Family context and childhood adjustment associated with unwanted sexual attention. Journal of Family Violence . My clinical work involves adult outpatients with a variety of Axis I and Axis II disorders. A particular emphasis of the practicum team is work with individuals with abuse or trauma histories. Teaching Interests Clinical Assessment Psychological Aspects of Abuse and Victimization Abnormal Psychology Mentoring Philosophy Students typically participate initially in one or more team projects employing existing data bases and then progress to developing ideas for their own individual projects.
Students also assume increasing responsibility for team leadership.
I prefer to work collaboratively with students to help them develop their own research agenda and the skills needed to implement it. Thus, students who function best on my team are those who are strongly motivated to take the initiative in acquiring research skills.