Current Projects
Building Culturally Congruent Clinical Supervision
Faculty-led research | International collaborative research
This research examines how culture shapes the experience of clinical supervision and how supervision can become more culturally congruent for both supervisors and supervisees. Current work explores supervision across cultural differences, with particular attention to trust, power, authority, belonging, feedback, cultural responsiveness, professional identity, and rupture and repair within the supervisory relationship.
Developmental Model for EMDR Therapy Supervision and Consultation
Faculty-led research | Model development | International collaboration
This project focuses on the development of a staged model for EMDR Therapy supervision and consultation. The model considers how supervision and consultation can be tailored to the developmental needs of clinicians as they move from acquiring foundational EMDR skills toward greater clinical judgment, management of complex cases, reflective practice, and professional autonomy.
Migration and Metaphors: An Arts-Based Approach to Psychological Intervention with Immigrants
Faculty-led research | Arts-based research | Culturally responsive intervention
This project explores the use of metaphor and arts-based approaches to understand and support the psychological experiences of immigrants. The research considers how creative and expressive processes can provide culturally responsive ways of exploring migration, identity, belonging, transition, and adaptation, while also informing psychological intervention with immigrant communities. The project also includes the development and adaptation of therapeutic materials designed for use in clinical practice,
Recent Projects
PIPA: EMDR-Based Group Intervention
Faculty-led research | International collaborative research | Trauma intervention
This project examined the use of the Professional Intervention Program for Adversity (PIPA) for trauma and stress reduction, a brief EMDR-based group intervention, with participants in Ethiopia. The research explored changes in trauma-related distress following the intervention and the feasibility of providing a structured, resource-oriented trauma intervention within a community and cross-cultural context.
Cultural Formulation Within Brazilian Contexts of Migration
Faculty-led research | International collaborative research
Developed in collaboration with researchers at the University of Brasília, this work examines culture, migration, and psychological adaptation within Brazilian contexts, with particular attention to how cultural experiences can inform psychological formulation and intervention.
Cultural Homelessness, Return Migration & Belonging
Faculty-led research | Cross-cultural research
This program of research examines the experience of belonging across cultures, including cultural homelessness and the experiences of individuals who return to a country that is considered “home” after living abroad. The work considers cultural identity shifts, adaptation, belonging, and the psychological experience of navigating multiple cultural identities.
Tree of Life: Resource Development in EMDR Therapy
Faculty-led research | Clinical intervention development
This work explored the Tree of Life as a visual and experiential approach to resource development within EMDR Therapy. The intervention uses metaphor and imagery to identify personal, relational, and cultural resources that may support stabilization and subsequent trauma processing.
Sociocultural and Psychological Adaptation of Refugees
International collaborative research | Migration and mental health
Conducted with colleagues in Brazil, this research examined the sociocultural and psychological adaptation of Syrian refugees in Brazil, including the relationship between migration, adaptation, and psychological well-being.