Section Editor: Priscilla Dass-BrailsfordThe Fellows Committee is pleased to announce the newest Fellows of DIV56:Marylene Cloitre, PhD; Mary Ann Dutton, PhD; Barbara L. Niles, PhD; and Nancy Sidun, PsyD, ABPP, ATR. DR. MARYLENE CLOITRE is a senior staff member at the National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division at the Palo Alto VA and…
READ MOREStephany Pinales & Mariah Montgomery Stickley In 2020, approximately 9% of adolescents between 13 and 17 years of age identified themselves as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, while nearly one percent of the population surveyed (.73%) identified as transgender (Bowleg, 2020). Considering the social, cultural, and spiritual influences placed upon youth in their development, these numbers…
READ MOREFellows Committee Chair:Priscilla Dass-Brailsfordpd227@georgetown.eduPhone: 202-706-5078 Fellow status in APA is given to those who have made unusual and outstanding contributions to the field of trauma psychology. Their distinguished contributions are the foundation on which the future of trauma psychology builds. Fellows make on-going contributions to science, practice, and public policy through activities in this Division…
READ MOREMy name is Maria Valgoi. I am a trauma psychologist and licensed in Illinois. I have a clinic on the southside of Chicago and I am on faculty at Governors State University in the south suburbs of Chicago. I graduated from University of Illinois Counseling Psychology Program with a graduate concentration in African American Studies.…
READ MOREPhoebe LewisSection Editor: Antonella BarianiPeer Reviewers: Molly Becker The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, 2023) estimates that, as of mid-2022, 32.5 million people were of refugee status. According to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), a person meets the legal definition of refugee if they are “unable or unwilling to return to their…
READ MOREDUE DATE: November 1 Fellows Committee Chair:Priscilla Dass-Brailsfordpd227@georgetown.eduPhone: 202-706-5078 Fellow status in APA is given to those who have made unusual and outstanding contributions to the field of trauma psychology. Their distinguished contributions are the foundation on which the future of trauma psychology builds. Fellows make on-going contributions to science, practice, and public policy through…
READ MOREYesenia Aguilar Silvan & Lauren C. NgSection Editor: Antonella BarianiPeer Reviewers: Linda Zheng & Molly Becker Trauma Exposure Disparities for Latine Youth By age 17, 46% of youth in the United States will have experienced at least one potentially traumatic event such as community violence or family separation (Sacks & Murphey, 2018). This major public…
READ MOREDustin Lewis Section Editor: Antonella BarianiPeer Reviewers: Linda Zheng & Molly Becker In August of 2022, I separated from the Air Force after nearly 11 years as an officer. I immediately transitioned into a master’s program in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with the intention of working with veterans. The most recent United…
READ MOREDUE DATE is Rolling Fellows Committee Chair:Priscilla Dass-Brailsfordpd227@georgetown.eduPhone: 202-706-5078 Fellow status in APA is given to those who have made unusual and outstanding contributions to the field of trauma psychology. Their distinguished contributions are the foundation on which the future of trauma psychology builds. Fellows make on-going contributions to science, practice, and public policy through…
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