New England Clinical Mental Health Counseling faculty, Dr. Devona Stalnaker-Shofner (Associate Chair) and Dr. Cathy Lounsbury (Chair), along with students Ryan Roberts, Sadie Collagan, and Sean Keck authored an article “Perceived Stress…
Movement and Magic: The Limitless Impact of Dance Movement Therapy
Tomoyo Kawano distinctly remembers a participant in one of her dance/movement therapy sessions: an older woman with a diagnosis of mental health concerns as well as dementia. Doctors at the…
Psychology, Trauma, and Dreamwork
Alicia MacDougall has been interested in how the human mind works—why different people approach similar situations in a variety of ways, how relationships form, the content and meaning behind our…
Stephanie Molina ‘07
Stephanie Molina ‘07 (Santa Barbara, MACP) is the program director for employee assistance at Cottage Hospital. She has recently joined the New House Santa Barbara Board of Directors. Read more…
To Have Just Classrooms, We Must Decolonize and Reimagine Our Disciplines
For this episode we talk with two members of the Social Justice Pedagogy Committee in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, Cathy Lounsbury and Syntia Santos Dietz, about the insights they have gained from starting this process, why engaging in these kinds of dialogues is so important, and how others might undertake similar work.
Hayley Quinn: Leading Innovation in Mental Healthcare for an Evolving Society
As the digital continues to take over corners of our lives we never imagined would include screen time—think QR code restaurant menus and virtual exercise classes—these changes can feel overwhelming….
How Affirmation Helps Queer Youth Thrive Despite Ongoing Discrimination
As Pride Month comes to an end, we discuss the continued need for LGBTQ+ activism, the challenges facing youth today, and ways to radicalize pride in the fight for social justice with Cynthia Ruffin, the director of COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling. As director of this free therapy service, Cynthia has great insight into how these young people continue to experience discrimination and trauma in our country, and she urges us to find new ways to show up for the LGBTQ+ community.
A Post-Mudslide Career Change Leads to Joy
Sometimes the things that cause us to change our lives are as small as a poem or a nagging thought. For other people—for instance, Jennifer Rapp, a recent graduate of…
Dr. Brian Zuzelo to Speak at PsyD’s June Colloquium
The PsyD in Clinical Psychology program in New England is honored to announce Dr. Brian Zuzelo as the guest lecturer for the program’s colloquium on Monday, June 14. Dr. Zuzelo’s presentation…
COLORS Celebrates 10 Years of Progress For LGBTQ+ Youth
Cynthia Ruffin directs COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling Services, a program that provides therapy for youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other diverse sexualities and genders at…
Therapist Champions Somatic Experiencing Modality to Heal Trauma
“I’ll tell you a story,” says Sergio Ocampo, a Marriage and Family Therapist who is passionate about the Somatic Experiencing approach to healing trauma. The story is about Dr. Peter…
Compassion for Foster Youth Leads to Love of Play Therapy
Rachel Stewart-MacTavish loves working with children, and especially with those who most need help: children in difficult situations like the foster system, mental health treatment, or conflict with their families….