Mark E. Beecher
Mark E. Beecher is a licensed psychologist and clinical professor, board certified in counseling psychology (ABPP) and endorsed as a certified group psychotherapist (CGP). He is currently a clinical faculty member in Brigham Young University's (BYU) Counseling and Psychological Services. He has led therapy groups since 1995 and has been actively involved in group psychotherapy research since 2007. He typically runs two or three therapy groups at any given time. He has taught the introductory and advanced group psychotherapy classes in BYU's Counseling Psychology and Special Education doctoral and masters programs.
Education:
- PhD., 1998, Brigham Young University, Provo Counseling Psychology
- Internship: BYU University Accessibilty Center/ Counseling & Career Center
- Dissertation: High School Courses and Scores as Predictors of College Success
- M.S.W., 1995, University of Utah Social Work
- B.S., 1993, Brigham Young University, Provo Psychology, Magna Cum Laude
Awards/Leadership:
Mark is a member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) and the American Psychological Association's Division 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy). He served as co-chair of AGPA's Groups in College Counseling Centers Special Interest Group for four years. He currently serves on BYU CAPS' training committee, helping to supervise the training of interns, externs, and practicum students in individual and group psychotherapy. He also has supervised the group psychotherapy rotation of CAPS's psychology internship and co-leads nearly all of his groups with trainees.
Research Interests:
Mark's research interests include individual and group psychotherapy (emphasizing practice-based evidence), multiculturalism, disability issues, and psychological and psycho-educational assessment.
Contact me directly at: mark_beecher@byu.edu
RD Boardman
RD Boardman was recently hired as a clinical faculty member of the Counseling and Psychological Services at Brigham Young University. He is currently involved in a number of research groups, including the C-GRP. He provides individual, couples and group psychotherapy. He graduated from Brigham Young University's Counseling Psychology doctoral program and attended Colorado State University's doctoral internship to further his group psychotherapy training. He then took a job with the Southeast Alaska Health Consortium (SEARHC) in Sitka, AK where he became the group coordinator and created their group psychotherapy program. He was the associate training director for their APA accredited doctoral internship site and trained both faculty and doctoral students in group facilitation. After 3 years in Alaska, RD took a job with Boise State University as their Assessment and Testing Coordinator, providing group psychotherapy and group training to interns of various professional levels. After 3 years at Boise State, RD accepted an Assistant Clinical Professor position here at Brigham Young University, his Alma Mater. RD has had experience developing culturally-sensitive group programs geared towards underserved populations. His interests include group research with an emphasis on empirically based practices, as well as the implementation of telehealth to facilitate group therapy among geographically diverse clinical settings. RD enjoys spending time with his wife and children camping, fishing, hiking and playing board games.
Education:
- PhD, 2009, Brigham Young University Counseling Psychology
- Internship: Colorado State University
- BS, 2004, Brigham Young University Psychology
Research Interests:
RD's research interests involve both individual and group psychotherapy, as well as multicultural/diversity issues, depression, anxiety, psychological assessment, and supervision/training.
Currently working on a chapter entitled Assessment and Outcome Research for the book, The College Counselor's Guide to Group Psychotherapy with other C-GRP members.
Contact directly at: rd_boardman@byu.edu
Gary M. Burlingame
Gary Burlingame completed his doctoral work in Counseling Psychology at the University of Utah in 1983 and joined BYU's faculty the same year. He is a professor of Psychology and has been affiliated with clinical psychology doctoral program since 1983. Dr. Burlingame's scholarly work is focused in two areas: factors that lead to effective small group treatments in the treatment of mental and medical illness and measurement. He has contributed over 50 books and book chapters along with over 140 peer reviewed articles to the literature. One third of these publications focusing on the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ 45) and Youth Outcome Questionnaire and other measures with the rest addressing group treatment. Dr. Burlingame's undergraduate and graduate teaching interests include measurement, research methodology, statistics and training in individual and group psychotherapy.
Dr. Burlingame has served as a consultant to over 20 federal, state and private entities including the White House, Department of Labor, Food & Drug Administration. He has served as a consultant to private and state agencies in implementing changes in practice patterns to increase the use of group and outcomes-informed treatment. His direct training has been received by thousands of consumers, clinicians, line administrators and executive staff. He has received a number career awards including national (American Psychological Association; American Group Psychotherapy Association) and international (German College of Psychosomatic Medicine) recognition. He is a fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and the American Psychological Association (APA) where he served as President of APA's Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy (2009-2011). Notable university awards for excellence in scholarship, teaching and citizenship include a University Professorship (2011-2016), the Wells & Myrle Cloward Teaching and Learning Fellowship (207-2010) and the Abraham O. Smoot Citizenship Award (2005), respectively.
