of Common Pleas within the Juvenile Division. While working inthe court system, she conducted research on adjudicated youth and administeredintelligence and personality assessments. After graduating from Cleveland StateUniversity, Stephanie worked as a case manager for Cuyahoga County in theWork Experience Program. Here she assisted individuals receiving cashassistance, providing them with work experience, counseling, and vocationalguidance. During her doctoral studies, she is interested in continuing to focus oncareer development with low socioeconomic status young adults.4
Meet Our FacultyDr. Donna Schultheiss is currently a Professor and Co-Director ofTraining in Counseling Psychology. Dr. Schultheiss is also serving as theFaculty Advisor to Student Affiliates of Seventeen (SAS) of APA Division17. She earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University atAlbany, State University of New York. Dr. Schultheiss was recentlyawarded the John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Careerand Personality Research by Division 17 of APA, and the award for theMost Outstanding Research Contribution to Career Development Quarterlyby NCDA. She is a Fellow of APA Division 17 (Society of CounselingPsychology), and has served as Chair of the Society for VocationalPsychology (Section of Division 17 of APA). Dr. Schultheiss currentlyserves on the editorial boards of Journal of Counseling Psychology andJournal of Vocational Behavior. Her research interests include the interfaceof work and relationships, international issues in vocational psychology,women's work, and childhood career development.Dr. Graham Stead is Director of the Ph.D. in Urban Education program in theCollege of Education and Human Services. He is licensed as a CounselingPsychologist and as a Research Psychologist with the Health ProfessionsCouncil of South Africa. He has co-authored two editions of a research bookand one statistics book, and co-edited two editions of a career psychology book.In addition, he has published 24 book chapters, 45 articles, and presented atmany conferences in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, and South Africa. Hisfield of interest is career psychology with special interests in socialconstructionism, discourse analysis, critical psychology, childhood careerdevelopment, culture, psychometrics (instrument development), andmeta-analysis. Dr. Stead is also a consulting editor for the Journal of CareerDevelopment, the International Journal for Educational and VocationalGuidance, and the Journal of Psychology in Africa, and has served on theeditorial boards of The Career Development Quarterly and the Journal ofOccupational and Organizational Psychology. His extra-mural interests aremusic and photography.Dr. Justin Perry is a faculty member in Counseling Psychology and CounselorEducation, and serves as the Director of the Center for Urban Education. Dr.Perry's research is concerned with the intersections between urban education,career development, and multicultural issues in mental health. His areas ofexpertise focus on the practical, policy-relevant applications of college and careerreadiness, the school-to-work transition, school dropout prevention, high schoolgraduation, and diverse pathways for post-secondary education and trainingpositive youth development, child clinical psychology, child psychotherapy,educational evaluations, and intervention research. As Director of the Center, he isinvested in conducting interdisciplinary research. Dr. Perry is a licensedpsychologist in the state of Ohio. He serves on the Board of Directors atEsperanza, Inc.5
Meet Our FacultyDr. Julia C. Phillips is an Associate Professor in CASAL and Co-TrainingDirector. Dr. Phillips graduated from an APA-accredited doctoral program inCounseling Psychology at The Ohio State University in 1992 after completing anAPA-accredited internship at the Counseling Center at Michigan State University.She is a psychologist, licensed in the State of Ohio, with an employment historyincluding 21 years as a practicing psychologist in university counseling centers.Additionally, she was extensively involved in supervision and training during thistime, including 10 years as the training director of an APA-accredited internship.Dr. Phillips has research and scholarship interests in the areas of diversity, training,and professional issues. She has published 18 articles in peer reviewed journals andthree book chapters. Her scholarship on training, diversity, and professional issues hasbeen published in journals such as The Counseling Psychologist, Psychology ofWomen Quarterly, and Ethics and Behavior and in edited books including theHandbook of Counseling with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients. Dr. Phillips has a history of professionalservice and leadership and was the 2013 and 2014 Co-Chair of the Division 17 Leadership Academy and the2012-2014 Program Chair for the Division 17 Section on LGBT Issues. She is a Fellow of the AmericanPsychological Association (Division 17; Society of Counseling Psychology) and received the OutstandingTraining Director Award from the Supervision and Training Section of Division 17 in 2013.Dr. Stephanie Judson is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the CASAL program anda Clevelander, despite recently living in Eugene, Oregon and Akron, Ohio. Shegraduated with her doctorate in counseling psychology from The University ofAkron and is really excited to work with counseling graduate students at ClevelandState! Her research interests include feminist topics such as gendermicroaggressions, but she enjoys research on the impact of gender roles broadly aswell. More importantly, she enjoys Ohio weather, dogs, ice cream, and coffee.Current Counseling Psychology StudentsNatale BadilloMegan McGinty-BaeslachMichelle Ba rronLindsey BisgroveHeather BonnettIrina BransteterBryan ConradAdam CusnerBrittan DavisDan O’DonnellBrian FittsHolly GageRadinka JurosevicBasak Khamush K a carJason LawrenceRobin LeichtmanIva LjubicKelly MartincinLela PickettSneha PitreAshley PoklarAshley OliverKeelan QuinnEric WallaceTiffany Williams6
