MENTORING
Mentoring is one of the most important components of higher education and professional development. For a clinician, mentoring through weekly supervision is the path to licensure. I have had many mentors in graduate education and in clinical work . My MSEd advisor Stephen Knotek, PhD, my MA advisor Elaine Wethington, PhD, and my clinical mentors Fred Goudarznia, LCPC and Barbara Barger, LPC had a grand impact on my development as a researcher and clinician. I value the relationships I have had with all my mentors, and work to support the development of the students I mentor through commitment to a relationship of support and honest feedback.
I mentor a psychotherapist who will be applying to a clinical doctoral program next year. I had a similar path to hers educationally and professionally. She is a volunteer intern and I am teaching her research methods and statistical analysis up to logistic regression using SPSS. She is assisting me with my research project on Using Media to Regulate Anxiety and will be second author on the paper. She is gaining valuable experience with the research process from operationalizing variables to writing the empirical article.
I have mentored four undergraduate student Research Assistants (RAs) on my research project on The Impact of Trauma on Using Media to Regulate Emotion. They receive training in transcription, confidentiality, atlas.ti, and qualitative coding as well as readings and discussion on trauma and media use. I also supervise student Research Assistants as part of my Data Analyst job at National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN). These students learn literature review and information literacy, and RefWorks citation management software. I take time to meet individuality with all of my RAs to discuss their plans and goals. I hope I can will have a positive impact on their professional development, as so many educators and supervisors have for me.
I mentor a psychotherapist who will be applying to a clinical doctoral program next year. I had a similar path to hers educationally and professionally. She is a volunteer intern and I am teaching her research methods and statistical analysis up to logistic regression using SPSS. She is assisting me with my research project on Using Media to Regulate Anxiety and will be second author on the paper. She is gaining valuable experience with the research process from operationalizing variables to writing the empirical article.
I have mentored four undergraduate student Research Assistants (RAs) on my research project on The Impact of Trauma on Using Media to Regulate Emotion. They receive training in transcription, confidentiality, atlas.ti, and qualitative coding as well as readings and discussion on trauma and media use. I also supervise student Research Assistants as part of my Data Analyst job at National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN). These students learn literature review and information literacy, and RefWorks citation management software. I take time to meet individuality with all of my RAs to discuss their plans and goals. I hope I can will have a positive impact on their professional development, as so many educators and supervisors have for me.