Dr. Burlingame and his colleague Michael Lambert co-developed OQ Measures which disseminates outcome instruments (e.g., OQ 45, YOQ, etc.) on five continents and over 40 languages. His most recent efforts have focused on training and implementation protocols that integrate outcome instruments into daily clinical practice supporting treatment planning and progress notes using evidence-based outcome instruments. Clinical settings that he's worked with include private practice, statewide community mental health systems, state psychiatric hospitals, child/youth treatments (out/inpatient, day-treatment, residential, in-home, wilderness, etc.), military (e.g., VA and active duty), faith-based and neighborhood partnerships, consumer advocacy and federal agencies.
Education:
- PhD, University of Utah, 1983
- MS, University of Utah, 1981
- BS, Andrews University 1978
Research Interests:
I have been interested in small group treatments for over 30 years. For instance, for the past several decades my students and I have been testing which group treatment protocols produce the best outcomes with different patient populations, and which member characteristics predict greater improvement while in group. We've also developed international collaborations devoted to identifying common mechanisms of change and leader interventions that are linked to more successful groups. This research has led to the development of a selection (GRQ; Group Readiness Questionnaire), leader intervention (GPIRS; Group Psychotherapy Intervention Rating Scale), and group mechanism of change (GQ; Group Questionnaire) measures, which have been linked to process, outcome, and member attrition in studies from three countries and several clinical populations. We just finished a three-site, randomized clinical trial to test the effect of providing leaders with feedback on the GQ and OQ. As a co-developer of the OQ and YOQ, my lab also has a small number of studies that focus on outcome with particular emphasis in the severely mentally ill and children or youth. We typically cooperate with the Utah State Hospital and Professor Jared Warren's lab to support these studies.
Awards:
- Fellow, American Group Psychotherapy Association
- Fellow, American Psychological Association
- University Professorship, BYU, 2016
- Presidential Citation for Outstanding Contributions, American Psychological Association, 2014
- Hickman Scholar, Family, Home and Social Science College, 2012
- President, American Psychological Association Division 49, 2011
- Wells & Myrle Cloward Teaching & Learning Fellowship, Brigham Young University, 2010
- Adolf-Ernst-Meyer-Award for Psychotherapy Research, German College of Psychosomatic Medicine, 2007
- Centennial Global Service Award, Loma Linda University, 2006
- Group Psychologist of the Year, American Psychological Association, 2006
- Abraham O. Smoot Citizenship, Brigham Young University, 2005
- Outstanding Contributions in Education & Training in Group Psychotherapy, American Group Psychotherapy Association, 2003
- Anne Alonso Award for Best Group Psychotherapy Paper, 2002
Contact directly at: gary_burlingame@byu.edu
Kara Cattani
Dr. Kara Cattani earned her B.S. in Psychology with a Business Management minor from Brigham Young University, and went on to earn her Ph.D., in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University, researching methods to evaluate psychotherapy outcomes and predict/prevent psychotherapy treatment failures. She has a strong interest in psychotherapy outcome research. She has worked on projects including the development of a psychotherapy outcome measure (the OQ-45), development of recovery curves for tracking patient improvement on the short version of the OQ, and studies assessing the impact of therapist training on outcomes.
In her spare time, she operates a taxi service for her kids (usually to tennis courts and soccer fields); enjoys hiking, biking and travelling with family, and spoiling her English Golden Retriever.
Education
- PhD in Clinical Psychology, The Florida State University
- M.S. in Clinical Psychology, The Florida State University
- B.S. in Psychology, Minor in Business Management, Brigham Young University
Awards/Leadership:
Dr. Cattani is an Associate Clinical Professor and Associate Director of Counseling & Psychological Services at Brigham Young University. She divides her time between administrative work, clinical practice, training of graduate students, consulting, and clinical research. Her clinical interests are in adult outpatient counseling with individuals exhibiting a wide range of difficulties including anxiety (particularly generalized anxiety and trauma), depression and identity development challenges or conflicts. She uses evidenced based interventions; particularly interpersonal and mindfulness based cognitive-behavioral models, such as Compassion Focused Therapy.