Dissertations DefendedPlease join us in congratulating the following students who defended their dissertationsduring the past academic year!Robert B. Clapp, Jr.Title: Demographic variables and intelligence test scores in disability applicants.Date defended: April, 2014Yvona L.PabianTitle: Impacts of substance abuse counseling, training, and support on psychologists’ attitudes related tosubstance abuse counseling practices.Date defended: April, 2014Chivonna Y. ChildsTitle: The reliability and validity of the spiritual wellness inventory.Date defended: August, 2014Sarah Michalos RispintoTitle: Treatment outcomes of patients with low back pain treated in a pain rehabilitation programDate defended: June, 2014Robin LeichtmanTitle: Men making meaning of eating disorders: A qualitative studyDate defended: June, 2014Research TeamsMeta-analysis of Absenteeism and Research focusing on Urbanthe Five Factor ModelYouthDr. Graham SteadAshley OliverContent analysis ofUnemployment and MentalHealthDr. Graham SteadLi-Ching LinLinda MunkaKelly MartincinKeelan QuinnDr. Justin PerryNatale BadilloAdam CusnerStephanie GarciaSara NardoneLela PickettAshley PoklarWork and Family IntegrationDr. Donna SchultheissBrittan DavisRadinka JurosevicAshley OliverSneha PitreErica WileyGender Issues/LGBT IssuesDr. Julia PhillipsLindsey BisgroveBrittan DavisBrian FittsRada JurosevicAnil Lalwani and Tiffany Williams7
Grants Since August 2013Dr. Justin PerryFunding Amount: 1.5 millionChina Visit along with colleagues,Summer 2014Since last year’s newsletter, Dr.Perry has served on five newexternal grants recently awarded,totaling to approximately 1.5million, funded by the NationalInstitutes of Health, Ohio Department of Education, and Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. The purposes ofthese grants are diverse and involve multiple partners in K-12 and higher education. They include a digitalliteracy intervention in partnership with John Carroll University and Cleveland Heights-University Heights CitySchools, differentiated instruction and social action research at Campus International School, planning for aregional superintendents’ forum in Ohio, a university-based STEM H pipeline program delivered at CSU, andanother STEM H pipeline intervention at the college level designed to increase the percentage ofunder-represented minorities in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Dr. Perry continues to collaborate withpartners and stakeholders in the P-20 urban community on a wide range of active grants, including projectsfunded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, The Cleveland Foundation, and St.Luke’s Foundation.Student ScholarshipJason Lawrence, a third year doctoral student, was selected to receive the Air Force Health ProfessionsScholarship Program (HPSP). After the three stage selection process which started in Summer 2013, Jason wascommissioned as a second lieutenant in February 2014. This highly competitive scholarship was only awardedto 20 psychology students nationwide, and Jason is the first student to receive the scholarship at ClevelandState University! The HPSP provides students in the medical professions with full funding for academicexpenses, as well as a monthly stipend for living expenses for the last three years of their graduate studies. Inreturn, students who receive the HPSP have a minimum contract of three years as an active duty medicalofficer. Jason hopes to be placed at one of the Air Force's APA accredited internship sites and looks forward tohaving a long and rewarding career as a military psychologist.8
NEOMED-CSU Partnership ExperienceTiffany Williams, Iva Ljubic, and Brittan DavisLast year, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) established apartnership with Cleveland State University’s (CSU) Counseling Psychologyprogram. This partnership provided advanced Counseling Psychologydoctoral students the opportunity to serve as adjunct faculty to first andsecond year medical students. This academic year we are pleased to beprovided with the same opportunity to continue to foster the partnership withNEOMED students. As instructors for the Foundations of Clinical MedicineTiffany Williamscourse, CSU Counseling Psychology doctoral students will share theirknowledge and expertise in clinical interviewing skills with NEOMEDmedical students. As a part of the two-semester sequence, NEOMED medical students will practice, record,and receive feedback on their progress in developing clinical interviewing skills.NEOMED’s philosophy asserts that the heart of great medical care lies within the mutual respect andunderstanding that comes along with the patient-physician relationship. As such, at NEOMED, greatemphasis is placed on communication skills, medical interviewing, and the patient-physician relationship, asit is believed that such emphasis will safeguard against occupational hazards of depersonalization in the lifeof a physician. Essentially, the main path to building a trustworthy relationship is by fostering quality rapportthrough non-verbal and verbal empathic communication, which is very relevant to Counseling Psychology.During each three-hour seminar, medical students are expected to practice their clinical interviewing skills,and their skills will be assessed at the NEOMED campus at the end of the year. Additionally, the medicalstudents will review their videotaped interviews and offer feedback to each other about the interview skillsobserved. During this process, students are expected to offer (and accept) constructive feedback on specificinterviewing skills (e.g. attending, initiating with open-ended questions, conveying empathy, ending theinterview, and time management). CSU Counseling Psychology doctoral student instructors will offeradditional feedback about the skills they observed during the seminar. The seminars occur in a small,intimate, interactive, and comfortable group atmosphere, consisting of about six medical students. The hopeis that such an environment will be conducive to learning and experiencing medical interviewing (as both aphysician and as a patient) to become effective, empathic, and successful medical interviewers.As advanced Counseling Psychology doctoral students, we are excited about this new adventure and areappreciative of the opportunity to not only collaborate with those in the field of medicine, but for theopportunity to teach and evaluate first-year medical students. New trends, such as integrative medicine,underscore the importance of collaboration among different fields of science. Consistent with theinterdisciplinary perspective of our doctoral program, we believe a better, stronger integration amongsciences and evidence-based practices will lead to a more holistic understanding of human betterment, whichwill lead to healthier generations.9 page
Behavioral Psychology at Eastern Michigan University, and graduated in 2013. At EMU, he had practicum experiences at an outpatient community clinic working with adult individuals and groups. He also worked with student groups in the