Research Interests:
Dr. Cattani’s current research focus is group treatment for Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). She has a personal and professional commitment to meditation/mindfulness practices. Her training as a “teacher trainer” in mindful self-compassion (with Drs Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff), led her to explore more in depth ways to integrate compassion into the heart of psychotherapy. She was thrilled to learn of Dr. Paul Gilbert’s CFT model, a comprehensive biopsychosocial model of psychotherapy oriented around the concept of compassion. Dr. Cattani spent time in England studying CFT and completed advanced training in Compassion Focused Therapy with Dr. Gilbert in 2016. Dr. Cattani collaborated with Dr. Gilbert and an international team of researchers to develop and test a group model for CFT.
Contact directly at: kara_cattani@byu.edu
Davey Erekson
Davey Erekson is a licensed clinical psychologist and practice-based researcher. He has been an Assistant Clinical Professor in Brigham Young University's Counseling and Psychological Services (BYU CAPS) since 2014, and is board certified in counseling psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology. He has led or co-led groups since 2011 and has been involved with CGRP since 2013.
Education:
- PhD in APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Program, Brigham Young University, 2014
- APA Accredited Internship at Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2014
- MS in Psychology in Education, Teachers College, Columbia, 2007
- BS in Psychology (Double minor in Media Arts and Scandinavian Studies), Brigham Young University, 2004
Awards/Leadership:
Davey is currently the Assistant Director of Research and Technology at BYU CAPS. He has presented research and clinical approaches at local, national, and international conferences, and often consults on mental health issues in his local community. He regularly sits on doctoral dissertation and masters thesis committees, and supervises graduate students in their clinical training. He is open to receiving awards, and if you are an interested award-conferrer, please contact him directly at the email below for consideration.
Research Interests:
Davey's research interests are focused on practice-based evidence and bridging the gap between clinical practice and psychotherapy research. He is currently measuring the clinical effects of a Compassion Focused Therapy course he taught and developed, and is involved in BYU's randomized clinical trial for Compassion Focused Therapy groups. He is also leading projects focusing on therapist effects in psychotherapy, naturalistic trajectories of client change in college counseling centers, and the clinical and non-clinical experiences of minority groups on campus.
Contact directly at: davey@byu.edu
Derek Griner
Derek Griner is a licensed psychologist and holds a joint faculty appointment with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS; 60%) and the Counseling Psychology and Special Education doctoral program (CPSE; 40%) at Brigham Young University (BYU). He is board certified in counseling psychology (ABPP) and endorsed as a certified group psychotherapist (CGP). He has worked in several settings including the University of Utah's Neuropsychiatric Institute, BYU- Hawaii, Arizona State University's Counseling and Consultation and BYU's Accessibility Center. Derek has co-led groups since 2004 and joined CGRP in 2011.
Education:
- PhD, 2008, Brigham Young University Counseling Psychology
- Internship: Arizona State University, 2007 - 2008
- BS, 2001, Psychology
Awards/Leadership:
Derek is committed to furthering knowledge surrounding diversity, has conducted research in this domain, and received APA's Division 17 Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship on Race & Ethnicity Award as well as APA's Jeffrey S. Tanaka Memorial Dissertation Award in Psychology. He is on CAPS' training committee and helps facilitate trainings regarding multicultural counseling, assessment, and group work for Ph.D. pre-doctoral interns, externs, and practicum students. Derek is committed to training up and coming psychologists and has co-led numerous groups with doctoral students in training. He also sits on dissertation committees and helps graduate students on various research projects.
Research Interests:
Derek's research interests include culturally modified and culturally sensitive treatments, multicultural populations, individual and group psychotherapy, evidence and practice-based therapy, and disability issues in college settings. He has been a member of the C-GRP since 2011.
Contact directly at: derek_griner@byu.edu
Kristina Hansen
Kristina Hansen is a licensed psychologist and Certified Group Psychotherapist. She holds a joint appointment faculty position at Brigham Young University (BYU) with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Counseling Psychology and Special Education Department (CPSE). Kristina completed her doctoral training at BYU and predoctoral internship at Texas A&M University Student Counseling Service in 2012 with training emphases in existential psychotherapy, individual identity development, LGBT issues, and group psychotherapy. Her experience in group psychotherapy facilitation includes children and young adult populations in public schools and university settings, respectively. She currently facilitates at CAPS each academic year several general process groups and groups for students with specific life experiences and concerns.
Education:
- PhD, 2012, Brigham Young University Counseling Psychology,
- Internship: Texas A&M Student Counseling Service, 2011 - 2012
- EdS, 2008, Brigham Young University, School Psychology,
- BA, 2001, Brigham Young University, English
Awards/Leadership:
Kristina is a member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) and has worked with the AGPA Membership Committee and as AGPA Principles Course faculty for several years. She enjoys training new psychologists in group and individual clinical work through her appointment with CPSE and supervising the clinical work of interns, externs, and practicum students at CAPS. Through CAPS, Kristina works as a liaison to other campus offices in an effort to increase awareness of mental health issues and to destigmatize help seeking.
Research Interests:
Kristina's research interests include individual and group psychotherapy, experiences of minority populations in majority cultures, and women's issues. She has participated with the C-GRP since her hire as clinical faculty at BYU in 2012.
Contact directly at: kristina_hansen@byu.edu
Vaughn E. Worthen
Dr. Vaughn E. Worthen completed his doctoral work in Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas, joined the faculty in Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) in 1991. He is currently serving as a clinical professor and psychologist, with 60% of his time devoted to CAPS and 40% of his time with the Counseling Psychology and Special Education doctoral program (CPSE). Dr. Worthen's scholarly work has focused on clinical supervision, therapy outcomes, and positive psychology. Dr. Worthen has authored and coauthored, chapters and peer reviewed articles in over 20 publications. Dr. Worthen's undergraduate and graduate teaching focus has been career exploration and decision making, career development and assessment, and clinical supervision. During his career he has spent his time as well as a psychologist in CAPS, working with individuals and couples.
Education:
- PhD, University of Kansas, 1993
- M.Ed., Brigham Young University, 1985
- BS, Brigham Young University, 1983
Awards/Leadership:
Dr. Worthen spent 6 years as the director of the Brigham Young University Career Services and 5 years supervising the Career and Academic Success Center. He has held other administrative assignments.
Research Interests:
I have an interest in exploring what makes for good psychotherapy supervision, exploring the contributions of positive psychology to treatment and outcomes in psychotherapy, and more recently to issues in the group treatment of addictions, and Compassion-Focused Therapy.
Contact directly at: vaughn_worthen@byu.edu
Yoko Caldwell
Yoko Caldwell is a licensed psychologist and board certified in Biofeedback (BCB). She joined BYU Counseling and Psychological Services as an Assistant Clinical Professor in 2019. She has co-led groups since 2013 and has been involved with CGRP since 2018.
Education:
- PhD, 2018 Brigham Young University Provo, Clinical Psychology
- Internship: BYU Counseling and Psychological Services, 2017-2018
- BS, 2010 Brigham Young University Hawaii, Psychology
Research Interests:
Yoko’s research interests include individual and group psychotherapy, impact of mindfulness and stress management skills on college population, experiences of minority groups in majority cultures, and using neuroimaging measurement on aging populations.
Contact directly at: yoko_caldwell@byu.edu
Klint Hobbs
Klint Hobbs is a licensed psychologist, assistant professor and assistant director for outreach at Brigham Young University's Counseling and Psychological Service center. His primary theoretical orientations include relational, constructivist, and cognitive-behaivoral theory. He often coordinates and provides presentations and training to administration, faculty, staff, and student groups at BYU. He currently provides both brief individual, group, and couples therapy to university students. He is involved with walk-in/crisis intervention coverage, as well as other after-hour crisis coverage at the Counseling and Psychological Service Center.
Education:
- PhD, 2008 Brigham Young University Provo, Counseling Psychology
- Internship: Texas Tech University Student Counseling Center
- BS, 2003 Utah State University, Psychology
Awards/Leadership:
Klint is a member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) and a QPR gatekeeper trainer. He has served as the Assistant Director for Outreach at BYU for the last 4 years. He has overseen outreach initiatives involving Racism Awareness Week, Campus Suicide Prevention Coordination, You are Loved Campaign, Feed Your Body and Soul Week, and Title IX Town Hall Panel.
Research Interests:
Klint's research interests include grief and loss, suicide prevention, substance use and recovery, and men's issues.
Contact directly at: klint_hobbs@byu.edu
Corinne Hannan
Corinne Hannan is a licensed psychologist with professional involvement in the American Group Psychotherapy Association, International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, and Utah psychological Association. She is currently an assistant professor at Brigham Young University and has served as a clinical faculty member.
Education:
- PhD, 2006, Brigham Young University Provo
- Internship: University of Washington Counseling Center, 2005-2006
- BA, 1999, University of Utah
Research Interests:
Corinne's research interests involve eating disorders and body image, women's issues, marital/couples therapy, as well as individual and group psychotherapy.
Contact directly at: corinne_hannan@byu.edu